MELODRAMA 2015-2016 PAL-FHI Seminar in Concepts, Figures, and Art Forms
(co-organizers: Jacqueline Waeber, Anne-Gaëlle Saliot, Michael Moses) Symposium 2: “Melodrama in the age of realism”
February 20, Saturday
FHI, Smith Warehouse, the Garage,
09:45am-2:30pm
09:45am-10:45am Prof. Matt Buckley (Rutgers University, English): “Melodrama’s Myths/Melodrama’s History”
10:45am-11:45am Prof. Carolyn Williams (Rutgers University, English): “What Can A Novel Do With the Melodramatic Tableau?”
Noon-1pm: Buffet lunch Please register: jw140@duke.edu
1:00pm-2:15pm: Prof. Sharon Weltman (Louisiana State University, English): “Victorian Melodrama, Elizabeth Polack, and the East End Purimspiel”
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