Prof. Adam Piette and Dr Gabriel Ozon, from the Sheffield School of English, visit the International Faculty
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04 December 2016

Prof. Adam Piette and Dr Gabriel Ozon, from the Sheffield School of English, visit the International Faculty

The English Studies Department of the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College recently hosted Prof. Adam Piette, Head of the School of English, and Dr. Gabriel Ozon, Lecturer in the School of English. Their 3-day visit (November 7-9) was an excellent opportunity for staff members of the Faculty as well as students to engage in productive discussions, share insights and further establish and promote collaboration between the School of English and our English Studies Department (ESD).

Prof. Petros Kefalas, Dr. Paschalia Patsala and members of the International Faculty and ESD staff met with Dr. Piette and Dr. Ozon on various occasions to discuss the progress of the newly-established Department, the good practices implemented, together with various challenges that have been successfully overcome, but also to work on future plans.

Both Prof. Piette and Dr. Ozon gifted all interested participants with two interesting Seminars catering to literary, cultural and linguistic appetites, which proved highly engaging, informative and granted participants with additional insight to areas of culture and language.

More precisely, Prof. Adam Piette’s presentation titled “The Homeric Parallel in the Coen Brothers’ O Brother Where Art Thou? drew on M. Bakhtin’s theory of the chronotope to illustrate intertextual allusive relations between Homer’s Odyssey, the Coen Brothers’ film, as well as Michael Longley’s Homeric poems so as to establish political parallels–surprisingly relevant with the recent U.S presidential elections–and demonstrate affective, bodily, cultural and aesthetic categories.

The English Studies Department of the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College recently hosted Prof. Adam Piette, Head of the School of English, and Dr. Gabriel Ozon, Lecturer in the School of EnglishThe English Studies Department of the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College recently hosted Prof. Adam Piette, Head of the School of English, and Dr. Gabriel Ozon, Lecturer in the School of English

Dr. Gabriel Ozon’s presentation, on the other hand, under the title “Information Structure in a Spoken Corpus of Cameroon Pidgin English” raised awareness towards Cameroon Pidgin English as only a spoken language, the need to provide a written form, the corpus method of data collecting and hands-on experience with the research conducted in this area of Linguistics, thus enlightening all participants towards the benefits, difficulties and more importantly necessity of relevant research.

The English Studies Department of the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College recently hosted Prof. Adam Piette, Head of the School of English, and Dr. Gabriel Ozon, Lecturer in the School of EnglishThe English Studies Department of the International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, CITY College recently hosted Prof. Adam Piette, Head of the School of English, and Dr. Gabriel Ozon, Lecturer in the School of English

In parting, yet another visit proved beneficial as it confirmed the mentality of dialogue, networking, feedback, collaboration and more importantly the sense of community-building both within and across Schools and Departments of the University of Sheffield. 

 

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