Tag: poetry
South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) conference November 11-13, 2022 | Jacksonville, FL WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE In his landmark poem, “If We Must Die,” published in The Liberator magazine, Jamaican- born poet Claude McKay addresses the growing anti-Black violence of the Red Summer of 1919, using his poetic voice to increase awareness of racist … Read More “01/07/2022 – CFP: “But Fighting Back!”: Images of Resistance and Revolutionary Change in African-American Literature across the Ages (SAMLA 2022)” »
Animals in the American Popular Imagination Virtual conference
12-16 September 2022
(University of Paris-Nanterre, 23-24 September 2022)
An international conference organized by FAAAM (CREA, EA 370)
In nineteenth-century romantic literature, especially poetry and personal writings, the notion of intimacy was understood as springing from the depths of an individual, untainted by cultural forces (hence closer to nature). Yet, as a number of studies have shown—most notably Foucault—intimate relationships are the product of social power structures deriving from a patriarchal gender hierarchy and reinforced by class and ethnic divides.
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Taiwan (Virtual)
Organization: American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)
Event: American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) 2022 Annual Meeting
Event Date: 2022-06-15 to 2022-06-18
Read More “15/01/2022 – CFP: Experimental Queer Autobiography in America and Beyond” »
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
1922/2022 – TOTAL MODERNISM:
CONTINUITY, DISCONTINUITY, AND THE EXPERIMENTAL TURN