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Marlen Haushofer (1920-1970): Literary Works and Adaptations: Post-Apocalyptic, Posthuman Worlds, and the Theme of Complicity

28 Feb 2022
Photo of Bernadette Cronin (in Killing Stella) in the poster taken by Harry Moore (photographer/cinematographer)

We would like to invite you to the following hybrid seminar on the Austrian writer Marlen Haushofer on 1st March 2022, 4-5.30 p.m. Mary Ryan Seminar Room and online.

Austrian novelist Marlen Haushofer's Die Wand (The Wall, 1963, film adaptation by Julian Poelsler in 2012) has been described by Daniela Strigl as one of the key works of the 20th century.  For several reasons, it also became a book to read during Covid times. 

The seminar will feature the following presentations (in English): 

  • Fuelling Lockdown: Haushofer鈥檚 Die Wand (The Wall) as a Text of the Great Acceleration. (Caitr铆ona N铆 Dh煤ill, UCC)  
  • Discussion of Marlen Haushofer鈥檚 novella Wir t枚ten Stella (1958) and the adaptation Killing Stella by Bernadette Cronin, in collaboration with Gaitkrash Theatre Company and cellist Eimear Reidy. (Bernadette Cronin Barbara Siller, UCC)  
  • Film perspectives and literary motifs: Reflections on Marlen Haushofer in the Austrian context. (Birgit Langeder, Vienna 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Economics and Business, Erasmus+ visitor / Verband 枚sterreichischer Volkshochschulen)

Mary Ryan Seminar Room: March 1st @ 4-5.30pm. 

 

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