[percy-l] Call for Papers: Walker Percy at SAMLA
Tammy.DiBenedetto at rcc.edu
Tammy.DiBenedetto at rcc.edu
Tue May 29 14:26:42 EDT 2007
Hi Karey,
Let me first offer my best wishes on the speedy completion of your
dissertation. I, too, am in the process of completing my dissertation-a
study of race relations in Percy's works-so I have a good idea what
you're going through.
The first chapter of my dissertation-a study of the "Africanist
presence" in The Moviegoer and its relationship to the establishment of
white American identity, might work well for the conference session.
I'm attaching an abstract (of sorts; it's actually a couple of
paragraphs from the Intro. to the dissertation) to give you an idea of
what I'm up to. Although my dissertation offers a study of race and
race relations in all of Percy's novels, the chapter on The Moviegoer is
one I'm happiest with, though the chapter on Love in the Ruins is also
pretty well fleshed out, it's pretty much a rehash of what's been said
before. The analysis of race in The Moviegoer offers a few new points
on race that (as far as I know) haven't yet been discussed.
Thanks for organizing this session. I certainly hope it materializes.
All my best,
Tammy DiBenedetto
Tammy DiBenedetto
Associate Professor, English
Riverside Community College
4800 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92506
(951) 222-8271
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Subject: [percy-l] Call for Papers: Walker Percy at SAMLA
Hi all -
Regarding the Walker Pecy session at SAMLA: I received some e-mails
indicating interest and ideas, but only one abstract for a paper -
deadline is May 31, so if you're interested, let me know, or we'll have
to cancel the session! : ( I'd like to see Percy at SAMLA!
More information and orginal e-mail is below - the topic is flexible,
just about Percy "today"! If interested, send it to me at my home
address: karey1 at charter.net
Karey
Percy fellows:
I will be chairing a session at the annual convention of the South
Atlantic Modern Language Association (see topic below). Am seeking
papers on the topic: "Walker Percy Today" - that topic should be
broad enough to
fit many different Percy interests. I think Percy is relevant today -
but somehow is not included in college curricula as much as he should
be! Just e-mail a one-page abstract to me at karey1 at charter.net by
May 31.
The SAMLA website is http://www.samla.org <http://www.samla.org/> <
http://www.samla.org/
<http://www.samla.org/ (or http://samla.gsu.edu
<http://samla.gsu.edu/>
<http://samla.gsu.edu/<http://samla.gsu.edu/ ) with the conference
information - November 9-11, 2007, in Atlanta, at the Renaissance
Hotel downtown.
I would love to see some of you at the conference, at the session, or
giving your paper for the session! We've conversed over the years,
and though I have been silent lately (attempting to diligently finish
a dissertationbefore I pontificate on a listserv.), hopefully, we'll
be able to reconnect and meet!
Karey Perkins
Senior Professor of English, DeVry University Alpharetta, Georgia
Topic: Walker Percy, an honorary memory of SAMLA, is sometimes
Considered "merely" a topical writer and, in the 17 years since his
death, seems to have faded from the literary landscape. College
literature courses, even those on southern literature, only
infrequently include Percy's writing. How is Percy relevant to us
today? Does his study of symbol and language have anything to offer
linguists, philosophers, or anthropologists today? Are his dystopian
science fiction novels, his social satires, and his social parodies
out-of-date - or was he a prescient visionary, still current today and
in the future? Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the
similarities between the psychology of Lancelot and a modern day
terrorist; Love in the Ruins as a description of the chaos and racial
divide in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina; the Knotheads and the
LEFTPAPAS forecasting the political divide in America today; More's
lapsometer in Love in the Ruins and patient medication in The Second
Coming echoing the popularity of Prozac and other anti-depressants
today. One-page abstracts sent to Karey Perkins at karey1 at charter.net
by May 31, 2007. Complete papers should be no more than ten pages or
20 minutes to read.
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