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2014

Paris

Call for papers - Language

Brevity is the soul of wit

Angles, French Perspectives on the Anglophone World

For its inaugural issue, Angles: French Perspectives on the Anglophone World welcomes original proposals inspired by the celebrated aphorism: ‘Brevity is the soul of wit’. Often used to describe a literary and social form (humor or sarcasm) or to illustrate commonplaces, the dictum encapsulates beliefs about the relationship between ‘brevity’ and ‘wit’ which have numerous implications in different disciplines and forms of expression. The aphorism not only suggests that brevity is a gateway to revelatory truths, it also implies that true ‘wit’ exists only in shortened form, paradoxically positing depth of meaning (‘soul’) in brevity of form, and also hinting that humor loses its essence when explicated. Additional contradictions emerge when one recalls the context in which the line appears in Hamlet, when Polonius tires the audience by giving some words of wisdom to his departing son.

Sherbrooke

Cultural spaces and issues in Louisiana, from its foundation to the present day

Depuis le XVIII^e siècle, la Louisiane a occupé et investi des espaces variés ; espaces géographiques, certes, mais également symboliques. La diversité et la complexité des espaces et des expériences en Louisiane ont soulevé et soulèvent encore aujourd’hui bien des enjeux en histoire culturelle. Cette journée d’étude vise à présenter une mise au point des avancées historiographiques. L’événement viendra également inaugurer le volet recherche du Centre interordre d’études louisianaises de l’université de Sherbrooke et du Cégep de Sherbrooke.

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