SOMMARIO:

* "Truth, Memory, Imagination, And Fiction" - Call for papers
Boston College, Chestnut Hill (MA), March 17-18, 2000
* "Image and Imagery. An International Conference
on Literature and the Arts" - Call for papers
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, October 5-7, 2000

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"Truth, Memory, Imagination, And Fiction"

The Eighth Annual Graduate Conference on Romance Studies at Boston
College

call for papers

March 17-18, 2000
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

This conference seeks to explore the representation of reality in
Italian, Hispanic, French and Francophone literatures. How have
literary texts created, imagined, and constructed the illusion of
reality? Where is the margin between "true" and "fictive" texts? How
does memory follow or betray reality?
Comparative literature and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged
especially those exploring links between literatures and art, film,
history, religion, music, psychology, anthropology, and others. Some
of the possible session topics include, but are not limited to:

* Memory and Truth in the Fictive Text
* Spirituality, Imagination, Corporality and Material Objects.
* Signs, Symbols, and Reality.
* Imagined Community and the (Constructed) Self.
* Voices from the Margins in the Construction of Reality.
* Truth, Imagination, and the Fantastic.

Papers in English, French, Italian and Spanish will be limited to a
reading time of 20 minutes.

Please submit three copies of an anonymous abstract with an attached
cover letter providing the author's name, department, addresses
(mailing and electronic), and phone number(s). Indicate also is any
audiovisual aid will be needed for the presentation. Submissions must
be postmarked by December 20, 1999

Presenters from out of town can be hosted with graduate students from
the department.

A selection of papers will be published in the journal for literary
criticism _Romance Review_

Address all submissions to:
Ms. Suzanne Kleiner, secretary
Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures Lyons 304
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
tel: (617) 552-3820
fax: (617) 552-2064

Address all inquiries to:
Organizing Committee
Graduate Conference on Romance Studies
Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167
tel: (617) 552-3820
fax: (617) 552-2064
romrev@bc.edu
http://www2.bc.edu/~ivanovae/conference.html

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"Image and Imagery - An International Conference
on Literature and the Arts"
October 5-7, 2000
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Please submit abstracts for 20-25 minute talks. Papers accepted for
presentation will be considered for a proceedings publication. Submissions
may take any perspective provided they deal with the theoretical
and practical relationships between the literary text and the arts (both
visual and performing). Areas of inquiry include but are not limited to
the following topics:

Form
Aesthetic Value
Translation
Adaptation
Aesthetic Emotion
Ekphrasis
Gender Representation
Cultural Identity
Image Theory
Iconography in Popular Culture

The deadline for receiving abstracts is January 31, 2000. Acceptance of
your paper for presentation implies a commitment to register and attend
the conference. Papers will not be read if the presenter is unable to
attend. Notification of acceptance will be sent out by March 1, 2000.
Please send 3 copies of a 250 word abstract. Include the title of the
paper on the abstract but not your name. Include a cover page with the
following information:

author's name(s) and affiliation(s)
mailing address
e-mail address
title of presentation
three to five key words

Submissions by e-mail are also encouraged. Abstracts should be sent to:

E-mail: image@www.BrockU.CA
OR
Image and Imagery Conference on Literature and the Arts
c/o Corrado Federici, Esther Raventós-Pons & Paolo Cianfrone
Department of French, Italian and Spanish
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
L2S 3A1

For further information, please contact Corrado Federici or Esther
Raventós-Pons at image@www.BrockU.CA, or at the following fax, (905)
688-2789 (attn. Esther Raventós-Pons).

"Image and Imagery
An International Conference on Literature and the Arts"
October 5-7, 2000
Brock University
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
http://www.brocku.ca/imageandimagery/