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-'''Symposium in the context of [http://www.ljubljana.si/en/living-in-ljubljana/focus/12645/detail.html Ljubljana World Book Capital]'''<br>+'''Symposium in the context of [http://www.ljubljana.si/en/living-in-ljubljana/focus/12645/detail.html Ljubljana World Book Capital 2010]'''<br>
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-23 September 2010, Town Hall<br> Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-23 September 2010, Town Hall<br>
University of Nova Gorica, Institute for Cultural Studies<br> University of Nova Gorica, Institute for Cultural Studies<br>
-in conjunction with European COST Action “Women Writers In History”<br>+in conjunction with European COST Action IS0901 “[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Project_news '''Women Writers In History''']<br><br>
-and Ljubljana World Book Capital 2010<br><br>+
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-The Symposium “Women’s Authorship and Literatures of Small Countries in the 19th Century” will investigate the role and place of women authors within “smaller” cultures, and their connections with their female counterparts in “larger”, dominating cultures. Slovenia is itself one of the small states of Europe, and a small linguistic area. Smallness is thus an intrinsically interesting issue for Slovenia/Ljubljana. The colloquium will link the world of books with the academic world.<br><br>+
- +
-The Symposium will revisit the problematical concept of literary smallness (Casanova 2004) and redefine it in national, linguistic, and (sub)cultural terms, as well as extend it to include female writing. The Symposium seeks to explore such questions as:<br>+
-*Did women writers of small literatures also “act in concert to challenge their domination by the centres”? (Casanova 2004, p.248) <br> +
-*In which ways did women writers experience the double marginalization caused by their subordination to the patriarchal agendas of the 19th century and, in many small cultures, linked to their national subordination?<br>+
-*How did nationalism, feminism and their intersections facilitate or hinder women’s entry into the national and European literary space? <br>+
-*By whom were women writers influenced? By great national male authors or by female iconic figures like George Sand or Germaine de Staël, or even by their female contemporaries from other (small?) literatures?<br>+
-*How have literary canonizing processes treated female writers from small countries? Were they received in the large cultures or were their writings overshadowed by the works of male authors?<br><br>+
- +
-The aim of this Symposium is to situate the participation of women in “smaller” countries in its international gendered context, for the very period when nationalism was also busy establishing a literary canon, into which very few women were admitted. It will be shown that during the same period there was also a ''female [and writing] Europe''.<br><br>+
- +
-Written culture and literature played a particularly important role as they were often considered constitutive elements in shaping national consciousness and identity under foreign domination. Similar emphasis on literature was common to all stateless nations in the German-speaking Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires. But even without being dominated, smaller countries occupied a particular position in literary geography. Denmark, despite having its own language, was part of the larger (non-dominating) entity of Scandinavia. And in the Netherlands, French was currently used by the elite. In the turmoil of the 19th century many changes were made to the European political map which influenced a new perception of the literature of the nations experiencing profound historical change. In this period Portugal and Spain, for centuries major economic, political and military powers, were reduced to “small” countries at the periphery of Europe.<br><br>+
- +
-Despite the differences between the respective linguistic situations, the literatures of many European countries in the 19th century can be considered “minor” as they were to a large part on the receiving side of international literary exchanges; unlike countries like France and England who are considered “exporting” countries (cf. Moretti; Cohen/Dever). During the Symposium, Casanova’s judicious remark about the literatures of smaller nations taking each other as models and as points of reference will be restated and re-examined from a gendered perspective. <br><br>+
