[New-Poetry] "Hello, I Say, It's Me": (Re)Constructions Of Subjectivity in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, germany, April 4-5, 2008.

[David Graham]

Well, it had to happen.  All the king's critics and all the king's  
scholars are finally getting around to putting Humpty Dumpty together  
again.

Poor subjective self: in tiny pieces for all these years.  Now about  
to be (re)constructed in Düsseldorf, thank heavens & just in time.

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On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:27 AM, Anny Ballardini wrote:

>
>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> "HELLO, I SAY, IT'S ME": (RE)CONSTRUCTIONS OF  SUBJECTIVITY IN
> CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE AND CULTURE
> (April 04-05, 2008; Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
>
> After the subject has been challenged, marginalized, fragmented,
> deconstructed, and pluralized in many postmodern modes of  
> expression and
> thinking, there now seems to be a growing interest in  
> reconceptualizing
> the relevance of subjectivity as a constitutive element in cultural
> production and in theoretical discourses. In contemporary literature,
> North American writers such as Bret Easton Ellis, Jonathan Franzen and
> Richard Powers have begun to seek a "reengagement with the world's
> living concepts" (Powers) by reintroducing the subject as an essential
> factor of textual production and reception. Furthermore, works of
> up-and-coming authors such as Jonathan Safran Foer, Marisha Pessl and
> Jeffrey Eugenides share a focus on matters of fictional autobiography
> and a vital concern for the self. In literary criticism, this shift is
> paralleled by a turn to subject-based ethical questions originating  
> from
> both philosophy and poststructuralist thought (Hale 2007). In
> contemporary media culture, New Media technologies offer a variety of
> possibilities for articulating and constructing subjectivity in  
> virtual
> spaces, a fact to which the abundance of personal pronouns in generic
> product names - from ego-shooters to iPods, from MySpace to YouTube -
> attests. Finally, contemporary material culture continues to provide
> ample space for performances of subjectivity, reaching from fashion to
> advertising and beyond.
> The conference seeks to explore these sites of contemporary cultural
> production with a focus on literature, literary criticism, and  
> cultural
> theory, but also inviting contributions from scholars working in the
> fields of media studies, art history, and material culture. Central to
> the conference are the following inquiries: Where and how are
> subjectivities (re)constructed in contemporary culture? How might  
> these
> (re)constructions be assessed in the context of current debates in
> literary theory, cultural studies, philosophy, etc.?
>
> The conference particularly welcomes papers suitable for the following
> thematic sections: literature, criticism, arts, contemporary media
> culture, material culture, and critical theory.
>
> For a more detailed version of the "Call for Papers" including  
> possible
> fields of inquiry and descriptions of the respective sections, please
> download the pdf.file at
> http://www.unitrier.de/uni/fb2/tcas/Bilder/CfP_Subjectivity_08.pdf
>
>
> Papers should focus on specific literary and cultural practices and  
> draw
> theoretical implications from there. The conference language is  
> English.
> Please send proposals (no more than 300 words) and a speaker biography
> to subjectivity08 at googlemail.com . Please paste your proposal into the
> body of your message. Attachments will not be opened.
> DEADLINE for Proposals: NOV. 05, 2007
>
> Jan D. Kucharzewski, M.A. (Universität Düsseldorf), Stefanie Schäfer,
> M.A. (Universität Heidelberg), Dr. des. Lutz Schowalter (Universität
> Trier)

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