Narratives of Contingency (MLA, Austin 2016)

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Kristina Quynn/Colorado State University
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Paper proposals sought for a special session to be proposed for MLA 2016 (Austin, TX) that consider the narratives and/or discourses of "contingency" in modern/contemporary literature or documents of academe relevant to contingency studies.

Topics might include readings of academic novels and stories that include adjunct, contingent, or non-tenure-track characters; the rhetorical moves and textual representations of contingent faculty in job postings, institutional or other field-specific materials; the range of approaches we might use to understand contingency relevant to race, gender, class, or other relevant critical theories; readings that explore or theorize the function of contingency in tales of academe.

Please send your paper proposal of 250 words by 15 March 2015 to Kristina Quynn at quynn@colostate.edu. Please include in the subject-line: "MLA Narratives of Contingency CFP"