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Department of Foreign Languages
West Virginia University
Chitwood Hall
P.O. Box 6298
Morgantown, WV 26506-6298
USA
Telephone: (304) 293-5121
Fax: (304) 293-7655
WEST VIRGINIA
UNIVERSITY
Thirty-Fourth Colloquium on Literature and Film
October 1-2, 2010
Photo by Marta Eloy Cichocka
CALL FOR PAPERS
21st Century Approaches
To Language, Literature, and Film
Submissions are invited on recent approaches to the study of language, literature and film. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: * Current issues in literature and film * The old and the new in literature and film * The 21st century perspective through literature and film * 21st century classics * The role of new technologies in disseminating literature and film * Literature and film in the age of the Kindle and Hulu * The role of new technologies in academic research in the fields of language, literature and film * New approaches to classic texts and films * New applications of old theories * New theories applied to old texts and movies * Recent trends in linguistics * Current approaches to language variation and change * Theoretical approaches to the study of language * New trends in second language acquisition, education, and pedagogy * Issues in discourse analysis, language policy, and bilingualism
You may submit 300-word proposals for papers and/or panels by May 1, 2010 to:
WVUCOLL@ MAIL.WVU.EDU.
Please include a cover letter containing the proposal’s title, complete contact information, and institutional affiliation. The program will allow twenty minutes for the presentation of each paper. Papers may be read in English, French, German, or Spanish.
Click Here to download the Program in PDF format.