Popular Revenants. German Gothic in its International Contexts

An International Symposium at Trinity College Dublin
Friday 4th & Saturday 5th September 2009
IIIS Seminar Room, Level 6, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin.

This symposium is the sequel to a conference on German Gothic literature which took place at the University of Halle-Wittenberg earlier this year. While the Halle conference examined the part played by the German Schauerroman in the emergence of the Gothic around 1800, this symposium will focus on the German Gothic in the nineteenth century and beyond. Speakers will discuss the afterlife of this literature from several vantage points, including intercultural transfer, transfers between Gothic literature and other media, the emergence of the fantastic, the fate of the Gothic in realism, and Gothic modernism.

There is no registration fee, but places are limited. For further information please contact Andrew Cusack (acusack@tcd.ie) or Barry Murnane (barry.murnane@germanistik.uni-halle.de)

Organisers:
Dr Andrew Cusack, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

Dr Barry Murnane, Germanistisches Institut, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg.

The symposium is funded by the Trinity Long Room Hub.

Funding Bodies