[Gandur] PARALLELISM IN VERBAL ART AND PERFORMANCE, 26th–27th May 2014, Helsinki, Finland

[- Frog]

PARALLELISM IN VERBAL ART AND PERFORMANCE
 
Parallelism in Verbal Art and Performanceis a seminar-workshop to be held 26th–27th May 2014, in the Great Hall of the Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki,
Finland. The colloquium is organized by Folklore Studies of the University of
Helsinki and the Academy of Finland research project “Oral and Literary Culture
in the Medieval and Early Modern Baltic Sea Region: Cultural Transfer,
Linguistic Registers and Communicative Networks” (2011–2014) of the Finnish
Literature Society. 
 
Keynote speakers: 
Richard
Bauman (Indiana University, Bloomington)
James Fox
(The Australian National University)
 
This event will be free and open
to the public.  An optional participation
fee payable at the site of the event will entitle attendees to a copy of the
pre-print publication of working papers presented and discussed.
 
PROGRAM
 
MONDAY 26.5.
 
08:30–08:50 Coffee and registration
 
08:50–09:00 Opening words
Lauri Harvilahti (Finnish
Literature Society (SKS))
Frog (University of Helsinki)
 
09:00–10:30
Keynote
James Fox (The Australian
National University)
Remembering
and Recreating Origins: The Transformation of a Tradition of Strict Canonical
Parallelism among the Rotenese of Eastern India
 
10:30–10:45 Coffee
 
10:45–11:45 
Kati Kallio (Finnish
Literature Society (SKS))
Parallelism
and Musical Structures in Kalevala-Metric Poetry
 
11:45–12:45 
Jukka Saarinen (Finnish Literature Society (SKS))
“Said a Word, Uttered Thus”: Structures and Functions of Parallelelism
in Arhippa Perttunen’s Poems
 
12:45–13:45 Lunch
 
13:45–14:45 
Karina Lukin (University of Helsinki)
Notes on Parallelism in Nenets Epic
 
14:45–15:45 
Venla Sykäri (University of Helsinki)
The Creation of Meaning and the Phonetic Encoding of Parallel
Structures in Improvised Argumentation
 
15:45–16:00 Coffee
 
16:00–17:00 
Eila Stepanova(University of Helsinki)
Parallelism in Karelian Lament Poetry 
 
Reception at SKS
 
 
TUESDAY 27.5.
 
08:45–09:00 Coffee
 
09:00–10:30 Keynote
Richard Bauman (Indiana University, Bloomington)
“Accordin’ to the Gospel of Etymology”: Burlesque Sermons on Early
Commercial Sound Recordings
 
10:30–10:45 Coffee
 
10:45–11:45 
Timo Kaartinen (University of Helsinki)
Parallelism and the Composition of Oral Narratives in Banda Eli
 
11:45–12:45 
Antti Lindfors (University of Turku)
Comic Analogy and Parallelism in ‘Alternative’ Stand-Up Comedy
 
12:45–13:45 Lunch
 
13:45–14:45 
Lotte Tarkka (University of Helsinki)
Parallelism and the Emergent Structure of Oral Poetry: A Case from
Viena Karelia
 
14:45–15:45 
Jonathan Roper (University of Tartu)
Parallelism and Alliteration in the Old
English Charms
 
15:45–16:00 Coffee
 
16:00–17:00 
Frog (University of Helsinki)
Parallelism, Mode, Medium and Orders of Representation