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Degrees of Fictionality

June 4-7, 2024

America 2024: A Crossroads to Democracy?

Degrees of Fictionality
 

Research seminar supported by IIRP is closed to public participation. 

For questions, please contact Alison James at asj@uchicago.edu

Program

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Tuesday June 4

9:30 a.m.       Opening remarks: Alison James, Akihiro Kubo, Françoise Lavocat 10:00 a.m.     

Stacie Friend, University of Edinburgh - “Dimensions of Fictionality”

12:00 p.m.             Lunch break

2:00 p.m.               Marie-Laure Ryan, independent scholar - “Gradual or Binary? Folk theories vs. Formal Theories of Fictionality”

Wednesday June 5

10:00 a.m.             Monika Fludernik, University of Freiburg - “Graded Fictionality: Degrees of Non-Factuality and Hybridizations”

12:00 p.m.  Lunch break

2:00 p.m.               Kohei Takahashi, Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts - “Factors Influencing the Degree of Fiction’s Influence on Beliefs”

Thursday June 6

10:00 a.m.             Françoise Lavocat, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and IUF - “The Border between Fact and Fiction: Contemporary Challenges”

12:00 p.m.     Lunch break

2:00 p.m.               Matthieu Letourneux, Université Paris Nanterre - “‘Non ce n’est pas un roman’: Factual Articles and Fictional Models in the Popular Press”

Friday June 7

10:00 a.m.             Simona Zetterberg-Nielsen, Aarhus University -  “Degrees of Fictionalityin the Rise of Fiction.”

12:00 p.m.             Lunch break

2:00 p.m.               Discussion and Conclusions – all participants