[Discussion] Voice and culture: Intercultural and cross-cultural perspectives;

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 Subject   UPDATE: Narrative Voice and Imagined Reality (8/4/03; 10/11/03-10/12/03)  

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The deadline for proposals for this fall's New York College English 
Association conference has been extended to August 4, 2003. Full information 
below: 

C A L L F O R P A P E R S 
New York College English Association 

The "I" of the Beholder: Narrative Voice and Imagined Reality 

October 10 and 11, 2003 
St. John Fisher College 
3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 


What are the sources of authority and conviction in literature? What makes 
an imagined reality seem "real"? How do issues of gender, culture, and 
history inform the creation and reception of a narrative voice? NYCEA 
invites proposals for papers by any author, from any time period, about (or 
in) any genre. 

POSSIBLE TOPICS INCLUDE: 

Voice and culture: Intercultural and cross-cultural perspectives; intra- and 
inter-cultural translation; 

representing a postcolonial experience 

Voice and gender; voice and narrative; first-person narration 

Fantasy and science fiction 

Critical theory 

Lying "I"s: Truth and memory 

Roots: history and narrative 

Lit Wit: witnessing and literature 

Please send abstracts of 250-500 words for papers and panel sessions to: 
Dia Lawrence, English Department 
St. John Fisher College 
3690 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618 
lawrence@sjfc.edu 

Please be sure your abstract arrives by mail or e-mail by August 4, 2003 

NYCEA-sponsored cash prizes will be awarded for the two best graduate 
student papers 

For further information, contact the conference coordinators 

Lisa Jadwin, 585/385-8192; e-mail: jadwin@sjfc.edu 

Dia Lawrence, 585/385-8412; e-mail: lawrence@sjfc.edu> 
lawrence@sjfc.edu