UPDATE: Literature of Africa and the Diaspora; SAMLA Nov. 2009; 06/30/2009
Literature of Africa and the Diaspora Session; African Diasporic Differences [nov. 6-8, 09; 6/30/09]
full name / name of organization:
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
contact email:
collinsw@sc.edu
cfp categories:
postcolonial
African Diasporic Differences
Description: When an African writer lives outside of Africa does the literary product change? If so, what are the causes of such change? Targeted audience? Targeted publisher? Issues of language and cultural taste? This session seeks papers that will focus on the literary production of new African writers who live and write outside of Africa. Literary attributes to consider might include any of the following and more: language, characterization, setting, thematic content, voicing and perspective. Papers should seek to address the question of why differences exist and to analyze the differences.
Send 250-word proposals for 15-20 minute presentations to Dr. Walter Collins
collinsw@sc.edu
by June 30, 2009