 +The Symposium “Women’s Authorship and Literatures of Small Countries in the 19th Century” investigated the role and place of women authors within “smaller” cultures, and their connections with their female counterparts in “larger”, dominating cultures. Slovenia is itself one of the small states of Europe, and a small linguistic area. Smallness is thus an intrinsically interesting issue for Slovenia/Ljubljana. The colloquium linked the world of books with the academic world.<br><br>
'''Programme''' <br><br> '''Programme''' <br><br>
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Opening <br> Opening <br>
Welcome by <br> Welcome by <br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katja_Mihurko_Poniz Katja Mihurko Poniž], University of Nova Gorica <br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katja_Mihurko_Poniz Dr. Katja Mihurko Poniž], University of Nova Gorica <br>
-*Mrs. Tanja Petrovi?, Director of the Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Nova Gorica<br>+*Dr. Tanja Petrovi?, Director of the Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Nova Gorica<br>
-*Mr. Primož Pristovšek, Slovenian Research Agency, COST National Coordinator<br>+*Dr. Primož Pristovšek, Slovenian Research Agency, [http://www.cost.esf.org/about_cost COST] National Coordinator<br>
-*Mr. Uroš Grilc, Ljubljana World Book Capital 2010 <br><br>+*Dr. Uroš Grilc, Ljubljana World Book Capital<br><br>
10.00 <br> 10.00 <br>
Key-note lecture:<br> Key-note lecture:<br>
-*Gillian Dow, University of Southampton, Chawton Library <br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Suzan_van_Dijk%2C_Utrecht_University Suzan van Dijk] (Huygens Institute The Hague, Netherlands)<br>
-** [title to follow] <br><br>+**Foreign women’s writing imported into small countries: the case of [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/receptions?fromreceptionsearch=1&sort=upper(authors_works.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&workauthor=&worktitle=&workcountry_ids=14&workcountry_ids=3&workcountry_ids=4&receptionauthor=&receptiontitle=&receptionyear=&country_ids=2&references=&notes=&per_page=200&x=19&y=21 the Netherlands] [[(abstract van Dijk)]]<br><br>
11.00-11.15 <br> 11.00-11.15 <br>
Coffee/tea break<br><br> Coffee/tea break<br><br>
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'''Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (I)''' <br> '''Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (I)''' <br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Viola_Parente-Capkova Viola Parente-?apková] (University of Turku, Finland)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Viola_Parente-Capkova Viola Parente-?apková] (University of Turku, Finland)<br>
-** The Case of L. Onerva: A “Decadent New Woman” Cultural Mediator within the Finnish National Literary Institution<br>+** The Case of [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3463 L. Onerva]: A “Decadent New Woman” Cultural Mediator within the Finnish National Literary Institution [[(abstract)]]<br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Juliana_Jovicic Juliana Jovi?i?] (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Jelena_Baki%C4%87 Jelena Baki?] (University of Belgrad, Serbia)<br>
-** Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob-Robinson (Talvj, 1797–1870) and Wilhelmina (Mina) Vukmanovi?-Karadži? (1828-1894) and the cultural heritage of Slavic nations: Their role and contribution as cross cultural mediators in providing entrance of small Serbian literature into European cultural heritage<br><br>+** Three women writers [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors?fromauthorsearch=1&sort=upper(authors.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&authorname=&pseudonymflag=0&pseudonymflag=1&gender=&year=&country_ids=2129&bibliography=&personal_situation=&financial_situation=&notes=&per_page=20&x=24&y=19 from Montenegro] in the 19th Century [[(abstract Baki?)]]<br>
13.00<br> 13.00<br>
Lunch<br><br> Lunch<br><br>
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First session (b):<br> First session (b):<br>
'''Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (II)''' <br> '''Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (II)''' <br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Jelena_Baki%C4%87 Jelena Baki?] (University of Belgrad, Serbia)<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Juliana_Jovicic Juliana Jovi?i?] (University of Novi Sad, Serbia)<br>
