The (neo-)historical in British literature and visual arts (20th-21st centuries)

colloque annuel de la SEAC (Société d’études anglaises contemporaines) The Société d’études anglaises contemporaines (SEAC) is an academic association for those (in France and internationally) who work in the field of British literature and culture since 1910. Thématiques abordées : Possible topics or issues to explore (alone or combined) the field of the neo-historical include but are not limited to: - Authenticity - Biofictional narratives - Ethics of representation - Experimentalism - Genre and gender - Genre fiction - Nostalgia - Presentism and the role of anachronism - The commodification of history - Modernist and anti-Modernist precedents