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II Congresso Internacional da ABRAPUIConferência de AberturaSpeaking for, speaking out: language,forms of representation and the novelProfa. Dra. Sandra Guardini T. Vasconcelos (USP)Since its invention, the novel has had to face the problem ofincorporating the language of the “other”. Based on the conceptof “knowable communities”, by Raymond Williams, this presentationaims to discuss a few cases and explore this issue, which isposed to the novelist as a constitutive problem of the new genre,insofar as it breaks up with the stylist levels and opens up tothe representation of the common man.Língua InglesaBetween Language and Literature: Applied LinguisticsProfa. Dra. Claire Kramsch (University of California, Berkeley)The field of applied linguistics, defined by Christopher Brumfitas “the theoretical and empirical investigation of real-world problemsin which language is a central issue (Brumfit 1995:27) offers aunique bridge between the study of language and the study ofliterature. In its modernist and post-modernist approaches tolanguage, discourse and style, and to language learning and teaching,applied linguistics can help illuminate both poetry and conversation,both classroom discourse and on-line chats. Most of all, it offersan exciting new research base for the teaching and learning offoreign languages in instructional settings.Stylistics: Past, Present and Back to FrontProf. Dr. Paul Simpson (Queen’s University)This talk offers a survey of contemporary literary-linguisticsand assesses some of the main directions the discipline hastaken in the last five years. Particular attention is given to thecontrasts between more traditional work in stylistics, which drawsprincipally on core areas of language such as syntax, vocabulary43CONFERÊNCIAS