Internacional Conference: 2-4 December 2009.
UNIVERSIDAD DE VALENCIA. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND GERMAN PHILOLOGY
As
a tribute to the North American author Edgar Allan Poe in the
Bicentennial of his birth (1809-1849), the Department of English
and German Philology at the Universitat de València is organising
an International Conference to approach this controversial as well
as worldwide admired literary figure from a 21st C. perspective.
The main objective is to offer and share opinions from different contemporary perspectives about his life and innovative literary work, as well as his influence on diverse artistic expressions such as cinema, music, arts and science. Therefore, proposals (papers or osters) may cover not only literary and linguistic topics, but also other cultural expressions related or based on Poe's work and/or life:
1.- Literary and/or Linguistic Studies (comparative or not).
2.- Literature and Translation: Contrastive Aspects.
3.- Poe: Cinema, Music, Arts and Science.
4.- Stylistic, Cognitive and Genre Studies (Feminisms).
5.- Psychological and Clinical Aspects in Poe.
6.- Poe and his Influence on the Literary Genres.
Abstracts (in Spanish and English) should be a maximum of 500
words in length. 4 key words should be specified as well as a
basic bibliography. Please indicate the topic (1-6) in which you
wish your paper to be included.
Abstracts delivery deadline: September 1st, 2009. Acceptance:
before October 1st. Registration deadline: from July 1st to
November 20th, 2009. (Before October 1st -100 euros; before
November 1st-110 euros, before December 2nd-120 euros). PhD.
Students (before October 15th- 80 euros, after October 15th-90 euros)
Selected papers will be published after the conference.
Official languages of the symposium will be English and Spanish.
Direction: Eusebio Llácer, Amparo Olivares, Nicolás Estévez (UVEG)
Organising Committee: Begoña Clavel, Sergio Maruenda y María
Alcantud, profesores doctores del Departamento de Filología
Inglesa y Alemana y Sara Castillo (UVEG).
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