Programme
9:30: Welcome and opening remarks
Part 1: Transgressing the Ordinary: Blurring the Lines Between Public and Private
9:45: Lou Lemoine (M2 LLCER, Rennes 2 University): Transgressing the Limits of Exclusivity, an Ordinary Act? The Example of Love Affairs in the ‘Trotter Trilogy’
10:05: Mylène James (MA in English Studies, University of Nantes): Troublesome Boundaries in Anna Burns’s Milkman
10:25: Q&A
10:45: Coffee break
Part 2: From Private Speech to Public Discourse: Moral and Civic Transgressions
11:00: Salomé Cornu (M2 LLCP, University of Angers): Du canapé à l’assemblée : libération du discours raciste de 1968 à 2026
11:20: Q&A
Part 3: Transgressing Expectations of Standard English Pronunciations in the Singing Voice
11:30: Louis De Battista (M2 LLCER, Rennes 2 University): Transgression phonétique & identitaire ? Le cas d’Alex Turner, un chanteur vraiment pas comme les autres
11:50: Q&A
Part 4: Rethinking Humanity: Constructions of Identity and Otherness
14:00: Annwenn Florean (M1 LLCER, Rennes 2 University): Transcending Humanities: the Cases of Caliban and Ariel in Shakespeare’s The Tempest
14:20: Q&A
Part 5: Challenging Narrative Norms: Queer, Romantic and Social Transgressions
14:30: Miora Randriamanivo (M2 ALC CS, Southern Brittany University): Transgressing Literary Genres to Challenge Social Norms and Moral Rules in the Me Before You Trilogy
14:50: Q&A
15:00: Coffee break
15:15: Pierre Houdayer (M2 ALC, University of Angers): Transgressions représentationnelles et désordre queer : les apocalypses adolescentes de Gregg Araki
15:35: Lisa Raguenes (M1 ALC TILE, University of Western Brittany): The 1950s Emergence of Lesbian Pulp Fiction in the United States: The Groundbreaking Happy Ending of The Price of Salt
15:55: Q&A
16:30: Conclusion