Welcome and introduction

9:00

Lars Bernaerts (Ghent University) and Janine Hauthal (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
The Cycle across Genres and Media: Challenges and Perspectives

9:20

Elke D’hoker  (KU Leuven)
Overview: The Short Story Cycle

From minimal to maximal

10:00

Kate Dejonckheere (Ghent University)
Microfiction and the Cycle
 

10:30

Bram Lambrecht (Ghent University)
Continuous Grief: Christine D’haen and the Cycle in Poetry (of Mourning)
 

11:00

coffee and tea
 

11:30

Natália Pikna (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
The Short Story Cycle and the Contemporary Experience in Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad and The Candy House
 

12:00

Lars Bernaerts (Ghent University)
What the Novelistic Cycle does to Genre
 

12:30

lunch

From genres to media

13:30

Janine Hauthal (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
Maximalist Ambition and Fragmentary Form: The Play Cycle
 

14:00

Pedro Chilibroste Cazzola (Vrije Universiteit Brussels)
Cyclical Narration in Wes Anderson’s Collection of Roald Dahl Adaptations
 

14:30

Mara Santi (Ghent University)
Critical Reflections on the Cycle from the Perspective of TV Series
 

15:00

Discussions and conclusions