On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:25:45 +0800, "Roger Chen"
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>Dear List Owner:
> This is a Call for Papers on Travel and Literature. Please circulate it
>to those who are interested in this topic. Thanks for your time.
>
>Roger Chen
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>Call for Papers
>
>Art, Literature and Travel
>
>May 27-28, 2000
>National Sun Yat-sen University
>Kaohsiung, Taiwan
>
>This two-day conference aims to draw together interested scholars
>researching on the artistic and literary representations of travel and
>provide a forum for the critical examination of "the questions of travel."
>Entitled as "Art, Literature and Travel," it is intended to provide an
>opportunity for participants to, on the one hand, exchange ideas on the
>poetics and politics of travel writing and, on the other, examine the
>theoretical repercussions of the metaphoric uses of travel in contemporary
>literary studies.
>
>The College of Liberal Arts of National Sun Yat-sen University invites paper
>and panel proposals that address all travel-related topics. Doctoral
>students are also welcome to submit paper proposals on their research
>findings.
>
>Stipends, some traveling expenses (pending budgetary approval), room and
>board will be provided to paper presenters with a grant from the Ministry of
>Education, Council for Cultural Affairs, and National Science Council,
>Taiwan.
>
>Topics include the following:
>
>a) Travel Writing in Chinese Literature, Classical and Contemporary
>b) Contemporary Taiwan Travel Literature
>c) Journeys in Allegories
>d) The Fictional Representation of Traveling
>e) Immigrant or Exilic Literature
>f) Artists, Writers, Tourists, Travelers, and Nomads
>g) The Politics of "Travel" and Postcolonial Discourse
>
>Deadlines:
>Submission of abstracts: December 5, 1999
>Submission of complete papers: April 10, 2000
>
>Please send abstract by mail or e-mail to:
> Professor Chung Ling
> College of Liberal Arts
> National Sun Yat-sen University
> Kaohsiung 804
> Taiwan
>
> OR
> [log in to unmask]
>
>For further queries concerning paper and panel proposals, please call
>886-7-5252000 ext. 3002 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
>
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