Session 2-G The Nonfiction of John Edgar Wideman Organized by The John Edgar Wideman Society Chair: Keith Byerman, Indiana State University 1. "John Edgar Wideman: The Writer as Public Intellectual." Tracie Guzzio, SUNY Plattsburgh 2. Differences in Fatheralong,” Wilfred Samuels, University of Utah “Generational Audio-visual equipment required: None Session 2-H Resurrection Narratives and the Ethics of Hope Organized by the American Religion and Literature Society Chair: Rachel Payne, Independent Scholar 1. the Body in Postbellum Consolation Literature,” Christine Hedlin, University of Illinois at “Resurrecting Urbana-Champaign 2. Narratives: Ethics, Genre, and Comparative Religions,” Rafi Rahman, Emory University “Resurrection 3. Gospel According to Dan: The Da Vinci Code as Post-9/11 Anti-Resurrection Narrative,” “The Christopher Douglas, University of Victoria Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Session 2-I Southern Influences: The Dixie Limited Derailed? Organized by The Society for the Study of Southern Literature Chair: Tara Powell, University of South Carolina 1. Faulkner Factor: Three Black Southern Writers Respond,” Martyn Bone, University of “The Copenhagen/University of Mississippi 2. Anxiety of Faulknerian Influence,” Doreen Fowler, The University of Kansas “The 3. tradition, a duty, and a care’: Faulkner’s Rose for Emily” and McCarthy’s Child of God,” Travis “‘a “A Franks, Arizona State University Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Session 2-J Mad Writing in Black Women’s Fictional Narratives: the Caribbean and the United States Organized by: Caroline Susan Tomlinson, University of Massachusetts, Boston 1. for the Bones: Mad Testimony in Marie-Elena John’s Unburnable,” Johanna Garvey, “Chante-mas Fairfield University 2. a Glass Darkly: The Trickster's Mad Humor in Erna Brodber’s Jane and Louisa Will Soon “Through Come Home,” Caroline Brown, University of Montreal
Session 2-G The Nonfiction of John Edgar Wideman Organized by The John Edgar Wideman Society Chair: Keith Byerman, Indiana State University 1. "John Edgar Wideman: The Writer as Public Intellectual." Tracie Guzzio, SUNY Plattsburgh 2. “Generational Differences in Fatheralong,” Wilfred Samuels, University of Utah Audio-visual equipment required: None Session 2-H Resurrection Narratives and the Ethics of Hope Organized by the American Religion and Literature Society Chair: Rachel Payne, Independent Scholar 1. “Resurrecting the Body in Postbellum Consolation Literature,” Christine Hedlin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2. “Resurrection Narratives: Ethics, Genre, and Comparative Religions,” Rafi Rahman, Emory University 3. “The Gospel According to Dan: The Da Vinci Code as Post-9/11 Anti-Resurrection Narrative,” Christopher Douglas, University of Victoria Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Session 2-I Southern Influences: The Dixie Limited Derailed? Organized by The Society for the Study of Southern Literature Chair: Tara Powell, University of South Carolina 1. “The Faulkner Factor: Three Black Southern Writers Respond,” Martyn Bone, University of Copenhagen/University of Mississippi 2. “The Anxiety of Faulknerian Influence,” Doreen Fowler, The University of Kansas 3. “‘a tradition, a duty, and a care’: Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” and McCarthy’s Child of God,” Travis Franks, Arizona State University Audio-Visual Equipment required: None Session 2-J Mad Writing in Black Women’s Fictional Narratives: the Caribbean and the United States Organized by: Caroline Susan Tomlinson, University of Massachusetts, Boston 1. “Chante-mas for the Bones: Mad Testimony in Marie-Elena John’s Unburnable,” Johanna Garvey, Fairfield University 2. “Through a Glass Darkly: The Trickster's Mad Humor in Erna Brodber’s Jane and Louisa Will Soon Come Home,” Caroline Brown, University of Montreal
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