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<p class=Default><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Everyone,
I am willing to accept 250-word abstracts for <b>Seminar 3</b> until <b>December
15<sup>th</sup></b>./ Linda Burnett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Seminar
3: The Playwrights of Atlantic Canada <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif"'>Linda
Burnett (Algoma University) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Abstract </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>This seminar will focus on the writing
of the playwrights of Atlantic Canada, who can be counted among the best
playwrights in Canada, if not the world. Mary Vingoe, former Artistic Director
of Magnetic North Theatre Festival, has gone so far as to say that the
playwrights of Atlantic Canada “are the finest poets of the Canadian stage.”
These playwrights have been recognized for the quality of their work. As Wanda
Graham said at the Merritt Awards in 2006, “our Atlantic plays and playwrights
... not only feature on our regional stages regularly, but on national and
international stages, in collections, on shelves of libraries, in bookstores,
and in University Theatre programs around the world.” However, many of these
playwrights have received little serious, critical attention. (Some exceptions
are Michael Cook, David French, and George Elliot Clarke.) Shelley Newman and
Sherrill Grace have remarked about Wendy Lill that she “has created a
substantial body of work that has received professional production but little
critical analysis to date.” The same can be said about too many of the other
playwrights of this region, including Daniel MacIvor, Robert Chafe, Kent
Stetson, George Boyd, Bryden MacDonald, Colleen Wagner, and Michael Melski.
Accomplished playwrights all, they have been interviewed, their plays produced
and reviewed and nominated for awards. However, these playwrights have
attracted nearly no scholarly attention to date. My hope is that this seminar
will help to bring to at least some of the important playwrights of Atlantic Canada
the scholarly attention that they and their plays deserve. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Questions: </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>Seminar participants might be interested in exploring
some of the following questions, but exploration of other questions would also
be welcomed: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>1. What is the relationship
between history/myth and the plays of this region? Playwright Michael Melski
said to me a few years ago, “there is an enormous resource in the East of
stories.” In what ways do these plays work to interrogate the assumptions of
the history of this region and to rewrite these stories? Is the theatre of
these playwrights a political theatre? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>2. What work by contemporary
playwrights in Atlantic Canada gets produced, where, why, how, and for whom?
What work by contemporary playwrights in Atlantic Canada is not making it to
production, and why? What plays get published? What plays do not get published?
Why has so little serious <i>critical </i>attention been paid to the
playwrights and plays of Atlantic Canada? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>3. What sorts of connections
can be made among the playwrights of Atlantic Canada themselves? Are there any
connections that might be made between the playwrights of Atlantic Canada and
the playwrights of other Atlantic regions, for example, the playwrights of
Scotland or Ireland or Wales? With what other playwrights do these “poets of
the Canadian stage” have an affinity? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Working Plan </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Interested participants are
asked to submit 250-word abstracts to Linda Burnett (<a
href="mailto:burnett@algomau.ca">burnett@algomau.ca</a>) by December 1, 2009.
The seminar will be limited to twelve members. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default style='page-break-before:always'><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Participants
will be notified of their acceptance by January 20, 2010. Participants will be
asked to circulate to the group drafts of a short paper (10-12 double-spaced
pages maximum) one month before the conference. This will allow participants to
read each other’s papers in advance and pose some questions pre-seminar. As
well, it will allow the seminar session during the conference to function as an
occasion for shared discussion as opposed to individual presentation or summation.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Séminaire 3 : Les
dramaturges du Canada atlantique </span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Linda
Burnett (Collège universitaire Algoma) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Résumé </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Le séminaire s’intéressera aux
oeuvres des dramaturges du Canada atlantique, qui figurent parmi les meilleurs
dramaturges au Canada, peut-être même au monde. Mary Vingoe, ancienne
directrice artistique du festival de théâtre Magnetic North, a même osé dire
des dramaturges du Canada atlantique qu’ils sont « les plus grands poètes à
prendre parole sur la scène canadienne ». La qualité du travail de ces
dramaturges leur a mérité une reconnaissance. Comme l’a dit Wanda Graham lors
de la remise des prix Merritt en 2006, « la dramaturgie et les dramaturges du
Canada atlantique… sont présents régulièrement non seulement sur la scène
régionale, mais sur la scène nationale et internationale aussi, et de par le
monde dans des collections, sur les rayons des bibliothèques et des librairies,
dans les syllabus de programmes universitaires d’étude en théâtre. » Et
pourtant, peu de ces dramaturges ont su attirer véritablement l’attention des
critiques. (Les exceptions sont Michael Cook, David French et George Elliot
Clarke, par exemple.) Shelley Newman et Sherrill Grace ont dit de Wendy Lill
qu’elle « a créé une oeuvre importante qui a été produite professionnellement
mais la critique a très peu parlé d’elle jusqu'à présent. » C’est le cas de
bien trop de dramaturges de cette région, dont Daniel MacIvor, Robert Chafe,
Kent Stetson, George Boyd, Bryden MacDonald, Colleen Wagner et Michael Melski.
