Brown Bag Biography with Adina Balint

February 6, 12:00pm - 1:15pm
Mānoa Campus, Kuykendall 410

The Center for Biographical Research presents: / 鈥淥rdinary Life Narratives and Climate Change in Contemporary Literature: Experiencing Atmosphere鈥/ Adina Balint, Professor of French Literature, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Winnipeg / The intersection of climate change and literature is a dynamic space where narratives, both fictional and non-fictional, contribute to shaping public awareness, fostering environmental consciousness and inspiring action. Drawing from theories of ecocriticism and ecopoetics (Schoentjes, Posthumus), I show how contemporary Francophone writers connect climate change observations with everyday life both thematically and formally. I seek to demonstrate that literature challenges climate change discourse focused on science and policy by orienting readers鈥 attention to minor gestures and actions of everyday life. / Adina Balint is Professor of 20th and 21st-century French literature at the University of Winnipeg, in Manitoba, Canada. She has recently co-edited Les ambiances dans les litt茅ratures de langue fran莽aise du XIXe si猫cle 脿 nos jours [Atmospheres in French Language Literature from the 19th Century to the Present Day] (with Sara Buekens, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval). Her current research studies how everyday life representations challenge our conceptions of the (extra)ordinary. / Co-sponsored by the School of Cinematic Arts, Hui 驶膧ina Pilipili, the Departments of History, English, Political Science, and more to be announced / February 6 / Kuykendall 410 / 12PM to 1:15PM HST


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Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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