[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: Literary Odysseys: The Journey in/of Literature (grad) (11/1/06; 2/23/07-2/24/07)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

"Literary Odysseys"
Comparative Literature Graduate Student Conference
February 23 and 24, 2007

Website: Colorado.edu/comparativeliterature/literaryodysseys

Plenary Speakers:
Daniel Schwarz (Cornell University)
Helmut Müller-Sievers (Northwestern University)


CALL FOR PAPERS

The graduate students of the University of Colorado at Boulder's
Department of Comparative Literature and Humanities invite paper
proposals on the topic of "Literary Odysseys."

This conference will investigate various ways of thinking about the
theme and figure of the journey. The journey has been and continues to
be a thematic cornerstone in every age and in every literature, from
epic to lyric, from Biblical exegesis to deconstruction, from poiesis to
pop art. The journey can be located at the center of Comparative
Literature, insofar as the field defines itself by its rejection of
traditional borders, whether they be national, linguistic, temporal, or
disciplinary. This motif offers ways to transgress these many
boundaries, to cross these many thresholds. In all of its literal and
figurative senses, the journey helps us to identify and address the
diverse complexities challenging us in our reading, research, and writing.

Please join us for an exploration of this compelling subject, and an
inquiry into how it illuminates the discourses of comparative studies.

Graduate students are invited to submit abstracts relating to one of the
following panel subjects. If more than one subject seems interesting,
you may send multiple abstracts, but we will, however, accept only one
paper per student. Please be aware that if your paper is accepted, we
might not be able (because of organizational issues) to place it on the
panel you requested. A prize will be awarded for best essay.

-- Allegorical journeys in the classical epic
-- Metapherein and the traversal of tropes
-- Nostalgia and the voyage home
-- Literal and figurative wanderings in the literature of exile
-- Travel journals and their depictions of the foreign and domestic
-- Travel and the widening of perspectives
-- The (trans)formative journey
-- Crossing into unknown realms: Textualizing the unconscious
-- The passage from one language to another
-- Gender journeys
-- Theorizing the journey and the journey of theory
-- A veritable inquiry: Literature and the quest for truth
-- Paths toward revelation, apocalypse, telos
-- Aperture and closure
-- Cultures (and their art) over time
-- Life's journey and its depictions in film, visual arts, literature
-- The creative process and the rendering of artistic experience
-- Ambiguities and the liminal position
-- Movement in, through, and out of time
-- The transgressive journey
-- Declarations of artistic innovation
-- "Is our discipline still alive?" The path of Comparative Literature

Abstracts (and papers) should be in English. Presentations should be 20
minutes and no longer. Email abstracts of 250 words to
Odysseys at Colorado.edu. Please include a Word attachment AND paste the
abstract into the email, with the title of the panel you are applying to
as the email's subject. Both the abstract and email should include the
author's name, affiliation, full address and phone number, proposed
title of each paper, and the titles of each panel to which the student
is applying (i.e. if sending two abstracts, clearly indicate to which
panel each one relates). Also, please indicate if you will require
technological support during your presentation.

Visit our website at www.Colorado.edu/comparativeliterature/literaryodysseys

Submission Deadline: November 1, 2006

Send abstracts to Odysseys at Colorado.edu

We look forward to seeing you next spring. In addition to the conference
panels and plenary speeches by two distinguished scholars, participants
are invited to a welcoming breakfast on Friday morning, a cocktail
reception with free appetizers in downtown Boulder on Friday night, and
a final reception on Saturday evening. Between papers and events, you
will also have a chance to enjoy all that Boulder has to offer. Located
at the foot of the Flatiron Mountain Range, and home to gorgeous hiking
trails and bike paths, as well as great restaurants, bars, and cafes,
Boulder is a cultural center in the midst of a sublime natural setting.


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