My apologies for these repeat emails! As the list does not allow attachments,
here is the full text of the CFP for the conference.
We look forward to your responses.
B e y o n d C a l y p s o : New Perspectives on Samuel Selvon
Warwick University Yesau Persad Centre for Caribbean
Studies 2nd July 2011
Keynote speaker: Professor Kenneth Ramchand
(University of Trinidad and Tobago)
Samuel Selvon is one of the Caribbean's most widely-read, popular and
influential
novelists, one whose works have, as early as their first publication, been
granted classic
status. While the author's significance is undeniable, historically Selvon's
oeuvre has
been read primarily to seek its insight into the lived experience of the
Windrush
generation, or its replication of the tropes and techniques of calypso. Selvon's
work,
though, has much more to offer than this. While expressing a strong,
Caribbean-centred
cultural identity, his writing demonstrates a perceptiveness that extends beyond
its
immediate context.
Beyond Calypso will seek to explore the richness of Selvon's work. In advance of
the
sixtieth anniversary of Selvon's first novel, A Brighter Sun, this one-day event
will draw
together new perspectives on the author in order to celebrate his contribution
to
Caribbean, British and postcolonial literatures.
Selvon's legacy will also be celebrated through tributes and the presentation of
restored sound archives from the collections of the Centre for Caribbean
Studies.
250-words abstracts are invited for papers that apply new or little-used
analytical
frameworks to the writer and his work. Topics can include, but are not limited
to:
− New approaches to Selvon through the optics of gender studies, ecocriticism,
psychoanalysis, poststructuralism or others
− Creative works - including poetry, fiction and music - inspired by Samuel
Selvon
− Readings of Selvon's less famous works, including his radio plays and short
stories,
and the novels An Island Is a World and I Hear Thunder
− Re-engagements with or re-negotiations of existing critical perspectives on
Selvon's work
Please email all abstracts to Malachi McIntosh
and Stephanie Decouvelaere at
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by Friday 1 April 2011
Stephanie Decouvelaere
Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
Malachi McIntosh
Warwick University
Letizia Gramaglia
Warwick University
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