Fw: Polish Voices in Canadian Literature

[Denis.Salter]

Dear Colleagues: for your interest; again I apologise for any cross listings.

Denis.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Eugenia Sojka 
To: Bednarski Betty ; E. Blodget ; Denis.Salter ; Gerry Turcotte ; Jan Brancewicz ; Sam Solecki 
Cc: Benedicte Mauguiere 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: PD: Polish Voices in Canadian Literature 


>Dear Professor,
>
>Would you be interested in contributing an essay to our book? Please find
>below a description of our book project  (two calls for papers).
>I am looking forward to your response.
 Would you be so kind as to forward the e-mail to someone who you think
might be interested in the project?

>With best wishes,
>Eugenia Sojka  and Noel Currie
>
>
>
>Eugenia Sojka , Ph.D.
>Chair
>Canadian Studies Centre
>Institute of British and American
>Culture and Literature
>University of Silesia
>Zytnia 10
>41-205 Sosnowiec
>Poland
>tel./fax  (32) 435 9205
>e-mail : esojka at pro.onet.pl
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>UPDATED CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (BOOK)
>>>Revised deadline for essays
>>>
>>>CALL FOR PAPERS
>>>
>>>We have received a number of  interesting proposals for our book entitled
>>>Polish Inscriptions on the Canadian Literary Landscape.
>>>Unfortunately, there are several areas which have not been covered
>>>sufficiently. As we are aiming at preparing a comprehensive collection of
>>>essays we are still soliciting essays on the following topics:
>>>
>>>* inscription of Polishness in poetry (Bogdan Czaykowski, Louis Dudek,
>>>Danuta Bienkowska, Waclaw Iwaniuk, Florian Smieja, Andrzej Busza)
>>>
>>>* critical studies on Polish Canadian writers who write in Polish or in
>>>French
>>>
>>>* representation of Poland and Polishness in contemporary Canadian
fiction
>>>(Anne Michaels, Caroline Adderson)
>>>
>>>* Poland/Polonia history in fiction and memoir (Lilian Nattal, Melchior
>>>Wankowicz, Arkady Fiedler)
>>>
>>>Please send an abstract first. Completed essays should reach us by
>December
>>1, 2001.
>>
>>>Essays will be peer reviewed before final acceptance.
>>>
>>>Eugenia Sojka , Ph.D.
>>>e-mail : esojka at pro.onet.pl
>>> or
>>>Noel Elizabeth Currie, Ph.D.
>>>ncurrie at axion.net
>>>
>>>Canadian Studies Program
>>>Institute of British and American
>>>Culture and Literature
>>>University of Silesia
>>>Zytnia 10
>>>41-205 Sosnowiec
>>>Poland
>>>tel./fax:: + 48  (32) 435 9205
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>What follows is a copy of our earlier 'call for papers':
>>>
>>>>>>>>"How does one begin a journey into the realm of Polish inscriptions
>on
>>>>>>>>the Canadian literary landscape? What are the signifiers of
>>Polishness?
>>>>>>>>Who are the Polish-Canadian writers--do you know of any?--and where
>>are
>>>>>>>>they located on the Canadian literary landscape? And what does
Edward
>>>>>>>>Mozejko mean when he asks: [W]hat is the nature of the relationship
>>>>>>>>between Canadian literature and its Polish counterpart which evolved
>>>out
>>>>>>>>of Canadian experience and history?" (Helen [Bajorek] MacDonald,
>>>>>>>>"Mapping Memories: A Journey Between Three Generations of Polish
>>>>>>>>Inscription on the Canadian Literary Landscape," Avancer,  1998.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>While the experience of immigrants from northern, southern, eastern,
>>>>>>>>western, and central Europe -- from countries as disparate as
>Iceland,
>>>>>>>>Italy, Ukraine, Germany, and Hungary, for example -- permeates the
>>>>>>>>national literature and indeed consciousness, this is not the case
>for
>>>>>>>>Poles in Canada. It is easy to think of a canonical writer and/or
>text
>>>>>>>>from most minority  communities in Canada, from Iceland to India or
>>the
>>>>>>>>Ukraine to the Caribbean; yet  most Canadian critics would be
>>>>>>>>hard-pressed to name a single Polish-Canadian writer. This
collection
>>>of
>>>>>>>>essays aims to fill this gap in our knowledge of Canadian
literature,
>>>>>>>>culture, and identity. Who -- and where -- are the Polish-Canadian
>>>>>>>>writers? How should their work be read? What do they reveal about
>>>>>>>>ethnicity, about multiculturalism, about language and audience?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>We are expecting essays  exploring experience of Poland/ Polonia/
>>>>>>>>Polishness from a variety of perspectives including but not limited
>>to:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>* representation of Poland / Polishness  in contemporary Canadian
>>>>>>>>fiction (for example, Anne MIchael's  Fugitive  Pieces and Caroline
>>>>>>>>Adderson's A History of Forgetting)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>* Polish / Polonia history in fiction and memoir (Lilian Nattal's
>The
>>>>>>>>River Midnight,  Ewa Hoffman's  Lost in Translation, Apolonja Kojder
>>in
>>>>>>>>Marynia Don't Cry,  Melchior Wankowicz in Three Generations,  Arkady
>>>>>>>>Fiedler in Kanada Pachnaca Zywica (Canada Smelling of Pine)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>* inscriptions of Polishness in poetry (Bogdam Czaykowski, Louis
>>Dudek,
>>>>>>>>Danuta Bienkowska, Waclaw Iwaniuk, Florian Smieja, Andrzej Busza)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>*  "here"and "there" tensions (between 'the old country' and the new
>>>>>>>>homeland)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>*  immigration / (forced) exile, both pre- and post-Solidarity times
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>*  critical studies on Polish-Canadian writers who write in Polish
>or,
>>>>>>>>as in the case of the most prolific Polish Canadian writer, Alice
>>>>>>>>Parizeau,  who write in  French
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>         ===============================================
>>>>>>         From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
>>>>>>                      CFP at english.upenn.edu
>>>>>>                       Full Information at
>>>>>>                http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
>>>>>>          or write Erika Lin: elin at english.upenn.edu
>>>>>>         ===============================================
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>         ===============================================
>>>         From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List
>>>                      CFP at english.upenn.edu
>>>                       Full Information at
>>>                http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/
>>>          or write Erika Lin: elin at english.upenn.edu
>>>         ===============================================
>>>
>>
>

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