INSTITUTE OF MODERN LANGUAGES RESEARCH
School of Advanced Study * University of London
Call for Papers
Transnational Families, Transnational Novels
CfP deadline: 31 March 2019
Conference: 12 & 13 July 2019
https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19431
From Ian Watt to Joseph Slaughter, scholars of literature have understood the novel as a genre that emphasizes the formation of the individual in relation to a nation-state. However, in recent decades, the interconnectedness of the global market has provoked increased interest in literature that crosses national borders. The success of such contemporary novels as Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, Michael Ondaatje's The Cat's Table, and Sasha Marianna Salzmann's Ausser Sich denotes a widespread need for narratives that reflect our transnational reality, examining how, when, and why we cross borders.
This conference seeks papers about novels that represent families crossing national borders. How can the unit of the family be used to understand migration in literature? What can the novel genre tell us about how families are transformed by border crossings? How does a focus on transnational families affect novel structure? How do novels that focus on transnational families challenge the conventional wisdom that the novel genre privileges individual subjectivity?
We invite contributions on literatures written in English but also in languages other than English. The conference language will be English.
Transnational Families, Transnational Novels will be held at the Institute of Modern Languages Research at the University of London on July 12th and 13th, 2019. It is being organized in cooperation with Frauen in der Literaturwissenschaft FrideL e.V.
Applications should be sent to Annette Bühler-Dietrich and Amelie Daigle at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> and [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. by March 31st, 2019. Please include a short abstract describing your paper (max. 300 words) and a short bio (max 100 words).
Supported by the Coffin Fund, Boston College Institute for the Liberal Arts.
In collaboration with Frauen in der Literaturwissenschaft FrideL e.V.
Institute of Modern Languages Research
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