The Area Chair is now accepting proposals to the “Literature (General)” category. This area will

provide a forum for scholarly presentations on literary subjects outside of our more specific

literature areas. Before submitting to the General area, please peruse the specific area list at

http://southwestpca.org/conference/call-for- papers/

Areas of interest might include:

•  Literary theory
•  Literary history
•  Interdisciplinary approaches to literary analysis
•  Aesthetics
•  Experimental writing (other than poetry – see specific area lists)
•  Genre criticism
•  Historical or cultural criticism
•  Regional literatures
•  Popular forms of literary expression beyond our noted areas