-** Three women writers from Montenegro in the 19th Century<br>+** [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3452 Therese Albertine Luise von Jakob-Robinson] (Talvj, 1797–1870) and [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3477 Wilhelmina (Mina) Vukmanovi?-Karadži?] (1828-1894) and the cultural heritage of Slavic nations: Their role and contribution as cross-cultural mediators in providing entrance of small Serbian literature into European cultural heritage [[(abstract Jovicic)]]<br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Kirsty_Hooper Kirsty Hooper] (University of Liverpool, UK)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Kirsty_Hooper Kirsty Hooper] (University of Liverpool, UK)<br>
-** Sofía Casanova (Coruña, Spain, 1861– Pozna?, Poland, 1958): Writing between three ‘small literatures’ in late 19th-century Europe <br><br>+** [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3479 Sofía Casanova] (Coruña, Spain, 1861– Pozna?, Poland, 1958): Writing between three ‘small literatures’ in late 19th-century Europe [[(abstract Hooper)]]<br><br>
15.30 <br> 15.30 <br>
Second session (a):<br> Second session (a):<br>
'''Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (I)'''<br> '''Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (I)'''<br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Ramona_Mihaila Ramona Mihaila] (Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Rumania) <br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Ramona_Mihaila Ramona Mihaila] (Spiru Haret University Bucharest, Rumania) <br>
-**Canonical reconsideration of 19th century Romanian women writers<br>+**Canonical reconsideration of [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors?fromauthorsearch=1&sort=upper(authors.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&authorname=&pseudonymflag=0&pseudonymflag=1&gender=&year=&country_ids=11&bibliography=&personal_situation=&financial_situation=&notes=&per_page=20&x=21&y=20 19th-century Romanian women writers] [[(abstract Mihaila)]]<br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Nadejda_Alexandrova Nadezhda Alexandrova] (St. Kliment Ohridski University, Bulgaria)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Nadejda_Alexandrova Nadezhda Alexandrova] (St. Kliment Ohridski University, Bulgaria)<br>
-** Does women’s writing have infancy? The case of Bulgarian women authors of the 19th century <br>+** Does women’s writing have infancy? The case of [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors?fromauthorsearch=1&sort=upper(authors.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&authorname=&pseudonymflag=0&pseudonymflag=1&gender=&year=&country_ids=31&bibliography=&personal_situation=&financial_situation=&notes=&per_page=20&x=15&y=20 Bulgarian women authors] of the 19th century [[(abstract Alexandrova)]]<br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Alenka_Jensterle_Dole%C5%BEal Alenka Jensterle Doležal] (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Silvija_Borovnik Silvija Borovnik] (University of Maribor, Slovenia)<br>
-** Autobiographical characteristics of the female hero - between stereotype and modern psychology<br><br>+**[http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3265 Marica Nadišek Bartol]'s literary work [[(abstract Borovnik)]]<br>
17.00<br> 17.00<br>
Coffee/tea break<br><br> Coffee/tea break<br><br>
17.15<br> 17.15<br>
Key-note lecture <br> Key-note lecture <br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Biljana_Doj%C4%8Dinovi%C4%87_Ne%C5%A1i%C4%87 Biljana Doj?inovi?] (University of Belgrade, Serbia)<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Zsuzsanna_Varga Zsuzsanna Varga] (University of Glasgow, UK)<br>
-**Is poetry the universal possession of (wo)mankind – the concept of small literature between world and women’s literature<br><br>+**Hungarian women writers as mediators of letters [[(abstract Varga)]] <br><br>
18.00 <br> 18.00 <br>
-Reception offered by Mr. Zoran Jankovi?, Mayor of Ljubljana <br><br><br>+Reception offered by Mr. Zoran Jankovi?, Mayor of Ljubljana <br><br>
- +[[Image:Sprejem_za_udeležence_simpozija_Prispevki_žensk_Ljubljani_055.JPG]]<br><br>
''23 September 2010'' <br><br> ''23 September 2010'' <br><br>
-9.30 <br>+9.00 <br>
Second session (b):<br> Second session (b):<br>
'''Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (II)'''<br> '''Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (II)'''<br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Silvija_Borovnik Silvija Borovnik] (University of Maribor, Slovenia)<br>+* Kukku Melkas (University of Turku, Finland) <br>
