CFP: (dis)junctions: History in African-American Lit. (grad) (1/7/05; 4/8/05-4/9/05)

(dis)junctions; theory reloaded (April 8-9, 2005)

(Re)claiming/(Re)writing History in African-American Literature

This call for papers is for a proposed panel to be held at “(dis)junctions:
Theory (Re)Loaded,” the University of California Riverside’s 12th Annual
Humanities Graduate Conference. It will take place April 8-9, 2005. For
more information, visit the website:
http://www.english.ucr.edu/gsea/disjunctions.

Regarding history, John Edgar Wideman has said, “There is history, there are
events, but they are always problematic. Language is one tool we have to
make a little sense of it.” The idea for Toni Morrison’s Nobel
Prize-winning book Beloved came from an article of a real event, as recorded
by the media of the time. How are authors (re)writing history through
African-American Literature? Critical works addressing issues of
(re)claiming history in African-American Literature will be explored on this
graduate student panel. Some, although not all, issues that will be
explored are:

- History as Subjective
- History (De)Constructed
- Tools used to write History in Society
        (i.e. Media, Myths, Holidays)
- Call and Response with History
- Conflicting narratives

Abstracts no longer than 250 words should be e-mailed to:
“Plrand25_at_hotmail.com” by January 7, 2005. Please put the text in the body
of the message, not as an attachment.

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