Degrees of Fictionality
Research seminar supported by IIRP is closed to public participation.
For questions, please contact Alison James at asj@uchicago.edu
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