ASEEES Panel

[Fabrizio Fenghi]

Dear SEELANGERS,

I would like to organize a panel for ASEEES 2011 on the treatment of the
concept of virtual reality in Russian and Soviet culture. Within the scope
of virtual reality I would include different phenomena, such as the
symbolist “tvorchestvo zhizni,” the “varnishing of reality” of Socialist
Realist aesthetic, and the postmodernist notion of hyper-reality. I would be
interested in presenting a paper on this topic under the title
“‘Theatricality,’ Propaganda and the Emergence of Mass Media between the
Wars: Nikolai Evreinov’s Samoe Glavnoe and Marcel L’Herbier’s La Comédie du
Bonheur,” which focuses on the analysis of Evreinov’s last Soviet play and
its French cinematographic adaptation from 1939. I was thinking on limiting
the historical scope of the panel to the first half of the twentieth
century, focusing on the interactions between some strands in the Russian
avant-gardes and the emergence of mass culture and totalitarianism, both in
Europe and Soviet Russia. I think that it would be equally productive,
however, to compare different historical periods, authors, or artistic
movements.

I am open to proposals coming from different disciplines, such as
literature, theater, film, and art. Please contact me off list at
fabrizio.fenghi at yale.edu if you are interested in participating or if you
have any questions. 
Alternatively, if you are planning a panel in which my paper might fit (for
instance, a panel on Russian émigré culture) please feel free to contact me
as well.

All the best,

Fabrizio Fenghi

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