Appel à com : South Atlantic MLA Conference, Literature of Africa and the Diaspora panel, "Re-imagining Africa"

[Madeleine L.]

>SAMLA (South Atlantic MLA Conference) Literature of Africa and the
>Diaspora panel
>Location: Georgia, United States
>Call for Papers Deadline: 2010-05-15
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>LITERATURE OF AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
>Re-Imagining Africa
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>This session seeks papers that will focus on the literary production of
>African and African Diaspora writers whose work recreates, responds,
>counters, or otherwise wrestles with outside, outdated, or clichéd images
>of Africa. Literary attributes to consider might include any of the
>following and more: language, characterization, setting, thematic content,
>voicing, and perspective. Papers should seek to address the question of
>how African writers re-invent images of Africa and why. By May 15, 2010,
>please send proposals of no more than 250 words for a 15- to 20-minute
>presentation to Justin Colussy-Estes, Georgia Perimeter College, at
>Justin.Estes@gpc.edu.
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