-**Marica Nadišek Bartol's literary work<br>+**Alternative histories - Maila Talvio's historical novels <br><br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Milena_Mileva_Bla%C5%BEi%C4%87 Milena Mileva Blaži?] (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Milena_Mileva_Bla%C5%BEi%C4%87 Milena Mileva Blaži?] (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<br>
-**Female Authorship and the New Sensibility in Slovenian Youth Literature in 19th Century <br><br>+**Female Authorship and the New Sensibility in Slovenian Youth Literature in 19th Century [[(abstract Blaži?)]]<br><br>
 +*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Alenka_Jensterle_Dole%C5%BEal Alenka Jensterle Doležal] (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)<br>
 +** Autobiographical characteristics of the female hero - between stereotype and modern psychology [[(abstract Doležal)]]<br><br>
10.30 <br> 10.30 <br>
Key-note lecture <br> Key-note lecture <br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Zsuzsanna_Varga Zsuzsanna Varga] (University of Glasgow, UK)<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Gillian_Dow Gillian Dow], University of Southampton, Chawton Library <br>
-**[title to be announced] <br>+** Critics and Canonicity: Anglo-American feminism and the case of [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/242 Jane Austen] [[(abstract Dow)]]<br><br>
11.15<br> 11.15<br>
Coffee/tea break<br><br> Coffee/tea break<br><br>
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'''Women reading internationally''' <br> '''Women reading internationally''' <br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Suzana_Coha Suzana Coha] (University of Zagreb, Croatia)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Suzana_Coha Suzana Coha] (University of Zagreb, Croatia)<br>
-** (In)compatible with patriarchal borders of nation: status of female readers and authors in the Croatian National Revival<br>+** (In)compatible with patriarchal borders of nation: status of female readers and [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors?fromauthorsearch=1&sort=upper(authors.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&authorname=&pseudonymflag=0&pseudonymflag=1&gender=&year=&country_ids=2118&bibliography=&personal_situation=&financial_situation=&notes=&per_page=20&x=12&y=16 authors] in the Croatian National Revival [[(abstract Coha)]]<br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Onorina_Botezat Onorina Botezat] (University Spiru Haret, Constan?a, Rumania)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Onorina_Botezat Onorina Botezat] (University Spiru Haret, Constan?a, Rumania)<br>
-**Images of the Other in 19th Century Romanian Women's Writings<br> +**Images of the Other in 19th Century [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors?fromauthorsearch=1&sort=upper(authors.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&authorname=&pseudonymflag=0&pseudonymflag=1&gender=&year=&country_ids=11&bibliography=&personal_situation=&financial_situation=&notes=&per_page=20&x=11&y=17 Romanian Women]'s Writings [[(abstract Botezat)]]<br>
-* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katja_Mihurko_Poniz Katja Mihurko Poniž Katja Mihurko Poniž] (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia)<br>+* [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katja_Mihurko_Poniz Katja Mihurko Poniž] and [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Tanja_Badalic Tanja Badalic] (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia)<br>
-** The Reception of European Writers in the 19th Century in Slovenia: a Research of Three Library Catalogues<br><br>+** The [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/receptions?fromreceptionsearch=1&sort=upper(authors_works.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&workauthor=&worktitle=&receptionauthor=&receptiontitle=&receptionyear=&country_ids=2122&references=&notes=&per_page=20&x=16&y=22 Reception] of European Writers in the 19th Century in Slovenia: a Research of Three Library Catalogues [[(abstract Mihurko Poniž)]]<br><br>
13.00 <br> 13.00 <br>
Lunch <br><br> Lunch <br><br>
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'''Female examples and/or heroines''' <br> '''Female examples and/or heroines''' <br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Maarit_Leskela Maarit Leskelä-Kärki] (University of Turku, Finland)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Maarit_Leskela Maarit Leskelä-Kärki] (University of Turku, Finland)<br>
