IGEL Conference 1998 - Utrecht, The Netherlands

VIth Biannual IGEL Conference, Utrecht, August 26-29, 1998

Program

The conference program included paper sessions and moderated poster presentations. There were also keynote lectures by distinguished specialists from different subfields within the empirical study of literature and structured plenary discussions on theory and methods.

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Conference Schedule

Wednesday, August 28

Thursday, August 27

9.30 - 10.30 Plenary lecture 2

10.30 - 10.45 Break

10.45 - 12.45 Paper sessions

12.45 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.15 Paper sessions

16.15 - 16.45 Break

16.45 - 18.30 Introductions and plenary discussion on Theory

20.15 - 21 .45 General Assembly

Friday, August 28

9.00 - 9.45 Introduction by moderators on posters

9.45 - 11.15 Poster presentations

11.15 - 11.30 Break

11.30 - 12.30 Plenary lecture 3

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.15 Paper sessions

16.15 - 16.45 Break

16.45 - 18.30 Introductions and plenary discussion on Methods

Saturday, August 29

9.00 - 10.00 Plenary lecture 4

10.00 - 10.15 Break

10.15 - 12.30 Paper sessions

Keynote speakers

• Prof. Dr. Wendy Griswold (Dept. of Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA)
• Prof. Dr. Bettina Hunelmann (ALEKl - Inst. for Children's Media and Reading Reseach, University of Cologne, Germany)
• Prof. Dr. Joost KIoek (Dept. of Literary Studies. Utrecht University. The Netherlands)
• Prof. Dr. Keith Qatley (Dept. of Applied Cognitive Science. University of Toronto. Canada)

Plenary discussions

I. Methods in the Empirical Study of Literature and the Media

Chair:

Dr. Els Andringa (Department of Literary Studies, Utrecut University. The Netherlands)

Invited contributions by:

• Prof. dr. Harry Ganseboom (Dept. of Sociology, Utrechl University, The Netherlands)
• Prof. dr. Arthur C. Graesser (Dept. of Psychology, Memphis State University, USA)
• Prof. dr. Norbert Groeben (Inst. for Psychology. University of Cologne, Germany)
• Prof. dr. Elrud lbsch (Dept. of Literary Studies, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• Prof. dr. Klaus Schönbach (Inst. for Joumalism and Communication Research, Hannover, Germany)

II. Theoretical Perspectives in the Empirical Study of Literature and the Media

Chair:

Dr. Gebhard Rusch (LUMIS-lnstitute, Siegen University, Germany)

Invited contributions by:

• Prof. dr. Gerald Cupchik (Dept of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada)
• Prof. dr. Klaus B. Jensen (Dept. of Media and Communication Research, University of Copenhagen. Denmark)
• Prof. dr. Siegfried Schmidt (Inst. for Journalism and Communication Research, University of Munster, Germany)
• Prof. dr. Ton Bevers (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Paper sessions

1. Reading processes

Chairs:

Prof. dr. Arthur C. Graesser (University of Memphis, USA.)

Prof. dr. David S. Miall (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Dr. Herre van Oostendorp (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Authors and Papers:

1. Tom Barney (Lancaster University, UK): Readers as text processors and performers: A new formula for poetic intonation

2. Bruce K. Britton (University of Georgia, USA): A quantitative approach to the interpretation of literary texts

3. Alamir A. Correa (University Estadual de Londrina, Brazil), David S. Miall & Don Kuiken (University of Alberta, Edmonton. Canada): Response to environments and to literary texts: The role of national ldentity

4. Stephan Frank, Johan Hoorn, Woitek Kowalczyk, Floor van der Ham (Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Neural net-analysis of poetry: Correct classifications without semantics

5. Jemeljan Hakemulder (Utrecht University. The Netherlands): Moral laboratory: A psychological model for the effects of reading

6. Laszlo Hálàsz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary): A comparative study on literary narrative and historiographical text: Limits of ldentification

7. David Hanauer (School of Education Tel Aviv. Israel): The effects of reading poetry and encyclopedic items on reading time, surface information recall and comprehension judgements: A genre perspective

8. EIly Konijn (Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Spotlights on spectators: Emotions in the theatre

9. Don Kuiken, David. S. MialI, Michael Bears & Lauri Smith (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada): Defamilarization in dreaming and reading: Eye movements and attentional disengagement

1O. Dimitry A. Leontiev, Tatyana G. Dubrovskaya & Sergei P. Kharchevin (Moscow State University, Russia): The factorial structure of free description strategies for literature

11. David S. Miall & Don Kuiken (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada): What is literariness? Empirical traces of reading

12. Aldo Nemesio (University of Torino, Italy): Empirical narratoloy: Narrative beginning in nineteenth and twentieth century Italian novels

