Guest lecture Sybila Guéneau 27.06.22
Plakat zum Gastvortrag von Sybila Guéneau (EHESS Paris) "La banlieue dans le néo-polar" am 27. Juni 2022.
Crime stories have become an integral part of everyday entertainment. Brutal violent crimes, disgruntled investigators with surprising findings, a dark atmosphere: these suspense-generating elements attract a large audience in film and literature. But crime thrillers can also be a medium of social criticism. In her lecture, Sybila Guéneau (EHESS) showed how the "néo-polar" from the 1960s onwards not only uncovered the problems in the suburbs of Paris, but also positioned itself as a political instrument of social criticism. The starting point for this were excerpts from texts by Jean-Patrick Manchette, Jean Vautrin and Hervé Prudon, among others.
Event in French.
Moderation: Dr. Matthias Kern
As part of his seminar Banlieue en crise? Figurations médiales de la périphérie urbaine
WHEN: June 27, 2022, 2:50 pm
WHERE: Office building Strehlener Str. 22/24, room E49
This event was funded by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of TU Dresden.