Appendix 8
COUNTRY REPORT – SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
April 2003 – October 2003
1. New
courses and new centres
University of Novi Sad
- La
littérature au féminin (Ljiljana Matic)
- La
littérature migrante (Ljiljana Matic)
2. Conferences, conference participation
“Littérature et médias” – International conference, 25-27 September, Novi Sad
-
Ljiljana Matic(University of Novi Sad): “Gaëtan Brulotte, un des auteurs
favorits des médias”
“Other Language: Otherness in Canadian Culture” – 1st International Conference
of Canadian Studies, 18-20 October,
Belgrade
- Ljiljana Matic (University of Novi Sad), “Rapports entre la mère et la fille
dans L’ingratitude de Ying Chen, le défi du transculturel et
l’enrichissement de la littérature québécoise contemporine”
- Vladimir Gvozden (University of Novi Sad),
“The Image of Canada in
Contemporary Serbian Novel: David Albahari’s Snow Man and
Vladimir
Tasic’s Leaving Gift”
- Vesna Lopicic (University of Nis):
“‘From molten lead to liquid light’: The
- Snezana Moretic-Micic (University of
Belgrade): “Recent Canadian Novels in
Serbia”
- Tanja Cvetkovic (University of Nis):
“Repudiation of Otherness: The Orphic
and
Narcissistic Motifs in Robert Kroetsch’s Badlands”
- Radojka Vukcecic (University of Montenegro):
“Margaret Atwood’s
- Milena Kostic (University of Nis): “To Eat or
be Eaten (Margaret Atwood’s
Edible
Woman)”
- Milica Zivkovic (University of Nis): “Gender
and Genre in Margaret Atwood’s
Dystopia The Handmaid’s Tale”
- Radivoje Konstantinovic (University of Belgrade): “Les Identités de
Négovan
Rajic”
- Jelena Novakovic (University of Belgrade): “Le Moi et les Autres dans les
Œuvres de Négovan Rajic: Aspects
Intertextuels”
- Ramila Nastic (University of Pale):
“Phenomenology of Otherness in Margaret
Atwood’s Writing”
4. Visiting lecturers
Naïm
Kattan (UQAM) lectured at the Universities of Novi Sad and Belgrade, October 2003
Ljubica
Milicevic, a writer from Montréal, lectured at the Universities of Novi Sad and
Belgrade, October 2003
Maurice Lemire (Laval University), lectured at
the Universities of Novi Sad and
Belgrade, October 2003.
7.
Cultural activities related to Canada
In May, as part of the Canada Days in
Serbia :
- Exhibition of Canadian books
- Canadian books translated into Serbian and
published by Clio publishers of Belgrade (G. Brulotte, Y. Chen, A. Shimazaki)
were presented in the cities of Cacak, Nis, Loznica and Vrsac.
Belgrade
International Book Fair, October 2003, with Canada as the featured country;
many Canadian authors present.
8. Translations and special issues of journals
Ljubica Milicevic: Le Chemin des pierres,
translated by Ljiljana Matic
Naïm Kattan: Farida, translated by Ljiljana Matic