-** Portrayal of a woman writer: Aino Kallas’s biography on Lydia Koidula (1915)<br>+** Portrayal of a woman writer: [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/3635 Aino Kallas]’s biography of Lydia Koidula (1915) [[(abstract Leskelä-Kärki)]]<br>
*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Henriette_Partzsch Henriette Partzsch] (University of St. Andrews, UK)<br> *[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Henriette_Partzsch Henriette Partzsch] (University of St. Andrews, UK)<br>
-** Fredrika Bremer visits the Pope: The Spanish Reception of a Successful Swedish Woman Writer <br>+** [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/authors/show/177 Fredrika Bremer] visits the Pope: The [http://neww.huygens.knaw.nl/receptions?fromreceptionsearch=1&sort=upper(authors_works.name)&page=1&searchtoggle=on&workauthor=bremer&worktitle=&receptionauthor=&receptiontitle=&receptionyear=&country_ids=6&references=&notes=&per_page=20&x=12&y=16 Spanish Reception] of a Successful Swedish Woman Writer [[(abstract Partzsch)]]<br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Damir_Arsenijevic Damir Arsenijevi?] (University of Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina)<br>+*Marta Soucková (University of Precov, Slovakia)<br>
-**[title to be announced]<br><br>+**On the poetics of prose by Slovak realistic authors or To the beginning of women's writing in Slovakia<br><br>
16.00<br> 16.00<br>
Coffee/tea break<br><br> Coffee/tea break<br><br>
16.15<br> 16.15<br>
Keynote lecture:<br> Keynote lecture:<br>
-*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Suzan_van_Dijk%2C_Utrecht_University Suzan van Dijk] (Huygens Institute The Hague, Netherlands)<br><br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Biljana_Doj%C4%8Dinovi%C4%87_Ne%C5%A1i%C4%87 Biljana Doj?inovi?] (University of Belgrade, Serbia)<br>
-**Foreign women’s writing imported into small countries: the case of the Netherlands<br><br>+**Is poetry the universal possession of (wo)mankind – the concept of small literature between world and women’s literature [[(abstract Doj?inovi?)]] <br><br>
17.00<br> 17.00<br>
Closure: Round table discussion <br><br> Closure: Round table discussion <br><br>
-The Symposium will revisit the problematical concept of literary smallness (Casanova 2004) and redefine it in national, linguistic, and (sub)cultural terms, as well as extend it to include female writing. The Symposium seeks to explore such questions as:<br>+The Symposium revisited the problematical concept of literary smallness (Casanova 2004) and redefined it in national, linguistic, and (sub)cultural terms, as well as extend it to include female writing. The Symposium sought to explore such questions as:<br>
*Did women writers of small literatures also “act in concert to challenge their domination by the centres”? (Casanova 2004, p.248) <br> *Did women writers of small literatures also “act in concert to challenge their domination by the centres”? (Casanova 2004, p.248) <br>
*In which ways did women writers experience the double marginalization caused by their subordination to the patriarchal agendas of the 19th century and, in many small cultures, linked to their national subordination?<br> *In which ways did women writers experience the double marginalization caused by their subordination to the patriarchal agendas of the 19th century and, in many small cultures, linked to their national subordination?<br>
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*How have literary canonizing processes treated female writers from small countries? Were they received in the large cultures or were their writings overshadowed by the works of male authors?<br><br> *How have literary canonizing processes treated female writers from small countries? Were they received in the large cultures or were their writings overshadowed by the works of male authors?<br><br>
-The aim of this Symposium is to situate the participation of women in “smaller” countries in its international gendered context, for the very period when nationalism was also busy establishing a literary canon, into which very few women were admitted. It will be shown that during the same period there was also a ''female [and writing] Europe''.<br><br>+The aim of this Symposium was to situate the participation of women in “smaller” countries in its international gendered context, for the very period when nationalism was also busy establishing a literary canon, into which very few women were admitted. It has been shown that during the same period there was also a ''female [and writing] Europe''.<br><br>
