Call for Papers: American Literature Association
The Stowe Society Panel
May 24-27, 2001
Cambridge, MA
"Alternative" Stowe: Inside the Classroom, Outside the *Cabin*
A MLA survey found that one of the major changes in the American canon has
been the addition of Harriet Beecher Stowe's *Uncle Tom's Cabin* to college
syllabi across the nation. The recent publication of the MLA's *Approaches
to Teaching Uncle Tom's Cabin*, edited by Elizabeth Ammons and Susan
Belasco, further illustrates the prominence of this novel within American
literature courses and offers us valuable ideas about teaching Stowe in the
classroom.
But what about Stowe's other texts? She was an author who crossed genres,
writing novels, short stories, and essays that span the range of social,
political, cultural, and literary topics. Does *Uncle Tom's Cabin* become
the lens through which all of her other works are interpreted? How does the
emphasis on *Uncle Tom's Cabin* shape the way that both our students and we
view her as an author? What other Stowe texts work as well in the
classroom-or perhaps even better? What strategies can one use to help
students read Stowe's other works? How does one deal with the complex
historical and cultural issues that her texts raise? How do students react
to reading Stowe-especially if they think of *Uncle Tom's Cabin* as her
"good" novel but the course is emphasizing another text?
This panel seeks 15-minute presentations that look at theories, strategies,
and issues concerned with teaching "alternative" Stowe texts in
undergraduate and graduate classes. Papers should emphasize the teaching
of texts other than *Uncle Tom's Cabin,* though they might choose to focus
on teaching Stowe's other work in relation to her most famous novel.
Presentations can range from formal papers to more "hands-on" discussions
of syllabi and assignments.
Send one-page abstracts by January 5, 2001 to:
Denise Kohn
Department of English
Greensboro College
815 West Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27401-1875
E-mail: kohnd@gborocollege.edu
336-272-7102 x. 285
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