Ces dramaturges chevronnés ont tous participé à des entretiens, leurs pièces
ont été produites et ont fait l’objet de critiques, ils ont été en lice pour
des prix. Mais jusqu’à présent, le milieu universitaire s’est peu intéressé à
eux. Il est à souhaiter que ce séminaire servira à intéresser au moins un peu
les chercheurs aux dramaturges du Canada atlantique et à leur oeuvre. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Questions : </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'>Les participants pourraient explorer quelques-unes des
questions suivantes, auxquelles il sera certainement possible d’en ajouter
d’autres : <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>1. Quel est le lien entre
l’histoire/le mythe et la dramaturgie de cette région? Il y a quelques années,
le dramaturge Michael Melski disait ceci : « on trouve dans les récits de l’Est
une mine de ressources ». De quelles façons la dramaturgie du Canada atlantique
remet-elle en question les idées toutes faites sur l’histoire de la région, et
dans quelle mesure les réécrivent-elles? Le théâtre de ces dramaturges est-il
politique? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>2. Quelles oeuvres de
dramaturges contemporains du Canada atlantique ont été mises en scène? Où,
pourquoi, comment et pour qui? Lesquelles ne sont pas mises en scène, et <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default style='page-break-before:always'><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>pourquoi?
Quelles oeuvres sont publiées? Lesquelles ne le sont pas? Pourquoi les
critiques se sont-ils si peu intéressés aux dramaturges et à la dramaturgie du
Canada atlantique? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>3. Quels types de liens peut-on
retracer entre les dramaturges du Canada atlantique? Y a-t-il des liens à faire
avec les dramaturges d’autres régions atlantiques – l’Écosse, l’Irlande ou le
pays de Galle par exemple? Ces « poètes de la scène canadienne » ont-ils une
affinité avec d’autres dramaturges? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Plan de travail </span></b><span
style='font-size:11.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>Les personnes intéressées
sont priées d’envoyer un résumé de 250 mots à Linda Burnett (<a
href="mailto:burnett@algomau.ca">burnett@algomau.ca</a>) au plus tard le 1</span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt'>er </span><span style='font-size:11.5pt'>décembre 2009.
La taille du groupe est fixée à 12 participants. Les responsables
communiqueront avec les personnes choisies avant le 20 janvier 2010. Un mois
avant le colloque, les participants devront envoyer aux autres membres du
séminaire une première ébauche d’un bref article (10-12 pages à double
interligne tout au plus). Ce faisant, il sera possible de lire tous les autres
articles au préalable et de poser des questions avant le début du séminaire.
Ainsi, la séance au colloque pourra servir de lieu d’échange au lieu d’être
constitué tout simplement d’une série de présentations ou d’exposés définitifs.</span><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Dr. Linda Avril Burnett</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Artistic Director, Theatre Algoma</span><span style='font-family:
"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>President, Algoma U Faculty Association</span><span
style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Chair, Status of Women Committee, OCUFA</span><span
style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Department of English, Fine Arts, and Music</span><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Algoma University</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Sault Ste. Marie, ON</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>P6A 2G4</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Canada</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>Phone: (705) 949-2301, ext. 4324</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:black'>FAX: (705) 949-6583</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype","serif";
color:navy'>"Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures." (Jessamyn
West)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Canadian Theatre
Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jenn Stephenson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 24, 2009 11:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<br>
<b>Subject:</b> CATR conference submission deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks to all those who have already submitted proposals to
the seminar leaders and to the programming committee for papers, workshops, and
roundtables. For everyone else, this is just a reminder that the deadline for
all submissions is 1 December. To view the full CFP and links to seminar calls
go to : <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.catr-acrt.ca/?page_id=11">http://www.catr-acrt.ca/?page_id=11</a>
If you have any questions please contact Jenn Stephenson (Program Committee
Chair) at <a href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca">jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>See you in Montreal!!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jenn Stephenson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Associate
Professor, Drama<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Queen's
University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Kingston,
Ontario K7L 3N6<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Phone.
(613)533-6000 x78597<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Email. <a
href="mailto:jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca">jenn.stephenson@queensu.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Web. <a
href="http://www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson">www.queensu.ca/drama/jstephenson</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#1F497D'>"There is
no theory that is not a fragment, carefully prepared, of some
autobiography" --Paul Valéry <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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