[Discussion] CFP: Literature & the Obscure (7/30/05; NYCEA, 10/14/05-10/15/05)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

From: James Scannell <jscannell@utica.edu>

New York College English Association

Crepuscular Consciousness:  Literature and the Obscure
Fall Conference 2005

Nazareth College of Rochester
4245 East Avenue
Rochester, NY  14618

October 14-15, 2005

The function of obscurity in literature greatly exceeds the mere refusal 
to "be
clear." Ambiguity, liminality and shadowy reality engage readers in a
relationship with texts that demands imagination, interpretation, and, 
often, a
suspension of the urge to simplify and hurtle forward toward the end (of 
a text,
of a class, of a thought). These elements create atmosphere, challenge the
process of meaning making, and make us work.

NYCEA invites proposals for 15-minute papers on any aspect of this theme 
and its
literary, theoretical and pedagogical applications.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

	veiling
	liminality
	shadow figures/shadow knowledge
	"difficult" literature (critical/pedagogical aspects)
	hidden/double meanings; the palimpsestic
	non-linear texts
	repression
	imagery (e.g. of mist, of fog, of darkness)
	ambiguity
	student resistance to ambiguity
	writerly texts
	borderlands/parallel universes
	the unconscious
	the covert

Please send abstracts of 450-500 words for papers and panel sessions to:
Adrielle Mitchell, English Department, Nazareth College, 4245 East Avenue,
Rochester, NY 14618 or amitche2@naz.edu. Deadline for abstracts by mail
(postmark) or email is July 30, 2005. Questions may also be directed to 
Adrielle
Mitchell at 585.389.2640 or amitche2@naz.edu.

NYCEA will award a cash prize for the best graduate student paper.



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