The conference analyzes how the self is written, visualized and constructed in texts. It examines how different forms of writing such as autobiography, self-portriature and autofiction take shape over time and what purposes they serve for those who read them.

3:30-6:00
Self-portraiture and paradox in Montaigne.  Richard Scholar, Oriel College, Oxford University
Sociability and the Self in Sévigné’s Letters. Elizabeth C. Goldsmith, Boston University
Encountering Venture de Villeneuve: Dissonance, Deceit, Autobiography in Rousseau. Pierre Saint-Amand, Yale University
    
8:00-10:00 pm
Sartre: l'âge des mots. Denis Hollier, New York University
Modiano's Milieu. Morgane Cadieu, Yale University