Written culture and literature played a particularly important role as they were often considered constitutive elements in shaping national consciousness and identity under foreign domination. Similar emphasis on literature was common to all stateless nations in the German-speaking Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires. But even without being dominated, smaller countries occupied a particular position in literary geography. Denmark, despite having its own language, was part of the larger (non-dominating) entity of Scandinavia. And in the Netherlands, French was currently used by the elite. In the turmoil of the 19th century many changes were made to the European political map which influenced a new perception of the literature of the nations experiencing profound historical change. In this period Portugal and Spain, for centuries major economic, political and military powers, were reduced to “small” countries at the periphery of Europe.<br><br> Written culture and literature played a particularly important role as they were often considered constitutive elements in shaping national consciousness and identity under foreign domination. Similar emphasis on literature was common to all stateless nations in the German-speaking Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires. But even without being dominated, smaller countries occupied a particular position in literary geography. Denmark, despite having its own language, was part of the larger (non-dominating) entity of Scandinavia. And in the Netherlands, French was currently used by the elite. In the turmoil of the 19th century many changes were made to the European political map which influenced a new perception of the literature of the nations experiencing profound historical change. In this period Portugal and Spain, for centuries major economic, political and military powers, were reduced to “small” countries at the periphery of Europe.<br><br>
-Despite the differences between the respective linguistic situations, the literatures of many European countries in the 19th century can be considered “minor” as they were to a large part on the receiving side of international literary exchanges; unlike countries like France and England who are considered “exporting” countries (cf. Moretti; Cohen/Dever). During the Symposium, Casanova’s judicious remark about the literatures of smaller nations taking each other as models and as points of reference will be restated and re-examined from a gendered perspective. <br><br>+Despite the differences between the respective linguistic situations, the literatures of many European countries in the 19th century can be considered “minor” as they were to a large part on the receiving side of international literary exchanges; unlike countries like France and England who are considered “exporting” countries (cf. Moretti; Cohen/Dever). During the Symposium, Casanova’s judicious remark about the literatures of smaller nations taking each other as models and as points of reference was restated and re-examined from a gendered perspective. <br><br>
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Programme Committee:<br> Programme Committee:<br>
-*Katja Mihurko Poniž, University of Nova Gorica, Institute for Cultural Studies<br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Katja_Mihurko_Poniz Katja Mihurko Poniž], University of Nova Gorica, Institute for Cultural Studies<br>
-*Henriette Partzsch, University of St Andrews, School of Modern Languages <br> +*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Henriette_Partzsch Henriette Partzsch], University of St Andrews, School of Modern Languages <br>
-*Kati Launis, University of Turku, School of History, Cultural Research and Art Studies <br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Kati_Launis Kati Launis], University of Turku, School of History, Cultural Research and Art Studies <br>
-*Milena Mileva Blaži?, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. <br><br>+*[http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Milena_Mileva_Bla%C5%BEi%C4%87 Milena Mileva Blaži?], University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Education. <br><br>
References:<br> References:<br>
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-SvD, 9 August 2010<br><br><br>+AsK, October 2012<br><br><br>
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-*Conferences and activities > COST meetings > Ljubljana World Book Capital<br><br>+*Conferences and activities > [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/NEWW_international_conferences NEWW international conferences] > Ljubljana World Book Capital<br><br>

