Reminder: CFP deadline 15 October 2002
Romantic Conflict (British Association for Romantic Studies),
University of Warwick, 24-27 July 2003. Plenary Speakers: Isobel
Armstrong, David Bromwich, Saree Makdisi, Susan Wolfson. The aim of
the conference is to investigate sites of social, political and
interpersonal conflict and their relationship to Romantic writing.
Conflict may be taken literally (i.e. Revolution, war, rebellion,
treason) or figuratively (i.e. the clash of genres, the battle of the
sexes, the dissolution of friendship). General themes of the
conference might include: the different ways Romantic writers
construct conflict; the range of attitudes towards conflict, including
incitement, justification, complaint, pacifism, avoidance, denial; and
the ways in which the study of Romanticism depends upon notions of
conflict and discord. Is 'Romanticism' itself a site of conflict? Is
resolution possible or is the struggle always already lost? The
conference will also be an opportunity to test the viability of
Romantic models for peace and reconciliation.
Some of the specific topics to be addressed are:
war and the justification for war
exploration, adventure, travel ('culture clash')
class conflict, revolution
ideologies
religious differences
ecological conflict
gender conflict ('battle of the sexes')
friends and enemies
literary and political rivalry
competition
utopias
antagonism between writers and reviewers
conflicts between modes of discourse - literature, philosophy,
history; poetry vs. prose
radical aesthetics
literary / cultural criticism as conflict
Romanticism and Modernism
Romantic studies as itself a site of conflict
Proposals for papers of 20 minutes are invited on these and related
topics. Please either send in an abstract of 300 words to Jacqueline
Labbe, BARS 2003, Department of English and Comparative Literary
Studies, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK;
[log in to unmask], or submit an abstract online. Deadline for
abstracts: 15 October 2002. We also welcome proposals for panels;
please include abstracts for all speakers. Conference web site:
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/English/BARS2003.htm
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