This panel will explore the link between technology and aesthetics, addressing especially issues concerning the relationship between images and text in book illustration. The panel invites papers on any aspect of film adaptations of 19th century American works. The new generations of contemporary writers grapple with the varied effects of globalization on many local peoples in the world. This session invites exploration of literary texts that employ Gulf Coast settings, either as central element or backdrop, from Florida to Texas, before or after Chopin's The Awakening . Papers on any aspect of the Harry Potter series with particular emphasis on the need for magic at the millenium.
All approaches are welcome.
The session invites proposals on any topic relating to Islam and its representations in the media. All theoretical approaches are welcome. The session will focus on studies in magic realism across a broad spectrum of possible approaches to this emerging literary genre. Any issue of 19th-century Spanish literature will be considered. This is to be the first step toward a future, permanent session of the conference.