40th Annual French Literature Conference
March 15-17, 2012
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (USA)
Girls in French &Francophone Literature & Film
The French LiteratureConference at the University of South Carolina invites papers treating theconstruction of girlhood in Literature and Film.
Possible topics might include,but are not limited to:
Literary and CinematicRepresentations of Girls; Literature for Girls; Girls and Education;Socialization of Girls; Coming of Age; Body Image; Identity; Sexuality; Race;Ethnicity; Religion; Mothers and (young) Daughters; Girls and Feminism; Girls'Studies
Abstracts (500 words, plusbrief bibliography) and a one-page CV, inEnglish or in French, must be submitted (hard copy, fax or e-mailattachment) to the conference organizer by November 1, 2011. Conferencepapers should be held to a twenty-minute presentation time (no more than 10double-spaced pages). Selected papers will be published as volume XXXX of FrenchLiterature Series (Rodopi). Participants who would like for their papers tobe considered for publication in the volume are encouraged to expand theirpresentations to no more than 15 typed double-spaced pages, to be submitted byAugust 1, 2012.
For more information, pleasecontact:
Daniela Di Cecco
Department of Languages,Literatures and Cultures
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
Email: daniela@sc.edu
Tel:(803)777-4881 / Fax: (803) 777-0454