[csaa-forum] Jane Austen and Comedy conference Melb Nov 29-30

[Melissa Gregg]

> La Trobe University English Program and VATE are proud to present
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> 'I dearly love a laugh': Jane Austen and Comedy
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> An international conference
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> 29-30 November 2007
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> La Trobe University, Bundoora Campus
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> http://austen2007.net
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> Opening Night Lecture: Germaine Greer on Jane Austen
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> Other speakers include:
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> Tomoko Aoyama (University of Queensland)
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> Linda Bree (Cambridge University Press)
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> Kerryn Goldsworthy (Adelaide)
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> Jocelyn Harris (University of Otago)
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> Claude Rawson (Yale University)
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> Mary Spongberg (Macquarie University)
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> Harish Trivedi (University of Delhi)
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> John Wiltshire (La Trobe University)
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> and Julia Zemiro (RocKwiz, Spontaneous Broadway)
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> Mr Darcy is not to be laughed at!' cried Elizabeth. 'That is an  
> uncommon advantage, and uncommon I hope it will continue, for it  
> would be a great loss to me to have many such acquaintance. I  
> dearly love a laugh.
> (Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 11)
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> What makes us laugh is something of a mystery that can be  
> approached in a variety of ways. What forms does Jane Austen's  
> comedy take? How does it compare with the comedy of other great  
> entertainers? Does it survive translation into other cultures and  
> languages? What is the relation of Wit to Wisdom? Does Wisdom, as  
> Jane Austen wrote in a letter, 'in the long run have the laugh on  
> its side'?
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> This conference presents papers on French and Japanese  
> translations, on Austen's reception in India, on comic types, on  
> crosscultural issues, on the narrative presentation of comedy, on  
> her youthful writings and unfinished novels, on her comic  
> presentation of marriage, adolescence, illness, English history,  
> and money, and on her influence on other novelists from around the  
> world. There will also be papers on the role played by what is  
> known or imagined about Austen's biography in the ongoing cultural  
> fascination with her work.
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> Professor Germaine Greer will open the conference with an evening  
> lecture on Jane Austen in the contemporary world.  This event is  
> open to the public.  For information and bookings, and to see the  
> full conference program, visit the conference website at http:// 
> austen2007.net
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> Contact: John Wiltshire, conference convenor  
> j.wiltshire at latrobe.edu.au
> Laura Carroll, conference organiser l.carroll at latrobe.edu.au
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