CALL FOR PAPERS
Proposals for a Special Session at MLA 2001 (12/27 – 12/30)
Traveling Literature: American Literary Studies Abroad
This panel invites presentations investigating the ways American
Literature “travels” to other cultures. Examining the new move to
“globalize” American literary and cultural studies, I am interested in
papers that deepen our understanding of the ways American literature and
culture are received and perceived in a global context. How are they
imbricated with global traditions? By examining the social, political
and economic forces which structure the exportation and co modification
of American literature and culture, how can teachers better understand
the complex ideological significance of the representational modes
intersecting at the moment of contact between teacher and student in an
international context? How can we better apprehend the multicultural
dimensions of American literature and culture, and to make them more
accessible in the increasingly diverse, global environment?
Abstracts or complete papers by March 15 to Kenneth Speirs:
kspeirs@yahoo.com
-- Kenneth J. Speirs Foreign Literature Department Tunghai University Taichung 40704 Taiwan Tel: (04) 359-0253, ext-24 Fax: (04) 359-4002=============================================== 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 ===============================================
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