CALL FOR PAPERS
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL RED RIVER CONFERENCE ON WORLD LITERATURE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
TRANSLATION:
PASSAGE TO WORLD LITERATURE
April 16-18, 2010
The Red River Conference on World Literature has a tradition of high-quality papers informed by contemporary literary theory and criticism and we welcome the voices of scholars from across the globe. We invite papers and panel proposals on topics that investigate world literatures from antiquity to the present. While we are particularly interested in proposals that focus on the conference theme, papers and panels on all aspects of world literature will be considered. In considering possible topics for 2010 you should include, but are not limited to, the exploration of the dynamics of translation: its uses and effects. Translation is an especially appropriate topic for any group interested in learning, teaching, researching, or simply having access to the literatures of the world and the ages. Facets of the topic worthy of your attention include the following:
Translation/Interpretation Theory
Tools for Translation/Translation as a tool
Translation/Interpretation in a Cybernetic age
Author, Translator, Reader/Public
Authorship/Ownership
Culture/culture
Language/Languages
Accuracy, Freedom, Perspective
Translation and Censorship
Translating old into new
Power and Privilege
Colonialism
Revolution, Justice
Translation as Resistance
The Canon, Texts, Genres
Objectivism/Subjectivism/Fundamentalism
Pedagogy, Teaching Translation/Interpretation,
Teaching the Translation
Performance
Translating Antiquity/Middle Ages/Modernity

Individual presenters should submit a 250-word abstract; include your name, professional title, complete mailing address, and e-mail address. Proposals for panels must include an abstract for each presenter, as well as names, professional titles, addresses, and e-mail addresses of all participants. Abstracts submitted as e-mail attachments in Word or Word Perfect are preferred but hard copies will also be accepted. Additional information can be found at: http://www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/rrcwl/
Submissions must be received by JANUARY 15, 2010
Address all submissions or inquiries to: Carlos.Hawley@ndsu.edu
Carlos Hawley, Coordinator
Red River Conference on World Literature
Department of Modern Languages
NDSU, Dept 2345
P. O. Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050