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Short Fiction Theory and Practice ‘Materiality in the Short Fiction of Alice Munro’, guest edited by Corinne Bigot, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, and Christine Lorre, Sorbonne Nouvelle University “People’s lives, in Jubilee as elsewhere, were dull, simple, amazing and unfathomable—deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum.” (Munro, Lives of Girls and Women, 1971. ShrThroughout her…
“The Persistence of the Short Story: Traditions and Futures” — 10-12 July 2024, University of Mainz, Germany The Society for the Study of the American Short Story, The American Literature Association, and the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies, in collaboration with the ENSFR, have organized a three-day seminar series on the short story. Here…
Blue Short Stories Special Issue N° 85 of the Journal of the Short Story in English (JSSE) Guest editors : Bénédicte Meillon, Université d’Angers, and Frédérique Spill, Université Jules Vernes Picardie Since the turn of the century, the stakes inherent in climate change have turned out to be indissoluble from the threats affecting coastal and marine…
Registration is now open for the 2022 ENSFR conference, Short Fiction as World Literature hosted by the University of Lisbon, School of Arts and Humanities Centre for Comparative Studies October 27-29th. Keynote Speakers are: Helena C. Buescu (University of Lisbon) Stefano Evangelista (University of Oxford) Olivia Michael (Manchester Metropolitan University) To register, please click…
University of Angers, France, 10-12 July 2023 Find the programme here: https://sfbb-erasmusplus.eu/…/programme-colloque-WEB-2.pdf See below for links to online sessions. The University of Angers is organizing a closing conference for the Short Forms Beyond Borders (SFBB) pedagogical innovation project (European Erasmus + “Strategic Partnerships”) July 10-12, 2023. These three days will be structured as a “Multiplier…
Short Fiction in Theory & Practice ISSN 2043-0701 | online ISSN 2043-071X 2 issues per volume | First published 2011 Special issue: ‘Uniquely Canadian Cultural Narratives’, guest edited by Zsuzsanna Lénárt-Muszka (University of Debrecen) In 1972, seventeen-year-old Heather Scott submitted a memorable entry – ‘As Canadian as possible under the circumstances’ – to radio host…