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7th International Conference
on Emile Zola and Naturalism



September 22-25, 1998
Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Sponsored by the AIZEN,
the University of Glasgow French and German Publications,
the Emile Zola Society,
and the Institut Français de Londres

Hosted by the University of Glasgow,
Department of French



Organizers:
Prof. Anna Gural-Migdal (University of Alberta, Canada)
Dr. Geoff Woollen (University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

President / Founder: Prof. Monique E. Fol (Boston College, USA)




(From left, behind) Laurent Marie, Donald Bruce, Marzia
Finocchiaro, Gilbert Darbouze, Holly Woodson Waddell,
Anna Gural-Migdal, Kelly Basilio, Michel Berta



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

3:00 PM   Registration, Queen Margaret Hall
7:00 PM   Dinner, Queen Margaret Hall
8:15 PM   Opening Speeches, Queen Margaret Hall
Geoff Woollen, Editor of the University of Glasgow French and
German Publications and Emile Zola Society Bulletin
Angus J. Kennedy, Chair, Dept. of French, University of Glasgow
Chantal Morel, Institut Français de Londres
Anna Gural-Migdal, AIZEN Vice President


Section A
8:45-10:00 PM
Queen Margaret Hall

Genesis and Conception of Zola's Text
President: Francis Lacoste

Colette BECKER (Université de Paris X/Nanterre, France). "Imagination, invention. L'esthétique zolienne à partir des dossiers préparatoires du romancier"

Sarah J. CAPITANIO (University of Wolverhampton, UK) "Plan détourné? Plan contourné? Les dernières séries de Zola"


10:00 PM   BAR




WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

Section B
9:00-10:30 AM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

New Critical Approaches to Zola's Text
President: Danielle Kent Bishop


(From left) Elizabeth Emery, Danielle Kent Bishop, David Emero

Holly Woodson WADDELL (Northwestern University, Chicago, USA) "Ambivalences infernales: la mine / la mère comme 'espaces autres' dans Germinal"

Mihaela MARIN (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA) "La bucolique des Halles: symbole et paysage dans Le Ventre de Paris"

Sébastien DOUBINSKY (University of Aarhus, Denmark) "Comment on se marie, ou la traversée du miroir: intentions et perspectives d'un écrivain face à lui-même"


10:45-11:00 AM   COFFEE BREAK


Section C
11:00-12:30 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

Zola and the Theoretical Scientific Discourse
President: Don Bruce


(From left) Rosemary Peters-Crick, Richard Boston,
Donald Bruce

Ruth SCHURCH-HALAS (University of Calgary, Canada) "Leib und Körper: dialogue entre scientisme et fiction"

Francis LACOSTE (Université de Sfax, Tunisia) "Zola et Taine"

Filippo SALVATORE (Concordia University, Montréal, Canada) "La science en Europe à la fin du 19e siècle: Francesco De Sanctis et son interprétation de Zola et Darwin"


12:30-1:45 PM   BUFFET LUNCH, College Club


Section D
1:45-3:15 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

French Naturalist Writers I
President: Michel Berta


(From left) Sébastien Doubinsky, Michel Berta, Sarah
Capitanio, Holly Woodson Waddell

Jonathan PATRICK (Merton College, Oxford, UK) "Why does it have to hurt?: the diseased body in J. K. Huysmans"

Catherine DOUSTEYSSIER-KHOZE (University of Durham, UK) "L'autoparodie naturaliste"

Robert ZIEGLER (Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Butte, USA) "Decadent Pathology of Naturalist Health: literature at the crossroads in Huysmans 'Un Dilemme'


3:15-3:30 PM   TEA BREAK


Section E
3:30-5:30 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

SPECIAL PANEL: The Dreyfus Affair
President: Alain Pagès

Carolyn SNIPES-HOYT (University of Alberta, Canada) "Jeanne d'Arc et le dreyfusisme après l'Affaire"

Chantal MOREL (Institut Français de Londres) "La Réception de l'Affaire Dreyfus dans la presse londonienne en 1898 et encore en 1998"

Eric CAHM (Université de Tours, France) "A Neglected Aspect of the Dreyfus Affair: The Moderate Anti-Dreyfusism of the Governing Elite in 1898"


7:00 PM   DINNER, Queen Margaret Hall

8:00 PM   BAR




THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

Section F
8:30-9:30 AM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

French Naturalist Writers II
President: Geoff Woollen


(From left) Pamela Wilson, Thea Van Til Rusthoven
Andrew McQueen, C.J.T. Talar

Michel BERTA (North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, USA) "Sainte Elizabeth Rousset dite Boule de Suif"

C.J.T. TALAR (Saint Mary's Seminary & University, Baltimore, USA) "Narratives of Sanctity, Narratives of Conspiracy in Fin-de-siècle French Catholicism"

Section G
9:30-11:00 AM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg.

