Style in Fiction Symposium (SIFS)
Welcome to the Style in Fiction Symposium (SIFS) website
The PALA extraordinary ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM ON STYLE IN FICTION
took place at Lancaster on 11 March 2006.
A
digital recording of the day's presentations and discussions will be
freely available from this website, and also from the website of the
Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA) from 1 May 2006 to
7 May 2006 inclusive.
Thereafter, the materials will be available in the members-only section
of the PALA website until 30 April 2111.
Presentations and discussions were on the theme of the stylistic and structural analysis of fiction writing and included...
Presentations by:
- Professor Barbara Dancygier (University of British Columbia)
- Dr Catherine Emmott (University of Glasgow)
- Professor David Hoover (New York University)
- Dr Elena Semino (Lancaster University)
Opening contributions from the host organizers, Professors Mick Short and Geoffrey Leech
A panel discussion on: ‘Future directions in the stylistics of fiction’ with:
- Dr. Paul Simpson (Queen's University Belfast)
- Professor Peter Stockwell (University of Nottingham) (Chair)
- Professor Michael Toolan (University of Birmingham)
- Professor Peter Verdonk (University of Amsterdam)
The symposium was chaired by Professor Katie Wales (University of Sheffield).
Why the Symposium?
To
celebrate its Silver Jubilee in 2005, PALA
held a poll of its members to award a prize to ‘the most influential
book in stylistics’ to be published in its 25-year history. The
prize was awarded to Style in Fiction by Geoffrey Leech and Mick
Short, published by Longman in 1981.
As a result, PALA decided to hold this special symposium, hosted by the two authors.
Mick Short & Geoff Leech
Lancaster University
Sponsors
The Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences
and the Department
of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University;
Blackpool and the Fylde College;
East Lancashire Institute of Higher Education
Lancaster University Friends Programme;
made possible by alumni donations
Organising committee:
Geoffrey Leech
Mick Short
Elaine Heron
Raksangob Wijitsopon
Brian Walker
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593045 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 843085 E-mail: linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk