CFP: [Theatre] The Play's the Thing: Language Play & Performativity (5/20/2008; SAMLA 11/7/2008-11/9/2008)

Modern Drama
The Play’s the Thing: Language Play & Performativity (5/20/2008; SAMLA
11/7/2008-11/9/2008)

The Modern Drama session for the 2008 SAMLA Convention seeks papers which
explore the dynamic relationship between language play and performance.
Presentations might focus on French-language plays, poetic drama, the
role of the avant-garde and language experiments, or theories of
performativity. Other topics also welcomed.

Please submit 300-word abstracts, a brief biography, and contact
information to Barbara Cole (bacole_at_buffalo.edu) by May 20, 2008.
Presenters must be members of SAMLA by the time of the convention.

For more information on the 2008 SAMLA Convention in Louisville, please
see the conference website: http://samla.gsu.edu/convention/convention.htm

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