1er-2 juillet 2017, Warwick
University of Warwick, UK
(preceded by a melodrama workshop Friday 30th June)
The period from 1789 to Napoleon's second abdication in 1815 is one marked by profound transformation in all domains, including the arts – not least because the role of the state in cultural production was a matter of key concern for both the Revolutionaries and the Imperial administration. The last two decades have a seen a resurgence of interest in revolutionary culture, producing valuable insights into spectatorship, participation, propaganda, symbolism and transparency. This conference seeks to extend these approaches to the Napoleonic period, challenging the narrative of Imperial control by re-examining the way that creative agents and institutions engaged with and negotiated around cultural policies.
Studies of theatre at the time, for example, often make much of regulations and edicts (the 1791 freedom of the theatres law or the 1806/1807 imperial decrees) but there is ample evidence that theatrical practice, especially in the provinces, did not always comply with the state's desire to impose control. Is this also the case for other artistic production such as music, painting, or literature? This conference will focus in detail on the discrepancies between the legislation, production and reception of literary and artistic works, in order to establish continuities and discontinuities in the actions of the various political regimes – and the reactions of creative agents – at a time of considerable social and political upheaval.
We welcome paper proposals on the following themes
aesthetics
genre
the emergence of a new public
the book trade
the creation of institutions
the abolition of privilege
censorship and surveillance
theatre reform
prizes
festivals
monuments
processes of adaptation
ideas of authorship
Abstracts (max. 300 words) for 20-minute papers should be sent, with a short biography, to napoleonictheatre@gmail.com by 15 January 2017. The conference languages will be English and French. For more information please contact the conference organiser katherine.astbury@warwick.ac.uk .
The conference is organised and supported by the AHRC-funded research project French Theatre of the Napoleonic Era based at the University of Warwick.
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