Pathology in Zola's Text
President: Sarah Capitanio


(From left) Ruth Schurch-Halas, Laurent Marie, Colin Smethurst

Susan HARROW (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) "The Matter with Jeanne: narrative and the nervous body in Zola's Une Page d'amour"

Anna GURAL-MIGDAL (University of Alberta, Canada) "Représentation utopique et ironie dans Le Ventre de Paris"


10:45-11:00 AM   COFFEE BREAK

11:00 AM   Transfer by Coach to Scotland Street School Museum


Section H
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Victorian Classroom
Scotland Street School Museum


Zola, the Intellectual, and the Republican Tradition
President: Colette Becker

Jean-Pierre BERTRAND (Université de Liège, Belgium) "Zola : pour une littérature républicaine"

Alain PAGES (Université de Reims, France) "Zola l'intellectuel"


12:30-1:30 PM   Visit of Museum and Lunch

1:30 PM   Transfer by Coach to Burrell Collection, Pollok Country


Section I
2:00-4:00 PM
Lecture Theatre, Burrell Collection,
Pollok Country Park


Zola and the Visual Arts
President: Vivien Hamilton


Victorian classroom, Scotland Street School Museum

Vivien HAMILTON: Curator's Introduction

Sarah PAPPAS (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA) "An Enigmatic Reflection: the Nana of Manet and Zola through the looking glass"

Geoff WOOLLEN (University of Glasgow, UK) "Zola, Cézanne and Le Château de Médan"

Richard BOSTON, SPECIAL GUEST "Zola and his Cézannes"


4:00-5:00 PM   Visit of Art Gallery, Burrell Collection

5:00 PM   Transfer by Coach to City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow

6:00-7:00 PM   CIVIC RECEPTION
at City Chambers of Glasgow
Presentation of the AIZEN Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper

7:00 PM   Walk to School of Piping, McPhater Street, Glasgow

8:00 PM   CONFERENCE DINNER
Piping Centre, McPhater Street, Glasgow



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

Section J
8:30-10:00 AM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg

Naturalist Icons and Artifacts
President: Gilbert Darbouze


(From left) Hannah Thompson, Elizabeth Emery, Geoff Woollen,
Russell Cousins

Hannah THOMPSON (Newham College, Cambridge, UK) "Transvestism, Transgression and the Aesthetics of Artifice in the Rougon-Macquart"

Danielle KENT BISHOP (University of Plymouth, UK) "Jewellery in the Rougon-Macquart: a glittering revelation"

Elizabeth EMERY (Montclair State University, USA) "'Bricabracomania': Zola's romantic instinct"


10:00-10:15 AM   COFFEE BREAK


Section K
10:15-12:00 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg

SPECIAL PANEL: L'Argent
President: Anna GURAL-MIGDAL


(From left) Anna Gural-Migdal, Chantal Morel

Andrew McQUEEN (Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA) "The Wild Child in Zola's L'Argent"

Encarnacion Medina ARJONA (Universidad de Cadiz, Spain) "L'Argent ou un drame du XVIIe siècle pour une idéologie naissante"

Russell COUSINS (University of Birmingham, UK) "Adapting Zola for TV: the example of Jacques Rouffio's L'Argent"

Section L
12:00-1:00 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg

European Naturalist Cinema
President: Russell Cousins

Laurent MARIE (University College Dublin, Ireland) "La vie de Jésus: nivôse au pays de Germinal"

Kelly BASILIO (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) "A propos de l'adaptation de Pierre et Jean par Luis Bunuel"


1:00-2:00 PM   BUFFET LUNCH, College Club


Section M
2:00-3:30 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg

Scientific Interpretation of Zola's Text
President: Chantal Morel


(From left) Anna Gural-Migdal, Rosemary Peters-Crick, Mrs. Mc Bailey, Mayor of Glasgow


Rosemary PETERS-CRICK (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA) "For the Pleasure of Ladies: Theft, Gender, and Object Relations in Thérèse Raquin and Au Bonheur des dames"

Thea VAN TIL RUSTHOVEN (Redeemer College, Ancaster, Canada) "Zola, Lombroso et les codes des personnages: mauvais ménage à trois?"

Don BRUCE (University of Alberta, Canada) "Le Discours hyperbolique en fin de siècle: la "vérité en panne""


3:30-3:45 PM   TEA BREAK


Section N
3:45-6:15 PM
Theatre, Modern Languages Bldg

SPECIAL PANEL: European Naturalism
President: Filippo Salvatore

Marzia FINOCCHIARO (University of Catania, Italy) "De la Sicile à Milan. Itinéraire des réceptions italiennes du naturalisme français"

Graeme MACDONALD (University of Glasgow, UK) "Bloodlines: Zola and Scottish Literary Naturalism"

Kathleen DAVIS (Tulane University, New Orleans, USA) "Family, Inc.: corporation and kinship in La Febre d'or"

Laurent CATHALAN (University of Glasgow, UK) "'No sex, please, we're British': le rejet du naturalisme corporel dans une traduction victorienne de Thérèse Raquin"

Chantal Sophie CASTRO (Université Laval, Canada) "Réalité virtuelle ou 'réalisme' chez Zola et Verga?"

Section O
3:45-5:15 PM
ROOM 5, Modern Languages Bldg

Worldwide Naturalism
President: Eric Cahm

Kim SANG-KOO (Pusan National University, South Korea) "Effects of Science: a comparison of early American naturalism with American naturalism of the sixties"

Gilbert DARBOUZE (Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA) "Le Docteur Pascal d'Emile Zola et Beba de Carlos Reyles: deux discours sur l'inceste"

Linda Beane KATNER (St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, USA) "Homage to Zola: naturalist influences in Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy"



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