CFP: Midwest MLA: "Revisiting Realisms" (1 Mar; 8-11 Nov; Cleveland)

For the 49th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association
November 8-11, 2007 in Cleveland, Ohio

If you are interested in submitting a paper for one of these sessions, please contact the session organizer directly. The suggested deadline for submitting proposals to session organizers is April 16, 2007 although see descriptions below for exceptions. You may participate in no more than two sessions unless special permission is granted.

Individual paper proposals (250 words or less) on the general theme of the conference ("Reconsidering Realisms") may be submitted directly to the M/MLA office by March 1, 2007. Those accepted will be organized into sessions.

If you are interested in proposing a Special Session for the 2007 Convention, fill out this form by March 1 and submit it to the M/MLA office. The proposed special sessions will be listed below as we receive them.


2007 Informal Convention Theme

Revisiting Realisms

Possible topics might include:

Virtual Realism
Realism and Trauma
The Pleasures of Realism
Realism, Reality, and the Real
Metafiction and/as Realism
Disappearance of the Real
Gender Realism
Race and Realism
Protorealisms
Realist Ideologies
Empiricism/Skepticism/Utilitarianism
Realism and Naturalism
Realism and Symbolism
Anti-Realism
Bourgeois Realism
Realist Periods
Socialist Realism
Hollywood Realism
Neorealism
Proletarian literature
True Crime
Documentary Photography
Novels of Manners
Film and/or Fiction
Realism and Idealism
Correspondence Theories
Realism and Modernism
Realism and Postmodernism
Realism and Science
Magic Realism

The complete CFP, including numerous relevant topic streams, can be found here.