CALL FOR PAPERS
The Eleventh Annual Graduate Student Conference of the Department of French
and Romance Philology, at Columbia University, La Maison française,
Saturday, March 23, 2002:
THE PEN AS SWORD : ACTIVISM IN LITERATURE
The prominence of critical polemical issues in today's society seems to
testify to the present inescapability of activist rhetoric. But writers
throughout the ages have engaged themselves in various social and political
causes. From the Middle Ages to the 21st century, authors have often
chosen to use their pen as a sword, reflecting in their works the
controversies of their time. What questions have they adressed, and how
have they justified their commitments, or, in certain cases, their refusal
to commit? We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that explore the
history of activism in literature, and especially encourage papers relating
to French writers.
Please send all questions and abstracts for papers (not to exceed twenty
minutes) to fgsu@columbia.edu by January 11, 2002. Abstracts can also be
submitted by postal mail to: French Graduate Student Union, Department of
French and Romance Philology, MC 4906, Columbia University, 1150 Amsterdam
Ave., New York, NY 10027. Tel.: (212) 854-2500, fax: (212) 854-5863.
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