The everlasting debates surrounding the relationship between literature and film as distinct mediums of artistic expression have long fascinated both philosophy and critical theory. While proponents of cinema argue that cinema is superior to other forms of artistic expression, especially literature, in the sense that it has a unique ability to engage emotions, convey abstract concepts in tangible settings, and challenge, what Gilles Deleuze might call, human “sensory-motor” perception through cinematic techniques, others might disagree by saying that cinema is inferior to literature due to its passive nature and over-reliance on immediate sensory experience rather than intellectual abstraction, which is one of the major characteristics of literature.

This special session welcomes papers that primarily explore the relationship between film and literature, as well as the ways in which contemporary philosophy can either resolve or intensify the controversies surrounding their ability to represent truth or reality. Therefore, this panel encourages scholars across different disciplines to address these fundamental questions: What distinguishes words from images? How does contemporary philosophy address the relationship between literature and film? What role does philosophy play in these dynamics? Do either film or literature have a legitimate claim to the (re)presentation of truth? Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Adaptation studies

- Cinema, phenomenology, and continental philosophy

- Comparative literature and film-philosophy

- Film studies

- Visual arts and cultural studies

- World literature and modern cinema

Abstract submission link:

https://pamla.ballastacademic.com/Home/S/20063