CFP: Society for the Study of Narrative Literature, MLA 2002: "Market
Watch: Cultural Narratives of the Stock Exchange." Reading the stock
exchange and/as narrative from the seventeenth century to the present,
including any historical moments and national or trans-national
contexts. Possible topics include but are not limited to: stock-exchange
history and stock-exchange texts, revisited (perhaps) in light of
contemporary issues/events; the role of narrative in the representation
and/or functioning of the exchange; stock-market characters; readings of
well-known or lesser-known texts (novels, dramas, how-to-be-a-millionaire
guides); the financial pages. Narratives of legitimation or illegitimacy;
investment vs. speculation; stock-exchange genres. Inquiries and abstracts
(by March 1) to Audrey Jaffe: ajaffe@prodigy.net.
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