SIXTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE

ON

AUSTRIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE

"Visions and Visionaries in

Literature and Film of Modern Austria"

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger, Lafayette College
lambfafm@lafayette.edu

Gisela Roethke, Dickinson College
roethke@dickinson.edu

REGISTRATION FORM

TRAVEL AND LODGING INFORMATION

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Dear Conferees,

On behalf of the entire Lafayette College family I am pleased to welcome you to our campus for the Conference on Austrian Literature and Culture entitled "Visions and Visionaries in Literature and Film of Modern Austria." Professor Lamb-Faffelberger of Lafayette and Professor Roethke of Dickinson College and staff members have arranged an excellent program for your edification and enjoyment. Recent national events illustrate that now, more than ever, we must increase the positive dialog and interactions among the nations of the world.

We look forward very much to your visit.

Arthur J. Rothkopf
President, Lafayette College

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18

MORNING SESSION (09:30 Û 011:00)

MODERATOR: Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger

Mary Wauchope, San Diego State University
"Perception and Identity in 38: Vienna Before the Fall"

Wynfried Kriegleder, University of Vienna
"Soma Morgensterns Buch Die Blutsîule (1946-52). Ein frueher Versuch, den Holocaust literarisch zu bewaeltigen"

Joerg Thunecke, Kñln
"'Ein liebenswerter Untermensch?' Erich Hackls Erzîhlung Abschied von Sidonie (1989): Die NS-Zeit in —sterreich im Spiegel der Nachgeborenen"

LUNCH (11:30 Û 1:15)

Welcoming Address:
June Schlueter, Provost, Lafayette College

Opening Address:
Dr. Ernst Aichinger, Austrian Cultural Institute, New York

AFTERNOON SESSION I (01:30 Û 03:00)

MODERATOR: Joan Moessner, University of Alaska

Gerd Schneider, Syracuse University
"'Jeder jagt einem Traum nach:' Archetpyische Sehnsuchtsbilder im kleinfamilîren Schonraum und ihre Gefîhrdung bei Johannes Mario Simmel"

Paul Dvorak, Virginia Commonwealth University
"Peter Henisch's Schwarzer Peter: The Ongoing Search for Austrian and Self-Identity"

Carlotta von Maltzan, University of Witwatersrand
"Civilization and its Discontents: Mythologizing Africa"

AFTERNOON SESSION II (03:15 Û 04:45)

MODERATOR: Bernhard Doppler, University of Paderborn

Larissa Cybenko, National Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
"Diskussion ½ber den Roman von Christoph Ransmayr Die lertzte Welt: Zur Konstruktion von Moderne und Postmoderne"

Jennifer Marshall, Centre College
"Back to the Future: Austrian Literary Identity and the Reenvisioning of Homer's Odyssey"

DINNER (05:00 Û 6:15)

EVENING PROGRAM (6:30)

GERHARD KOFLER
Lesung und "B½cherschreiben in —sterreich - und dann?"
Introduced by Geoffrey Howes, Bowling Green State University

and

Filmviewing: HARALD FRIEDL'S Land ohne Eigenschaften

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19

MORNING SESSION I (09:30 Û 10:30)

MODERATOR: Renate Latimer, Auburn University, AL

Linda DeMerrit, Allegheny College, PA
"Visions of Chaos and Order: Gert Jonke's Geometrischer Heimatroman "

Pam Saur, Lamar University, TX
"Gerhard Roth: A Literary Visionary"

MORNING SESSION II (10:45 Û 11:45)

MODERATOR: Ted Fiedler, University of Kentucky

Gerlinde Ulm Sanford, Syracuse University, NY
"Visions of Peaceful Alternatives to War: The Anti-hero in Michael Kñhlmeier's Telemach"

Anita McChesney, Johns Hopkins University, MD
"From Fiction to Reality: Inter-textuality and Poetology in Peter Handke's Der Hausierer"

LUNCH (12:15 Û 2:15)

Keynote Address: Klaus Zeyringer, IPLV Angers, France
"Literarisches Geschehen der 90er Jahre in —sterreich"

AFTERNOON SESSION I (02:30 Û 4:00)

MODERATOR: Mary Wauchope, San Diego State University

Marc-Oliver Schuster, University of Toronto
"Die îsthetischen Werte des Films, der Kinoatmosphîre und des Statisch-Visuellen bei H.C. Artmann"

Christina Schmid, University of Minnesota
"Translating Gender in Outer Space: Hans Scheirl's Dandy Dust"

Bernhard Doppler, University of Paderborn
"End of Days. Die Schwarzenegger-Saga, letzte Folge"

AFTERNOON SESSION II (04:15 Û 05:15)

MODERATOR: Franz Birgel, Muhlenberg College

Rainer Bellenbaum, Berlin
"Migration - Gewalt - Mobilitît - Immobilitît. Wie Michael Haneke durch ein filmisches Prinzip gesellschaftliches Verhalten reflektiert"

Willy Riemer, University of Delaware
"Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games': Violence and the Media"

DINNER (05:30 Û 07:00)

EVENING PROGRAM 7:15

MARTIN KRUSCHE
    "Literarisches Geschehen und das Internet: Internet-Salon House "
    Introduced by Klaus Zeyringer, IPLV, Angers

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20

MORNING SESSION I (09:30 Û 10:30)

MODERATOR: Carlotta von Maltzan, Unoversity of Witwatersrand

Andrea Bartl, University of Augsburg, Germany
"Anti-Visionen der ñsterreichischen Gesellschaft in Werner Schwabs Fîkaliendramen"

Robert Acker, University of Montana, MO
"Nightmare in Niederñsterreich or Mayhem on Mauritius: A Critical Examination of Xaver Schwarzenberger's Contemporary Christmas Comedies Single Bells and O Palmenbaum"

MORNING SESSION II (10:45 Û 12:15)

MODERATOR: Gudrun Brokoph-Mauch, St. Lawrence University, NY

Frank Pilipp, Georgia Institute of Technology,
"Subversive Visionen: Zum Motivgeflecht in Ingeborg Bachmanns Das dreiœigste Jahr"

Inge Arteel, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium
"Mayrñckers Schreiben: eine Sisyphusarbeit zwischen Utopie und Dystopie"

Gisela Roethke, Dickinson College
"Visionîre Befreiungsversuche: Zu Lilian Faschinger's Die neue Scheherazade"

LUNCH (12:30 Û 2:15)

AFTERNOON SESSION (02:30 Û 04:30)

MODERATOR: Gisela Roethke, Dickinson College, PA

Helga Schreckenberger, University of Vermont
"The Vision of Female Geniality in Elisabeth Reichart's Sakkorausch"

Christina Guenther, Bowling Green State University
"Identity, History and Space in Anna MitgutschÌs Haus der Kindheit and Josef HaslingerÌs Vaterspiel"

Andrea Bandhauer, University of Sydney
"'Es gibt kein privates Gesicht:' Margret Kreidls Portrîts"

Gabriele Eckart, Southeast Missouri State University, MO
"Marlene Steeruwitz' Majakowskiring: Ein beunruhigender Kommentar zur deutschen Wiedervereinigung"

Readings (05:00)

ELISABETH REICHART
Introduced by Linda DeMeritt, Allegheny College

EVELYN SCHLAG
"Lesung aus ihrem neuen Roman Das L in Laura und Lyrik"
Introduced by Beverly Eddy, Dickinson College

Dinner (07:00)
- und gem½tliches Beisammensein