[B900] Notizie/F - CfP: Literature Matters

[Redazione di Bollettino '900]

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       BOLLETTINO '900 - Notizie / F, dicembre 2005

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SOMMARIO:

- 2006 Romance Studies Colloquium
   "Literature Matters"
   University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
   October 19-21, 2006
   CfP: 15 gennaio 2006

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"Literature Matters"
The University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
October 19-21, 2006

Without reverting to a nostalgic return to literature
as privileged, isolated, or romanticized, can we say
literature matters in the world today, both inside
and outside the academy? We are soliciting papers
addressing ways in which literature matters.
These may include literature as social engagement,
literature as connective tissue moving in a material
way among disciplines and peoples, literature at the
core or periphery of cultural studies.

The 2006 ROMANCE STUDIES Colloquium will take place
from October 19th to 21st at the University of Oregon
(Eugene, Oregon) in a spectacular setting overlooking
the Willamette River and surrounded by bike and walking
paths through the riparian forest. The colloquium will
address literary matters and mattering across the
Romance languages. Ethical, material, sociological,
linguistic, political, and theoretical implications of
the topic will be considered. Comparative and
interdisciplinary approaches (painting, architecture,
film, performance, photography, theory, cultural
studies, and media) are actively encouraged.
Papers may focus on any time and place in Romance
studies. Possible topics include:

    Literature of subversion and resistance
    Literary myth-making
    Identity politics, gay pride, religious belief
    The rhetoric of engagement
    Political autobiography, memoir, testimony
    Performance and propaganda

Proposals for twenty-minute papers (maximum one page,
in English*) should be sent in electronic form by January
15, 2006 to:  Prof. Evlyn Gould (evgould at uoregon.edu)
with cc: to Jeanne Lawson (jdlawson at darkwing.uoregon.edu),
Department of Romance Languages, University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR 97403.

A selection of peer-reviewed articles based on papers
given at the Colloquium will be published in ROMANCE
STUDIES (founded 1982).
*Though papers must be presented in English at the
conference, articles for consideration by the journal
may be written in English, French, Italian or Spanish.*

Organizing Committee:
Dr. Evlyn Gould, French Studies, University of Oregon
Dr. Karen McPherson, French and Francophone Studies,
University of Oregon Dr. Massimo Lollini, Italian
Studies, University of Oregon Dr. Gina Herrmann, Spanish
Peninsular Studies, University of Oregon Dr. Juan Epple,
Latin American Studies, University of Oregon Dr.
Elizabeth Emery, French Studies, Montclair State
University

http://www.uoregon.edu/~maxiloll/pages/Romance_colloquium.html

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(c) Bollettino '900 - versione e-mail
Electronic Newsletter of '900 Italian Literature
Notizie/F, dicembre 2005. Anno XI, 6.

Direttore: Federico Pellizzi
Redazione Newsletter: Michela Aveta, Eleonora Conti,
Anna Frabetti, Claudia La Via, Luisa Magnoli,
Saverio Voci.

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