13. Dick Schram (Free University, Amsterdam. The Netherlands): The role of fictionality in reading

14. Yeshayahu Shen (Tel Aviv University. Israel): Metaphorical shifts in discourse

15. Shelley Sikora, Don Kuiken & David. S. Miall (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada): Enactment versus interpretation: A phenomenologicel study of readers' responses to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

16. Saskia Tellegen & Jolanda Frankhuisen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Connections between attention, distraction and reading: An empirical exploration

17. Manuel de Vega (Universty de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain): Variety of perspectives in the comprehension of narratives

2. Social and cultural contexts of literature

Chairs:

Dr. Achim Barsch (LUMlS-Institute I Siegen University, Germany)

Prof. dr. Ton Bevers (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Authors and Papers:

1. Achim Barsch (LUMlS-lnstitute / Siegen University. Germany): Motivations to study literature and interests in reading

2. Cay Dollerup (University of Copenhagen, Denmark): A report on the work in 'The Folktale' project: Preliminary findings

3. Koen van Eijck & Kees van Rees (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Reading Matters: Testing the omnivor-univore thesis for Dutch readers 1975 -1995

4. Gerbert Kimykamp (University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands): Divisions in leisure time book reading. An explanation of social differentiation in book reading in the Netheriands

5. Johan Heilbron (University of Lille, France): Translations as a cultural world system

6. Engelien de Jong (Tilburg University, The Netheriands): The impact of motivation on career commitment of literary translators

7. Uta Schaffers (University of Cologne, Germany / Keio University Tokyo, Japan): Reading cultural difference: Europe and Japan

8. Marc Verboord & Harry Ganzeboom (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): Changes in reading behaviour of the Dutch in period 1975 - 1995

9. Rudi de Vries (University of Groningen, The Netheriands): The promotion of reading by television. The effects of the TV-series 'I have already got a book'

3. Literary education and (inter)cultural socialization

Chairs:

Prof. dr. Heinz Bonfadelli (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Dr. Petra Wieler (University of Münster, Germany)

Authors and Papers:

1. Stefan Aufenanger (University of Mainz, Germany): Children's understanding of hypermedia

2. Milena Blazic (University of Ljubijana. Slovenia): Real and irreal places in children's compositions. Results of a survey

3. Heinz Bonfadelli (University of Zuürich, Switzerland): Reading socialization in an electronic environment

4. Norbert Groeben & Margrit Schreier (University of Cologne, Germany): Reality, virtuality and fiction. Where to draw the line?

5. Andrea Kaufmann (University of Zürich, Switzerland): The project 'Literacy in media context'

6. Metka Kordigel (University of Mariboru, Slovenia): The reception of fairy-tales at the age of concrete intellectual operations

7. Eric van Schooten & Ron Oostdam (University of Amsterdam. The Netherlands): Fitting a model for literary response and finding the determinants of different aspects of literary response of grade 7-10 pupils in Dutch secondary education

8. Reinhold Viehoff (University of Halle, Germany): Media competence - Reading competence - Literary competence

9. Petra Wieler (University of Münster, Germany): Strategies used by children in dealing with the media and the evaluation of these strategies by children and their parents

4. The role of literary institutions

Chairs:

Prof. dr. Gillis Dorleijn (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

Prof. dr. Wendy Griswold (Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

Authors and Papers:

1. Ton Bevers (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Literary prizes in the Netherlands 1880 - 1998

2. Nel van Dijk (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Careers and reputations of writers

3. Frank de Glas (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): How literary publishers attract and hold new authors

4. Susanne Janssen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Border-crossings in the domain of literature: The reception of Dutch and foreign fiction in the Dutch press since the 1960s

5. Wouter de Nooy (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Literary criticism as a virtual classroom

8. Christoph Reinfandt (Kiel University, Germany): Intelligent entertainment: The reception of contemporary British and American in Germany

7. Gebhard Rusch (LUMIS-Institute. Siegen University, Germany): The status of authors within literary systems

8. Elka Tschernokoshewa (Serbski Institute, Budysin / Bautzen, Germany): Narrating pure and hybrid worlds

9. Hugo Verdaaadonk (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Product differentiation in the book industry. An analysis of three lists of bestselling fiction.

5. Media and literature

Chairs:

Prof. dr. Klaus Schönbach (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany)

Prof. dr. Peter Vorderer (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany)

Authors and Papers:

1. Connie de Boer (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Commitment of readers to women's magazines

2. Teresa M. Dobson & David S. Miall (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada): Orienting the reader? A study of literary hypertexts

3. Joe Magliano (Northern Illinois University, USA): Constructing a situation model for a film

4. Roland Mangold (University of Mannheim, Germany): Information or thrill? Contents, structure, and effects of media violence

5. David. S. Miall (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada): Hypertextual reading. What's the difference?

6. Klaus Schönbach & Edmund Lauf (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany): Determinants of newspaper reading in the U.S.A. and Germany, 1974 - 1996: Social distinction and integration.

