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Contemporary Narrative Theory Session Speakers

” The ISSN conference attendees are always eager to hear from a slate of dynamic theorists in our Contemporary Narrative Theory sessions; this year we will be particularly looking forward to a group of individuals all based in Europe where narratology has been enjoying a particular lively rebirth in the last decade or so.”

Irene Kacandes
President ISSN, Dartmouth College, USA.


Torben Grodal is Professor of Film studies at the University of Copenhagen.  

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Liesbeth Korthals Altes is Professor of General Literature at the University of Groningen.  

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Greta Olson is Professor for English and American literature and cultural studies at the University of Giessen.  

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Ruth Page is lecturer at the University of Leicester. Her research combines discourse-analytic and literary-critical approaches to narrative.  

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Richard Walsh is a senior lecturer in English and Related Literature at the University of York, UK.  

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Jan Christoph Meister is Professor of German Literature at the University of Hamburg and specializes in Narratology and Digital Humanities.  

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