Call for papers
MLA 2002
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Dear colleagues,
The Modern Language Association <http://www.mla.org> Discussion Group on
"Literature of the United States in Languages Other Than English" was
granted permanent status by the Modern Language Association Executive
Council in 2001.
The Group is planning a panel at the MLA Convention in December 2002 on
the topic of "New Perspectives on American Texts" for which proposals
for papers are invited. Abstracts (or fully-written papers) should be
addressed to Gonul Pultar, Department of English, Bilkent University,
06533 Ankara, Turkey, fax: +90 (312) 266-4934 or 266-5071, voice mail:
+90 (312) 290-2044 or 266-5071, e-mail: <gonul@bilkent.edu.tr>, as soon
as possible, but no later than March 31, 2002.
New Perspectives on American Texts - Non-English American texts,
written, oral, or otherwise, have in most instances been composed within
traditions and cultures that are different from those of mainstream
America. Evaluated nevertheless by prevalent approaches, they have, more
often than not, been misappreciated. What are the perspectives and
criteria that need to be embraced, foregrounded, developed or negotiated
for a just assessment of these American texts? How should current
critical theory be transformed to accommodate the complex cultural
workings of these transnational texts? What non-English heritages of
story-telling, narration and literary representation would need to be
canonized? How would this affect in turn the English-language tradition?
This panel proposes to explore and provide a forum for reflection on
these issues through critical readings of specific texts. Papers may
focus on indigenous American texts as well as American texts in all
languages other than English. Comparative studies of any aspect of the
topic are also welcome.
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