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Denis Hollier: l'effacement de soi / self-effacement
Une littérature qui s'annihile, n'est plus littérature, conditionnée par l'impossible ou, au contraire, par une possibilité—une performativité—extrême; une parole qui vient de nulle part, parallèle à une absence de temps ou bien d'un présent absolu, là où l'action d'écrire n'existe plus. L'œuvre de Denis Hollier, dans le sillage de ses auteurs fétiches, Sartre, Bataille, Leiris, entre tant d'autres, s'inscrit dans la continuité d'une conception de la littérature sans cesse confrontée à sa limite. En hommage à Denis Hollier l'écrivain, l'éditeur, l'éducateur et advisor, étudiants, amis et collègues se réunissent pour parler de son influence, et de cette littérature qui s'efface.
A literature that annihilates itself, is no longer literature, conditioned by the impossible or, on the contrary, by an extreme sense of possibility, of performativity; a voice from nowhere, cast out of time or, rather, of an absolute present, where the action of writing no longer exists. The work of Denis Hollier and of his favored authors, Sartre, Bataille, Leiris, among so many others, is never completely removed from this idea of a literature on the brink, pushing at its limits. In honor of Denis Hollier the writer, editor, educator and advisor, students, colleagues and friends come together to discuss his influence, and this self-effacing literature.
Denis Hollier enseigne la littérature française à NYU. Il est l'auteur de nombreux ouvrages et essais influents concernant les années trente et l'après-guerre, notamment La Prise de la Concorde (1974) sur Georges Bataille, Politique de la prose (1982) sur Jean-Paul Sartre, and Les dépossédés: Bataille, Caillois, Leiris, Malraux, Sartre (1993). Il a aussi édité A New History of French Literature (1994), et co-édité Literary Debate: Texts and Contexts (1999) avec Jeffrey Mehlman.
With the participation of:
Emily Apter, Silver Professor of French Literature Thought and Culture and Comparative Literature, NYU
Jeffrey Fuller, Postdoctoral Language Lecturer of French, NYU
Samuel Holmertz, PhD candidate in French, NYU
Simon Leser, PhD candidate in French, NYU
Emelyn Lih, PhD candidate in French, NYU
Jeffrey Mehlman, Professor Emeritus of French, Boston University
François Noudelmann, Professor of French Literature, Thought and Culture, NYU
Zakir Paul, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, NYU
Avital Ronell, Professor of German and Comparative Literature, NYU
Pierre Schwarzer, PhD candidate in French, NYU
Ann Smock, Professor Emerita of French, Berkeley
Programme
15h-16h30
Introduction
Ann Smock
Emelyn Lih
Emily Apter
Jeffrey Fuller
Zakir Paul
17h-18h30
Jeffrey Mehlman
Samuel Holmertz
François Noudelmann
Pierre Schwarzer
Avital Ronell
Closing remarks
