[Discussion] CFP: Re-definition of National Literature and Cinema in the Third Millennium (10/15/04; ACLA, 3/11/05-3/13/05)

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Paper proposals are invited for the seminar "Beyond Borders: The
Re-definition of National Literature and Cinema in the Third Millennium"
to be presented at the 2005 American Comparative Literature Association
(ACLA) conference - March 11-13, 2005 - University Park, PA
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"Beyond Borders: The Re-definition of National Literature and Cinema in
the Third Millennium"

Since 1945, cultural globalization has been leading us towards the
development of "transnational" and migrant cultures, no longer linked to
a specific national language or identity. Hence, the attribution of
works of art under a specific national label has at times become
problematic.

Indeed, what is today still a valid and legitimate parameter for
attributing a specific nationality to a book or a film? When language,
subject of representation, and the author's country do not coincide,
could it be more appropriate to speak of "world art" without ascribing a
specific nationality to the work in question? How should we categorize
those artists who keep narrating about their distant countries even
after having left them for political, social or economical reasons? What
about those authors who, in their works, use a language that is not
their own?

This seminar intends to discuss the definition and representation of
literary and filmic works whose subject is a culture that does not
necessarily correspond to that of their author, or whose language is not
their author's native tongue.

Papers can examine individual cases of post-WWII writers and/or
filmmakers, or propose theoretical analysis of the concept of
nationality in contemporary literature and cinema.

200-word paper proposals should be submitted to the ACLA conference page
(http://www.outreach.psu.edu/programs/ACLA/default.asp?WhichPage=paper)
by October 15, 2004.


Seminar organizers:
Roberta Tabanelli, PennState University (rxt14@psu.edu) and Giuliana
Perco, PennState University (juliep@psu.edu)

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