Papers sought for two proposed special sessions for MLA 2001.
PERFORMING DELILLO.
Papers sought on performance and performativity in DeLillo's fiction and
theater works. Topics might include: the body and performance;
theatricality; dialogue, monologue and the dynamics of power; observation
and surveillance; visuality and the cinematic; identity and
performativity; authorship/writing/criticism as performance.
FROM CULT AUTHOR TO CLASSIC: DELILLO AND THE CANON.
Has DeLillo now achieved canonical status? What forms of cultural
recognition have helped to establish his current visibility? How should
we understand DeLillo's status as a literary celebrity? What does recent
critical interest in and curricular inclusion of DeLillo's works suggest
about the politics of canon formation? How can we comprehend such
interest in the context of the multicultural critique and revision of the
canon?
Please note: neither session has yet been approved by MLA. If approved,
the session or sessions will be sponsored by the Don DeLillo Society.
500 word abstracts or 10-12 page papers by March 15 to Jeremy Green
(jg@stripe.colorado.edu), 226 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
80309-0226. Enquiries welcome.
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