Forces of Nature: The Elements and Aesthetic Production
French literature 1600-1800
Call for papers
This is a call for papers for a session on French literature from 1600 to1800, at the occasion of the SCMLA 71th Annual Conference.
This conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel and Suites downtown in Austin, Texas, l8-22 October 2014.
Please send the following documents, by Monday, March 31 to Gilles Viennot: g_viennot@yahoo.com
- Your name, email address and university affiliation
- The title of your communication
- A short summary (about 500 words) of your communication (in English or French)
The topic of this panel is open. The communications will be in English or French.
However, if you want, feel free to follow the suggested theme of the SCMLA 2014 conference (for French literature from 1600 to 1800):
"Forces of Nature: The Elements and Aesthetic Production"
Humankind's reverent, impassioned and, at times, embattled relationship with nature has informed artistic production from its birth until today. The natural elements impact whether we merely survive or thrive, but the natural world also serves as one of our most important sources of aesthetic inspiration and critical inquiry. The oral traditions and texts of early civilizations worship the elements as deities; Homer's Odyssey and other classical works investigate the impacts and repercussions of hedonism on the environment; and Medieval tomes such as Dante’s Commedia use landscape models to map cultural terrain. Moving forward, Enlightenment and, later, Romanticist thinkers begin to engage in a secular study of nature, while Modernism responds to the vastly changed environmental – and cultural - landscapes brought about by industrialism, innovation and alienation. In our current era beyond the post-modern, we benefit from many new veins of theoretical inquiry and criticism related to the complex relationship between nature and culture, from Ecosemiotics to Animal Studies and beyond.
Appel à communications
Ceci est un appel à communications pour la session portant sur la littérature française issue de la période 1600-1800, à l’occasion de la 71ème conférence annuelle de la SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Association)
Cette conférence se tiendra au Radisson Hotel and Suites, à Austin, dans le Texas entre le l8 et le 22 octobre 2014.
Merci d’envoyer les informations suivantes, au plus tard le lundi 31 mars à Gilles Viennot : g_viennot@yahoo.com:
- Votre nom, adresse électronique et affiliation universitaire.
- Le titre de votre communication
- Un résumé d’environ 500 mots maximum de votre communication (en français ou en anglais)
Ce panel est ouvert à tous les sujets. Les présentations se feront en français ou en anglais.
Cependant, si vous le désirez, vous pouvez traiter le thème suggéré de la conférence SCMLA 2014, pour la littérature française issue de la période 1600-1800. Vous trouverez l’énoncé de ce thème en anglais, dans la partie supérieure de ce document.