Writings and Rewritings
Folk Lore, Fairy Tale and Literature

A workshop conference in honour of Peter France

5-6 January 2001

Dartington Hall
(near Totnes, Devon)

PROGRAMME

Friday, 5 January 2001

1 - 2: Arrival and Registration

2 - 2.30: Welcome and Opening Address (Malcolm Bowie, All Souls College, Oxford)

2.30 - 3.30: Folktale and Literature: The Editor as Author (Peter France, Department of French, University of Edinburgh)

3.30 - 3.45: Tea / Coffee

3.45 - 4.45: J.K.A. Musäus's Volksmärchen der Deutschen in English (David Blamires, Department of German Studies, University of Manchester)

4.45 - 5.45: Grimmer Tales: Perrault's 'La Barbe bleue' in German (Mererid Puw Davies, Department of German, University College London)

6.30 - 8.30: Evening Meal

8.30: Reception

The Palestinian Cinderella (Ibrahim Muhawi, Department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Edinburgh)

Storytelling

Saturday, 6 January 2001

Twelfth Night -
Heilige drei Könige - Noche de Reyes - Fête des Rois -

8 - 9: Breakfast

9.30 - 10.30: Multiple Meanings in the Fairy Tale (Graham Martin, Department of French, University of Edinburgh)

10.30 - 10.45: Tea / Coffee

10.45 - 12.30: Panel - Plenary Discussion

12.30: Departure
The White Hart pub will be open for lunch.

The BCLA gratefully acknowledges financial support from The Edinburgh Institute for the Advanced Study of Islam and the Middle East.

For further details, contact: Penny Brown, Department of French, University of Manchester, GB-Manchester M13 9PL (e-mail: penny.brown@man.ac.uk)