Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is a French literary festival. This event has taken place every last weekend of August in Aubrac, Aveyron, France since 1994.
History
Les Rencontres d'Aubrac is an event aimed both at a specialized and a non-specialized public. The program (see the 2010 program here) is a mix between scientific lectures and films, theatre shows, and other forms of expressions such as workshops with the participation of the public.
Each year, a new theme is chosen among key themes of the French literature.
Themes chosen from the beginning of the Rencontres d'Aubrac:
Jean Giono, Julien Gracq in 1994
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz in 1995
Henri Pourrat in 1996
Alexandre Vialatte in 1997
Littérature de sanatorium in 1998
Génie conteur du Nord (de l’Islande à l’Estonie) in 1999
Récits d’aventures sur les routes médiévales européennes in 2001
Aubracadabra : Qu’est-ce qu’un conte populaire ? in 2003
Aubracadabra : Figures du fantastique dans les contes et nouvelles in 2004
Dire les Mythes in 2005
Dire les Mythes (nouvelle édition) in 2006
Les mythes et les contes ont-ils encore un sens ? in 2007
Dire l'Interdit dans les contes, nouvelles, poèmes, chansons, films in 2008
Voyage en Absurdie in 2009
Vertige de l'Imposture in 2010
Complete list of programs
Rencontres d'Aubrac in video
The Rencontres d'Aubrac are filmed by the MSH, within the project AAR (archives audiovisuelles de la recherche). All the lectures are available in video, indexed content, here.