Call for Papers    

Southern Literature

Deadline: November 15, 2003

 

PCA/ACA 2004 National Conference

San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter

San Antonio, Texas

April 7 – 10, 2004

http://www.h-net.org/~pcaaca

Contemporary Southern literature remains a rich and growing area for
ongoing discussion, critical analysis, and further exploration within the
context of society. This call for papers seeks contributions over a wide
variety of interpretations and critical approaches of Southern literature
against the backdrop of popular culture and/or postmodern society.
Papers covering a broad range of contemporary Southern literature are
welcome, and presentations should be developed for a 15-minute
presentation.

Possible topics may include, but are certainly not limited to:

--Individual and society in the work of Lewis Nordan or Jack Butler (for example)

--Relationships between the work of Flannery O’Connor and that of other contemporary authors

--Gender roles and/or feminist themes and interpretations

--Contemporary Southern literature and postmodernism

--Relationships between religion and society

All submissions treating contemporary Southern literature and culture will
be considered. Please submit a 250-word abstract to the address below
(email attachments are accepted). With the abstract, include:

--Name

--Affiliation (school, business, or organization, if any)

--Mailing address (for you)

--E-mail address (usual means of communication)

--Telephone number (generally not used, unless emergency arises)

Submissions will be acknowledged by email within two days of the receipt
of abstract.

Christopher Bloss

Area Chair, Southern Literature, PCA

Assistant Professor

I.D. Weeks Library

University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD 57069

mailto:cbloss@usd.edu

Office: (605) 677-6615

Leslie Fife, Ph.D.
Program Coord., Nat'l PCA/ACA
English Dept., 205 Morrill Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
405.624.8428; fax 405.744.6326
www.h-net.org/~pcaaca