for a Special Session to be proposed for MLA 2000 in Washington, D.C.:
*Don DeLillo and Gender.* What role does gender play in DeLillo's work? =
How does he construct or investigate masculinity and femininity? How =
does he critique or reinforce cultural constructions of gender? How are =
his narrative strategies masculine and/or feminine? Responses to DeLillo =
as a "male" writer or to his themes as allied with feminist writing. =
Consideration of the female artist figure among other female =
constructions throughout his oeuvre, and a variety of approaches also =
welcome. As this is a Don DeLillo Society-sponsored panel, panel members =
must be members of the Society (as well as of MLA) by the time of the =
proposal to MLA (April 1, 2000); you do not have to be a member of =
either the DDS or MLA, however, to submit. 2-page abstracts by 15 Mar; =
Marni Gauthier; gauthier@ucsub.colorado.edu; fax: 720.406.1448
===============================================
From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
CFP@english.upenn.edu
Full Information at
http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu
===============================================
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Feb 09 2000 - 13:48:25 EST