Theory Session MLA: Call for Papers

[ADRIAN J. WANNER]

The MLA Division on Comparative Studies in 20th-Century Literature and the
Division on Literary Criticism solicit abstracts for papers to be delivered at
a joint session of the 2013 annual meeting. The panel is titled: “Theory: A
20th-Century Genre.” Its premise is  that “Big-T” or “Grand” Theory
begins with Russian Formalism at the start of the 20th century, and enters its
deliquescence towards the end of the century.  We look for papers that either:
 1) explore Theory as a literary form  subject to the “laws of genre”; 2)
explain the “take-off” of Theory in the early 20th century or its post-WWII
boom; or 3) investigate Theory’s demise at the end of the century.






                Abstracts of up to 500 words (or draft papers of
ca. 2000 words) and a CV to Marshall Brown (<#>) and Thomas Beebee (<#>) by 15
November 2011. Notifications shortly after the 2012 MLA meeting.








 






 






 


Adrian J. Wanner
Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Acting Head, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and 
Literatures 
The Pennsylvania State University
422 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802

814 865-1097 (Office) 
814 865-5481 (Department)
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/a/j/ajw3/











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