Yale Bulletin and Calendar

May 7, 2004|Volume 32, Number 29|Two-Week Issue

'Modernist Voices' will explore themes
in American and British literature

The English Department's 20th-Century Colloquium and Americanist Colloquium are hosting a graduate student mini-conference on the topic "Modernist Voices, Modern Embodiment" on Friday, May 7.

The event, organized and chaired by English graduate students Megan Quigley and Nicholas Salvato, is a follow-up to the successful conference on "American Modernisms" held last May. This year, five graduate students from the English and American studies departments will address themes in modern American and British literature.

The first panel, "Modernist Voices," 2-3:30 p.m., will feature papers on James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. Maria Fackler will speak on "The Language of Sumptuous Confection: Questioning Gerty's 'Voice' in 'Nausicaa,'" and Randi Saloman will give a talk titled "'I never felt it in the least about the others': The Importance of Woolf's Essay-Novel."

The second panel, "Modern Embodiment," 4-5:30 p.m., will feature papers on American literature from Melville to the present. Lara Cohen will speak on "Property and the Ghostly Body: Reading 'Bartleby,' 1853"; Eric Lindstrom will present a talk titled "Green Is the New Black: Or, What Chesterton Has To Say to T.S. Eliot"; and Mark Greif will discuss "What Is the Posthuman?"

Both sessions will take place in Rm. 319 of Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 63 High St. The event is free and open to the public; no pre-registration is required.

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