This update accentuates our strong desire to incorporate creative works
into this year's conference
Call for Papers--"Time of Transition: Developing Regional Literatures"
A Regional Conference on Literature, Creative Writing, and Film for
Students and Faculty
Friday, April 5, 2002
You are invited to submit presentation proposals for a conference
focusing on the
development of regional literature and film across the United States
sponsored by the English Department graduate students at Minnesota State
University, Mankato.
We welcome proposals that represent a variety of responses to
regional literature and film and all the spurs that arise from the
relationship between the author and location(s). Creative writers can
use any of their works that explore regions in their many dimensions.
Region can be considered by traditional denominations such as
“Northeast” and “Southwest” and creative appellations that involve
fictional regions and originally-demarcated regions that arise from
scholarly research, as well.
Proposals may either be individual- or panel-oriented. Paper
proposals should include the following: a title; genre, for creative
writers; an abstract not to exceed 300 words per individual; and a brief
one paragraph statement about the presenter, including academic
affiliation, mailing address, and email address. Panel proposals should
also include panel title. Please mention any audio/visual requirements
your presentation will require.
Paper and panel topics include, but are not limited to the
following:
• Creative Works of a Regional Nature (Film, Poetry, Art, Fiction
Theater, Etc.)
• Specific Regional Authors
• Regionalism as Critical Theory
• Regionalism and Its Relation to Film, Dance, Theater, Art, Memoir,
Etc.
• Regionalism and Its Relation to Theory, Diaspora, Borderlands,
Generational
Development, the Influence of the Homeland, the Immigrant
Experience, Etc.
• Regionalism in a Variety of Settings–The City and the Backwoods,
Triumph and
Despair, High Brow and Low Brow, Etc.
• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Regional Literature
All abstracts should be received no later than Friday, February 15,
2002. Notification of acceptance will be sent by Friday, March 1, 2002.
Submit abstracts to:
Spring 2002 Time of Transition Conference, English Department, Minn. St.
U., Mankato, 230 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001. Fax: (507)
389-5362. Phone: (507) 389-1022. Email: <sara.kosiba@mnsu.edu>. Go
online at: <http://www.english.mnsu.edu/hanson/call_for_papers.htm>.
Minnesota State University, Mankato is an affirmative action/equal
opportunity educator and employer. This document is available in
alternative
format to individuals with disabilities by calling the Department of
English at (507) 389-2117 or (800) 327-3529 (MRS/TTY).
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