CALL FOR PAPERS

11th Annual Central New York Conference on Language and Literature

CORTLAND COLLEGE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
CORTLAND, NEW YORK 13045

OCTOBER 28-30, 2001

Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature:
A Postcolonial Eighteenth Century?

During the last decade there has come to some prominence within the field
of eighteenth-century studies several attempts to elaborate a postcolonial
eighteenth century (Srinivas Aravamudan's Tropicopolitans being the
grandest of these). This panel for the 11th Annual CNYCLL will address the
epistemological, political, and/or aesthetic status of such an object of
study. It will be less concerned with historicizing the eighteenth century
as a postcolonial period, than with thinking through the possibilities and
impossibilities of formulating a "postcolonial eighteenth century" as an
object of cognition. What does it mean for the eighteenth century to be in
some way "postcolonial"-"after" the colonial, at once coming after and
chasing after? How does this force one to, or prevent one from, producing
such an object of study? Does the "colonial"-if we are, in constructing a
"postcolonial" object, always "after" the colonial-ever arrive, present
itself "in" the eighteenth century, or in the academy today? Where, if
anywhere, is it appropriate to locate the "colonial" or "postcolonial" in
the eighteenth century, or in eighteenth-century studies? What are the
political implications of such considerations? Are they necessary, merely
ideological, or something else altogether?

Though this panel's orientation is explicitly theoretical, some engagement
with eighteenth-century material (texts and/or criticism) is
encouraged. For the purposes of this panel, "eighteenth century" is
defined as broadly as possible (roughly 1660-1830). Submissions dealing
with any language tradition will be considered if relevant.

Papers no longer than twenty minutes.

Please send one-page abstract to the chair by July 15, 2001. Be sure to
include e-mail and mailing addresses on all submissions.

Tony Brown
124 Johnson Street, Apt. 3B
Highland Park, New Jersey 08904
U. S. A.
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