Date: 24 - 25 of November, 2011

Venue: Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore (Antakalnio st. 6, Vilnius)

Organizer: Lithuanian Institute for LIterature and Folklore

The conference invites papers which might include the following topics:

• recapitulation of the state of satire and grotesque in Central and Eastern European literature of the Soviet period
• analysis of the ruptures and constants which this tradition experienced in the post-communist period
• presentation of the new interpretations of the theoretical models (e.g. the Bachtinian concepts of carnival and Mennipean satire) and comparative perspectives
• rethinking the interaction of the socio-political critique and esthetics, of the mimetic and fantastic aspects within this mode of representation,
• tracing the changes of status of satire/grotesque in the field of culture.