[ecrea] CFP: film and literature, the Portuguese context

*FROM TEXT TO SCREEN AND BACK TO TEXT: FILM AND LITERATURE, THE 
PORTUGUESE CONTEXT*

*13 and 14 November 2017, King’s College London*

The theme of literary adaptation to the screen has always been a great 
academic catalyst, appealing to various disciplines, from film, to 
literary, to post-colonial, to translation, and to media and 
communication studies. Indeed, this broad spectrum of interest has made 
for very productive and multidisciplinary research. /Letters from War/, 
by film director Ivo Ferreira, a recent adaptation from the homonymous 
novel by writer António Lobo Antunes, has highlighted how film 
adaptations of literary works can lead to very distinct theoretical 
readings. For this discussion, it is important to bring to the forefront 
two distinct schools of thought: on one hand, such key authors as André 
Bazin and Joy Boyoum, who advocate a screen adaptation that is “true” to 
the work it is inspired by; and, on the other, theoreticians and film 
critics such as Neil Sinyard, Patrick Cattrysse, Henry Bacon, 
Jeanne-Marie Clerc and Monique Carcaud-Macaire, who defend the film work 
as a new object in its own right. In this context, it is relevant to 
mention the nuances and variations in artistic meaning created by the 
film adaptation of international literature. Such as in the work of 
Portuguese filmmaker João Botelho, who has adapted both Charles Dickens’ 
/Hard Times/ and Fernando Pessoa’s /B//ook of Disquiet/. Or Michel Van 
der Aa, who has also adapted Fernando Pessoa’s /Book of Disquiet/. Or 
the adaptation of José Saramago’s oeuvre by several international 
filmmakers. Can we read the impact of nationality in film adaptation? In 
this dialogue around film and literature, it is also crucial to 
investigate the indents film has been making on Portuguese literature. 
Can we trace how and to what extent the cinema has influenced Portuguese 
literary works? And can we speak of a film-centric Portuguese literary 
period or school? This conference will focus on the challenges, 
possibilities and multidisciplinary aspects arising from and related to 
the field of interaction between literature and film in a Portuguese 
context.

**

*Guest speakers:* João Botelho, Margarida Gil


        *Call for papers*
        We welcome proposals for papers and presentations that explore
        the following themes from a broad range of viewpoints and
        approaches, by researchers and practitioners, as well as by
        practice-based researchers.

Submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, the following topics:

•      The relationship between the book, time and film.

•      Film influences in Portuguese literature.

•      Fidelity to literary works versus the creation of new independent 
film works.

•      The imagined audience. The reasons for literary adaptation.

•      How do book adaptations engage cinema goers and on what levels?

•      From ‘text' to film: the aura of the writer.

•      Portuguese literature’s influence in and translation to the 
visual arts.

Scholars and researchers from all related academic and practice-based 
fields and are invited to submit proposals.

/The conference will be held in English./

Submission deadline: *Friday* *15 September 2017*.

Participants will be notified by *Friday 29 September 2017*


Scholars and researchers wishing to submit a proposal for a paper 
presentation of 20 minutes (max.) are required to provide their name, 
email address, the title of the paper, an abstract (300-350 words), 5 
key bibliographical references, 5 keywords and a short biography 
(100-150 words) to the following email: 
/(portuguese.film.literature /at/ gmail.com)/ 
<mailto:(portuguese.film.literature /at/ gmail.com)>

**

*Organization*

Centre for Portuguese Language and Culture (King´s College, London) and 
Utopia - UK Portuguese Film Festival

*More on*

*https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/eventrecords/2017-2018/Cam%C3%B5es/Conference-From-Text-to-Screen-and-Back-to-Text.aspx*
*
---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------