7. Margrit Schreier (University of Cologne, Germany): Triumph or elegy? Literature on the internet

8. Peter Vorderer, Silvia Knobloch, Holger Schramm & Marina Caspari (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany): Narrative structure, interactivity, and film evaluation

6. Conditions of literary production and reception

Chairs:

Prof. dr. Russell Hunt (St. Thomas University. Fredericton, Canada)

Dr. Cees J. van Rees (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)

Authors and Papers:

1. X. GonzáIez-Millán (New York State University, U.S.A.): Reprinting literature as a national project in a peripheral culture

2. Johan Hoorn (Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands): How is a genre created? Four combinatory hypotheses

3. Russell Hunt (St. Thomas University, Fredericton Canada)

4. Hein Leemans (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Choice processes of book-buyers and movie-goers: Similarities and differences

5. Harold Miesen and Mia Stokmans (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): A validation study of forms of cultural capital for readers of fiction

6. Gerard Steen (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Genres of discourse and the definition of literature

7. Wander van der Vaart (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Manner over matter in cultural participation: Reading works of fiction

8. Dorothee Verdaasdonk (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands): The diversification of distribution: A new programming strategy in cinemas

9. Friederike Wortmann (University of Göttingen, Germany): What is a convention?

7. Literary history, historical reception & historical readers

Chairs:

Dr. Margaret Beetham (Manchester University. UK)

Dr. Sophie Levie (Utrecht University, The Netheriands)

Authors and Papers:

1. Margaret Beetham (Manchester University, UK): Reading readers' letters: The woman's magazine reader as correspondent

2. Lauren Brake (University of London, UK): Constructing a community: 'Gay' readers and the artists and Journal of Home Culture, 1888 - 1894

3. Siegfried Huigen (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa): Batavian representations of the Cape Colony

4. Galina V. Ivanchenko (Moscow State University, Russia): Evolution of left- and right-hemispherical features in Russian poetry 1800 - 1980

5. Arno Kuipers (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): Flemish and Dutch poery between 1910 and 1940: Autonomy and interaction

6. Sibylle Moser (Vienna, Austria) & Elfriede Pöder (lnnsbruck, Austria): The author's intention as signpost in literary communication. Some reflections

7. Lynne Warren (John Moores University of Liverpool, UK): (Re)constructing the real reader from Woman Magazine. 1890-1910

Poster sessions

1. Reading processes / Conditions of production and reception

Moderator:

Prof. dr. Arthur C. Graesser (University of Memphis, USA)

Authors and Posters:

1. Edwin den Boer (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): The frequency of original metaphors in literary and nonliterary texts

2. José M. Diaz & Manuel de Vega (University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain): Reading efficiency and comprehension of short literary narrative

3. Kees van Driel, Johan Hoorn & Harry Vorst (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): Aesthetics without good and bad: Reading pleasure is cognitive activation

4. David Fishelov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel): Shall I compare thee? On understanding poetic and non-poetic similarities

5. Bonnie McLain & Douglas J. Hacker (University of Memphis, USA): The effects of delay on essa revisions

6. Aldo Nemesio & Giovanny Ventola (University of Torino, Italy): The role of episodic memory in reading literary texts

7. Ronald Piters & Mia Stokmans (Tilburg University, The Netherlands): Genres of works of fiction as perceived similarities

2. Media / Social and cultural contexts of literature

Moderator

Prof. dr. Peter Vorderer (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany)

Authors and Posters:

1. Els Andringa & Mujain Oskamp (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): Functions of literature and art in life. A work-in progress report.

2. Nienke Dijkstra (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands): The market for non-fiction children's books and art books for children in the Netherlands 1981 - 1995.

3. Karlijn Ernst (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands): Poetry in Motion. Peoples' reactions to poems on posters in the Rotterdam subway

4. Silvia Knobloch (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany): What makes viewers interact with fiction?

5. InkenOestmann & Peter Vorderer (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany): Does the possibility to intervene with films influence onlookers' recall of film content

6. Holger Schmitz & Peter Vorderer (Inst. for Journalism & Communication Research, Hannover, Germany): Viewers' evaluations of narrative films

3. Literary history / The role of literary institutions

Moderator

Dr. Sophie Levie (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

Authors and Posters:

1. Suzanne van den Nieuwendijk (University of Groningen. The Netherlands): New concepts of literature in school books for teaching literature

2. Titia Ram (Utrecht University, The Netherlands): Editorial policy in The Gentleman's Magazine

3. Marian de Vooght (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway): The dynamics of literary evaluation and cultural regimes

4. Lenny Vos (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): Beginning of a writers career

5. Daan Vandenhaute (Gent University, Belgium): Stencil poetry as strategy of entry. A study of the Swedish literary field of the seventies

6. Sabine van Wesemael (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands): The reception of Proust and his works in the Netherlands 1920 - 1997

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Document revised October 2nd 2000