Call for Papers for the upcoming conference:
For the Love of Words: Aboriginal Writers of Canada
Hosted by the Department of Native Studies
at the University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
The study of literature by Aboriginal writers in Canada has often been
subsumed under categories, pattern, tropes, and themes that fail to
recognize the unique styles, imaginations, and metaphors of individual
authors. This conference seeks to explore and highlight the aesthetic
richness of the texts and the fluid nature of language. It will bring
together writers and scholars respectively engaged in artistic and critical
appreciation of "the love of words" in Aboriginal literatures.
A variety of critical perspectives and/or themes are encouraged; however,
papers should discuss an Aboriginal (particularly First Nations and Metis)
author and/or work(s) with particular emphasis on uniqueness, nuance,
complexity, and creativity of the writer/writing. Some themes that may
emerge include:
* language and style
* audience and community
* standards of literary evaluation
* resistance aesthetics
* genres and genders
* space and borders
We invite submissions of three (3) copies of either proposals (300-500
words) or completed papers. Please include a 100 word abstract and a brief
bio-bibliographical note (50 words). Also submit an email or computer disk
with the same information. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2004.
Submissions may be sent to:
Dr. Emma LaRocque
Department of Native Studies
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
R3T 2N2
emma_larocque@umanitoba.ca
or
Dr. Renate Eigenbrod
Department of Native Studies
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
R3T 2N2
eigenbro@ms.umanitoba.ca
Conference website: www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/conferences/fortheloveofwords
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