[EDLING:1187] CFP: Native American Literature and Memory

[Francis M Hult]

> CFP: Native American Literature and Memory (2/20/06; SCMLA October 28-30,
> 2006 Fort Worth, Texas)
> 
> Native American Literature Panel:
> Individual and Collective Memory in Native American Literature
> 
> Much Native American literature has been firmly grounded, at least by its
> critics, in the cultures out of which it has come, with particular
> attention paid to myths, legends and other forms of collective or cultural
> memory. At the same time, many Native American authors have tried to
> grapple with the difficult and painful history of Native American
> experience. We are seeking papers that consider the role of
> memory—collective and/or personal—within Native American literature; that
> consider the retelling of personal experience or oral history in
> literature by or about Native Americans; that explore the role of memory
> in preserving or transmitting collective or personal identity through
> narrative; that remember personal incidents for the purpose of surviving
> or preserving self and culture; that evaluate the accuracy or inaccuracy
> of memory; papers that consider memory as an ethical act; and papers that
> investigate the danger of nostalgia.
> 
> Please send 500 word abstracts by March 1, 2006 to Dr. Shari Evans,
> Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, University of
> Massachusetts Dartmouth Group I, 3rd Floor 285 Old Westport Road North
> Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300, or by email to sevans at umassd.edu as a Word
> attachment.
> 
> SCMLA will be held October 28-30, 2006 in Fort Worth, Texas. Conference
> participants must be SCMLA members at the time of the conference.