Narrative and Representation after Violence: Form, Mediation, Education
This seminar addresses the problem of how violence is represented across different media—autobiography, literature, art, and language—and what it means to narrate experiences that resist narration. The concern is less with memory or retelling, and more with the forms through which harm is rendered and the pressures placed on those forms.
Representation raises questions about the adequacy of language, the risk of distortion, and the ethics of aestheticising violence. At the same time, narrative functions as a mode of mediation: it sets the terms by which experiences are made intelligible, shared, or silenced. The seminar will examine how such practices of representation and narration carry educational weight, shaping possibilities for recognition, dialogue, and justice.
Speakers
- Prof. Meg Jensen — English Literature & Creative Writing, Kingston University LondonRepresenting Trauma: Sound and Silence
- Dr Nicholas Stock — British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of BirminghamTitle: TBC
- Dr Katherine Stone — Associate Professor in Modern Languages and Cultures, University of WarwickTitle: TBC
Practical Information
- Morning refreshments will be provided
- Lunch at 13:00 (self-funded, all welcome)
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