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Articulating Literature panel–cfp
From: carlos yu-kai lin 
Dear colleagues,
I organized a panel, entitled “Articulating ‘Literature’ Beyond the English-Speaking World,” in ACLA’s 2015 annual meeting in Seattle. We especially want to invite specialists who work on formations of modern “national” literatures in Asia. Those who works on literary modernism or its related issues in the south and/or east Asian contexts are welcome to join us. Please send a brief abstract to Carlos Yu-Kai Lin at yukailin at usc.edu as soon as possible, if interested.
Thank you, Carlos
Articulating “Literature” beyond the English-Speaking World
Literature is often assumed as a universal concept which can be readily understood across cultures.  However, the ways in which this concept is translated and conceptualized may vary according to different linguistic traditions. This seminar explores the diversity of the role and nature of literature in the diverse and multilingual world by addressing the following questions: How does literature function differently in various cultural or social contexts?  To what purpose does literature serve, and through what media does it circulate, in a historical period other than now?  Does it embody different values, articulate disparate ideas, thereby arousing imagination that later becomes important social forces that moves history forward?  How is literature, or its related concepts such as novel, poetry, essay, and lyrics, translated in various languages and do these concepts bear the same meaning as they do in English?  In addition, how is literature canonized and institutionalized in different countries?  What is the role of language and power in the formation of national literature?  This seminar invites its participants to critically think about the various representations of literature, as well as its related concepts, terms, and discourses, in a variety of cultural, social, and historical contexts.  The aim of this seminar is to create a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary conversation that further enriches our imagination of what literature is, was, or will be.
by denton.2 at osu.edu on October 1, 2014
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