14:00-14:30 Opening – Subscriptions
14:30-14:45 Greetings
Dimitris Mavroskoufis, Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Chryssi Karatsinidou, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Literature, School of French – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
14:45-15:00 Romain Gary: Life and Work
Opening speech from a team of students of the School of French, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Danai Ioakimeidi, Dorothea Kakava, Eleftheria Pantelidi, Katia Al- Saagiach
15:00-15:15 An account of the Goncourt prize and the cunning of the double nomination of Romain Gary
Maria Makropoulou, Professor, School of French – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15:15- 15:30 Romain Gary in greek. From the translation to the rooting of his work
Titika Dimitroulia, Assistant Professor, School of French – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15:30- 15:45 How much brutality can a child endure? Shoah and the “European Education’’ of young heroes of modern literature
Yannis Pagkalos, Assistant Professor, School of German – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
15.45 – 16:00 Romain Gary: Writing as legal defense
Εugenia Grammatikopoulou, Assistant Professor, School of French, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
16:00-16:15 Extracts from the work of Romain Gary
Τheatrical lectern – Direction: Georgia Mavragani
Actors: Eleni Rizou, Dimitris Kerstentzis
16:15-16:45 Break
16:45-17:00 Ecology and polyphony in the novel The Roots of Heaven
Dr. Catherine Zouni, School of French – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
17:00-17:15 Clair de femme or “the wild struggle for human dignity’’
Maria Litsardaki, Associate Professor, School of French – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
17:15-17:30 The Greek: a fictional diving in Greece of Colonels
Catherine Lemousia, Master student, School of Greek – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
17:30–17:45 Promise at Dawn: from the novel to the film adaptation
Betty Kaklamanidou, Lecturer, School of Cinema – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
17:45-18:00 Extracts from the work of Romain Gary
Τheatrical lectern – Direction: Georgia Mavragani
Actors: Eleni Rizou, Dimitris Kerstentzis
18:05-18:20 The Life before us or Life backwards
Lito Kamara, Master in Contemporary Literature, Paris IV-Sorbonne
18:20-18:30 Kalliopi Exarchou, Assistant Professor in the School of French, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, presents Xavier Jaillard, writer, actor, director, award-winner of the best theatrical adaptation in 2008
18:30-19:00 Romain Gary: theatrical and fictional writing
Xavier Jaillard, writer, actor & director
19:00-19:15 Romain Gary: a man in the service of his homeland
Christophe Le Rigoleur, General Consul of France – Director of the French Institute of Thessaloniki
19:20–21:00 Promise at Dawn (1970)
Projection of the film adaptation from the homonymous novel of Romain Gary – Director: Jules Dassin, with Melina Mercouri
As a special guest of our School, Mr Xavier Jaillard will also participate in the following courses of Mrs Exarchou: KE-LOG-22 ‘Contemporary French dramaturgy’, on Monday 1st December 2014 & Y-LOG-13 ‘Classicism and Enlightenment’, on Wednesday 3rd December 2014.