CFP: 2010 Canadian Drama and Literature Conference at U of T

[Kailin Wright]

CFP

*Reasserting the National?: Questioning Origin(al)s in Canada*

An open conference at the University of Toronto
May 14-15, 2010

  Canadian literature is often thought of as a belated or lesser version
  of European literatures.  Yet, how does Canadian literature write back
  to European literary traditions? Does Canadian literature assert an
  "original" national identity, or, is Canadian identity merely a "copy"
  of American, English, or French identities?  How do non-European
  cultures write themselves into this dynamic?  Revisionist literature
  - literature that writes back to dominant narratives or hegemonic
  ideologies - is simultaneously a retelling (or a copy) and a new piece
  of work (or original).  What are the literary methodologies for
  representing "Canada," Canadian identity, identities in difference,
  and nationalism?  How do concerns about representing selves and others
  in Canadian literatures and in editions of Canadian literature
  highlight the struggle to capture "Canadian identity"?

  This conference invites a wide variety of papers that engage with the
  process of revising and editing identities in Canadian literature.
  You may also want to consider editorial or pedagogical issues relating
  to the capturing of "Canadian literature" through an edition or course
  syllabus.  We welcome papers related to any genre, such as poetry,
  drama, fiction, or film.  Proposals may respond to one or more of the
  related topics:

  ·       What are the differences between "literature in Canada" and
          "Canadian literature"? or between "theatre in Canada" and  
"Canadian                                            theatre"?
  ·       Revising /Editing the History of Canadian literature,
          poetry, or drama
  ·       Editing Canadian literature: how do editing practices engage
          with or deny the works? In what ways do we see the identification of
          others?
  ·       Teaching "Canadian identities": the pedagogical issues that
          interconnect with these larger questions of a national identity
  ·       The Academy and Editing: Bridging theory and practice
  ·       Do editing practices reassert Canadian nationalism?
  ·       How do revisionist literatures present/dramatize the national?

  Please submit abstracts of no longer than 300 words to
canlitconference at gmail.com by March 15th 2010.


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Kailin Wright
Ph.D Candidate, 4th Year
Secretary, Graduate English Association
EMiC Research Assistant
English Department
University of Toronto
kailin.wright at utoronto.ca