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Women's authorship

and literatures of small countries in the 19th century




Symposium in the context of Ljubljana World Book Capital 2010
Ljubljana, Slovenia, 22-23 September 2010, Town Hall
University of Nova Gorica, Institute for Cultural Studies
in conjunction with European COST Action IS0901 “Women Writers In History

The Symposium “Women’s Authorship and Literatures of Small Countries in the 19th Century” investigated the role and place of women authors within “smaller” cultures, and their connections with their female counterparts in “larger”, dominating cultures. Slovenia is itself one of the small states of Europe, and a small linguistic area. Smallness is thus an intrinsically interesting issue for Slovenia/Ljubljana. The colloquium linked the world of books with the academic world.

Programme

22 September 2010

9.30
Opening
Welcome by

  • Dr. Katja Mihurko Poniž, University of Nova Gorica
  • Dr. Tanja Petrovi?, Director of the Institute for Cultural Studies, University of Nova Gorica
  • Dr. Primož Pristovšek, Slovenian Research Agency, COST National Coordinator
  • Dr. Uroš Grilc, Ljubljana World Book Capital

10.00
Key-note lecture:

11.00-11.15
Coffee/tea break

11.30
First session (a):
Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (I)

13.00
Lunch

14.30
First session (b):
Individual women authors leaving their own countries, acting - or not - as mediators (II)

15.30
Second session (a):
Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (I)

17.00
Coffee/tea break

17.15
Key-note lecture

18.00
Reception offered by Mr. Zoran Jankovi?, Mayor of Ljubljana

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23 September 2010

9.00
Second session (b):
Women writers participating - or not - in international currents (II)

  • Kukku Melkas (University of Turku, Finland)
    • Alternative histories - Maila Talvio's historical novels

  • Milena Mileva Blaži? (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
    • Female Authorship and the New Sensibility in Slovenian Youth Literature in 19th Century (abstract Blaži?)

  • Alenka Jensterle Doležal (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)
    • Autobiographical characteristics of the female hero - between stereotype and modern psychology (abstract Doležal)

10.30
Key-note lecture

11.15
Coffee/tea break

11.30
Third session:
Women reading internationally

13.00
Lunch

14.30
Fourth session:
Female examples and/or heroines

16.00
Coffee/tea break

16.15
Keynote lecture:

  • Biljana Doj?inovi? (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
    • Is poetry the universal possession of (wo)mankind – the concept of small literature between world and women’s literature (abstract Doj?inovi?)

17.00
Closure: Round table discussion

The Symposium revisited the problematical concept of literary smallness (Casanova 2004) and redefined it in national, linguistic, and (sub)cultural terms, as well as extend it to include female writing. The Symposium sought to explore such questions as:

  • Did women writers of small literatures also “act in concert to challenge their domination by the centres”? (Casanova 2004, p.248)
  • In which ways did women writers experience the double marginalization caused by their subordination to the patriarchal agendas of the 19th century and, in many small cultures, linked to their national subordination?
  • How did nationalism, feminism and their intersections facilitate or hinder women’s entry into the national and European literary space?
  • By whom were women writers influenced? By great national male authors or by female iconic figures like George Sand or Germaine de Staël, or even by their female contemporaries from other (small?) literatures?
  • How have literary canonizing processes treated female writers from small countries? Were they received in the large cultures or were their writings overshadowed by the works of male authors?

The aim of this Symposium was to situate the participation of women in “smaller” countries in its international gendered context, for the very period when nationalism was also busy establishing a literary canon, into which very few women were admitted. It has been shown that during the same period there was also a female [and writing] Europe.

Written culture and literature played a particularly important role as they were often considered constitutive elements in shaping national consciousness and identity under foreign domination. Similar emphasis on literature was common to all stateless nations in the German-speaking Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires. But even without being dominated, smaller countries occupied a particular position in literary geography. Denmark, despite having its own language, was part of the larger (non-dominating) entity of Scandinavia. And in the Netherlands, French was currently used by the elite. In the turmoil of the 19th century many changes were made to the European political map which influenced a new perception of the literature of the nations experiencing profound historical change. In this period Portugal and Spain, for centuries major economic, political and military powers, were reduced to “small” countries at the periphery of Europe.

Despite the differences between the respective linguistic situations, the literatures of many European countries in the 19th century can be considered “minor” as they were to a large part on the receiving side of international literary exchanges; unlike countries like France and England who are considered “exporting” countries (cf. Moretti; Cohen/Dever). During the Symposium, Casanova’s judicious remark about the literatures of smaller nations taking each other as models and as points of reference was restated and re-examined from a gendered perspective.


For information and inscription:

Programme Committee:

References:

  • Pascale Casanova, The World Republic of Letters. Cambridge MA/London, Harvard UP, 2004 (tr. of La République mondiale des lettres [1999] by M.B. DeBevoise).
  • Margaret Cohen, Carolyn Dever (eds.), The literary channel. The international invention of the novel. Princeton and Oxford, Princeton Un. press, 2002.
  • Franco Moretti, Atlas of the European Novel 1800-1900. London/New York, Verso, 1998.





AsK, October 2012




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