ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE LITTERATURE COMPAREE
ATELIER ANNUEL DU COMITE DE RECHERCHE SUR LA THEORIE LITTERAIRE

INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE LITERATURE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL WORKSHOP OF THE RESEARCH COMMITTEE ON LITERARY THEORY

« Théories littéraires du hasard et de la contingence »
“Theorizing Chance. How does Literary Theory deal with Contingency?”
Paris, 19-20 Juin /19/20 June 2021

Université Paris-Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris-3)
Salle Max Milner, 17 rue de la Sorbonne 75005 PARIS

Org. Anne Duprat (CERCLL-UPJV/IUF) et/and Alexandre Gefen (CNRS-UMR THALIM)

Samedi 19 Juin/Saturday 19 June

- 9:15 Accueil café / Coffee

- 9:45 Introduction / Welcoming remarks

Anne Duprat (UPJV-IUF), Alexandre Gefen (CNRS-THALIM)

- 10:00: “The Realness of Chance“

Julia Jordan (University College London)

- 11:00 Pause/ Coffee break

- 11:30 – 12:30 Panel I Chair: Vladimir Biti

• Stefan Willer (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
  “Contingencies of Localization in Literary Theory“
   
• Susanne Strätling (Freie Universität Berlin)
  “The Law of Heterogeneity, or: How to get in touch with literature?“
   
• Jernej Habjan (Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)
  “Certain Contingencies: Austin’s, Derrida’s, Butler’s”
   

12:30 Discussion/ Q&A

13:00 Déjeuner/ Lunch

- 15:00-16:00 Panel II Chair: Robert C. J. Young

• Xiaofan Amy Li (University College London)
  “The Formation of Chance: What Can Stones and Pearls Tell Us about Artistic Intention and Comparative Literary Theory?“
   
• Anne Duprat (Université de Picardie-Jules Verne/ IUF)
  “Metaphors and Paradigms: Figures of Chance in Literary Theory“
   
• Divya Dwivedi (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
  Title tbc

16:00 Discussion/ Q&A

16:30 Pause/ Coffee Break

- 17:00-18:00 Panel III Chair: Stefan Willer

• Maya Issam Kesrouany (NYU Abu Dhabi)
  “Between Writer and Militant: Arab Realism and the Accidental“
   
• Robert C. J. Young (New York University)
  “Winging it“
   
• Vladimir Biti (Universität Wien)
  “Narrating Contingency: Kafka and Coetzee”
   

18:00 Discussion/ Q&A

Dimanche 20 Juin / Sunday 20 June

- 9:30 Accueil Café / Coffee

- 10:00 – 11:30 Panel IV Chair: Jernej Habjan

• Zaal Andronikashvili (Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung)
  “The Creative Function. Can we think creativity without contingency? “
   
• Karin Kukkonen (U. Oslo)
  “Contingency Traps: The Role of Form in Creative Processes”
   
• Alexandre Gefen (Paris-3 Sorbonne Nouvelle -THALIM)
  “Theoretical thinking, statistical thinking”
   

11:30 Discussion/ Q&A

12:30 Déjeuner / Lunch

14:30 Business Meeting - Research Committee on Literary Theory