cfp.english.upenn.edu

Most literary works take place within the context of some sort of constructed space, e.g. a house, an office, a transit node, a place of worship, a place of performance. The constraints and opportunities of such a setting often contribute to our understanding of characters, actions and ideas. Architecture also provides a rich system of tropes by which readers and writers can define important elements of text either literally or figuratively. This panel seeks papers on literary works from any genre, region or time period that consider the treatment of architecture as background, foreground, structural model or other component of the literary work or works in question.

Please upload proposals (approximately 500 words) on the PAMLA website at www.pamla.org. Deadline: April 15, 2013.

Questions can be directed to Christina Stevenson at stevensonlushbaugh@gmail.com