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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Portrayals of Africans in Europe and the USA in Modern African Literature (Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Convention)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Diverse African literary works portray the experiences of African characters in the United States and other Western nations. Such works include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah, Imbolo Mbue's Behold the Dreamers, and NoViolet Bulawayo's We...

    Fields of research North African literature,  Literature from Sub-Saharan Africa,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 29.08.2022
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Distinctively Caribbean Cultures and Characters (Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Annual Convention)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Caribbean poets, dramatists, and novelists have created a complex portrait of the Islands' cultures and characters. Certainly many of these characters' and cultures' traits resonate with those in other areas of the world. But what are some of the...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Literature and cultural studies,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 29.08.2022
  3. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Dealing with the Devil: The Faust Motif (NeMLA Conference)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Dealing with the Devil: The Faust Motif Papers for this roundtable need not involve actual deals with the devil, though such papers are welcome. The session will explore works in which a character or multiple characters engage in an activity...

    Fields of research Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 22.08.2022
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    Representations and Visions of the Future in Modernist Literature (Niagara Falls, NY)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Several examples of literature produced from the late Victorian age narrate great concerns about the future and the destiny of humanity, concerns that would be significantly exacerbated in the twentieth century by the Great War, soon followed by...

    Fields of research Themes, motifs, thematology,  Literature of the 19th century,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 29.07.2022
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.09.2022
    NEMLA-Panel: Colonies and Critique: Reassessing German-Language Representations of Empire (Niagara Falls)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    To be held at the 2023 Northeastern Modern Language Association (NeMLA) convention in Niagara Falls, March 26-28 2023 German-language writings on imperialism are of key interest not only in order to fundamentally understand historical...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Themes, motifs, thematology
    Created on: 27.06.2022