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University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 6-7 October, 2005
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for Proposals: May
1, 2005
This international conference will focus on the different ways in which literary interpreters of the American West have shaped and reshaped traditional western imagery and themes. We would like this conference to offer as diverse and rich a picture of current research on the literature of the American West as possible. We particularly invite specialists of western literary studies to consider the increasing recognition and visibility of contemporary western writing in the American literary stream. Papers can address a variety of critical issues in literary studies of the West:
- the role of ãplaceä, ãspaceä, and ãregionä in western writingPapers should not exceed 10 pages (2,500-3,000 words: 20 minutesâ delivery). Although English will be the official language of the Conference, papers in Spanish or Basque will also be accepted. The conference will be held at the Faculty of Philology, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz.
- the interaction between myth and history
- the construction and deconstruction of western stereotypes
- gender politics and power
- border issues
- the role of ethnicity (multiculturalism, assimilation, transculturation...)
- the impact of globalization, urbanization, and technology on the West
- nature writing and environmental concerns
- the popular West
- the New West
- geographical displacement
- regional identity
- cultural transfers between literature and films...
Please submit your proposal (300 words) plus a brief CV to the conference organizers by May 1, 2005. Proposals may be submitted via e-mail to David Rio (fiprirad@vc.ehu.es) or Amaia Ibarraran (fipibbia@vc.ehu.es).
Organizing Committee:
David Rio
Amaia Ibarraran
Federico Eguíluz
Mª Felisa López
March 22-25, 2006This first conference of The New Steinbeck Society of America (NSSA) invites Steinbeck critics, members of other author societies, and American and world literature scholars in general to offer a critical view on John Steinbeck in relation to any of his contemporaries÷Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Cather, Anderson, Wright, Dos Passos, Miller, Stegner, Hurston, Bellow, Pound, Hughes, OâConnor, Lewis, London, and others. Comparative studies are also invited on select authors who have had a direct literary influence on Steinbeck÷Mallory, Shakespeare, Twain÷as well as on contemporary writers who share common thematic and stylistic elements÷Ray Carver, Barry Lopez, Charles Johnson, Terry Tempest Williams, and others. The conferenceâs aim is for a better appreciation of all authors as well as of Steinbeckâs particular standing among his literary peers today, with a range of comparative perspectives÷aesthetic, philosophical, biographical, etc.÷invited.
Sun Valley Resort
Sun Valley, Idaho 83353
CALL FOR PAPERS
Please send a letter of intent,
one-page abstract (in triplicate), and vita by September
1, 2005 to:
Dr. Stephen K. GeorgePlease direct inquiries to GeorgeS@byui.edu.
English Department
Brigham Young University-Idaho
Rexburg, ID 83460-0820
Fax: (208) 496-1944
Conference highlights include the following:
Keynote address on Steinbeck and Richard Wright by Charles Johnson, 1990 National Book Award Winner for Middle Passage, with a book signing to follow the banquet. Addresses by John Ditsky, President of the NSSA, and Stephen Tanner, Ralph A. Britsch Humanities Professor of English at Brigham Young University. Saturday tours of Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound landmarks and historical sites. Art galleries, entertainment, dining, and skiing at the nationâs premier vacation resort.
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