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Fifty-Eighth AnnualKentucky Foreign Language ConferenceApril 2005TABLE OF CONTENTS(Click on a page number to jump to the page.)GENERAL INFORMATIONWelcome and Introduction.2Program in Brief.3Index of Participants. 46Shuttle Schedule . 49SESSIONSForeign Language and International Economics .7French and Francophone Studies.8German-Austrian-Swiss . 16Hispanic Linguistics. 20Hispanic Studies . 23Italian . 40Linguistics. 41Luso-Brazilian Studies . 43Slavic Studies. 45
Thank You!Dear KFLC Conference Participant,Welcome to the 58th Annual Kentucky Foreign Language Conference! We are glad that you will be joiningus this year. This conference was made possible by the imagination and hard work of many people whohave volunteered their time, energy, and insight. Please thank these people when you see them aroundduring the next few days.In addition to the individuals listed below, we would like to thank Governor Ernie Fletcher, who hasdeclared this the “Year of Languages.” We value his support and the continuing commitment of theCommonwealth of Kentucky to language education. We also thank Dean Steven L. Hoch of theUniversity of Kentucky’s College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of theProvost, and the Office of the Vice President for Research for their continued support of the conference;Bryan Pearce-Gonzales for his indispensable help planning conference events; and a special thanks toDiana Deen and TASC for graciously providing us with technical support throughout the conference.Finally, many thanks to our speakers, organizers, chairs, participants, and hardworking volunteers!Gerald Janecek, Executive DirectorLaura Hunt, Assistant Directorgjanecek@uky.edukflc@uky.eduBryan Pearce-Gonzales, Event Coordinatorbpear0@uky.eduFOREIGN LANGUAGE AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSFRENCH AND FRANCOPHONE STUDIESGERMAN-AUSTRIAN-SWISSDennis O. Durocherdennis.durocher@nicholls.eduJohn Ericksonjeric1@uky.eduTheodore Fiedlertfiedler@uky.eduHISPANIC LINGUISTICSYanira Pazyblaba0@uky.eduHISPANIC STUDIES: PENINSULAR SPANISHHISPANIC STUDIES: SPANISH-AMERICANAníbal A. Biglieribiglieri@uky.eduSusan Carvalhocarvalho@uky.eduITALIAN STUDIESGloria Allaireallaire@uky.eduLINGUISTICSAnna Bosch and Thomas Claytonbosch@uky.edu, tmclay@uky.eduLUSO-BRAZILIANSofia Caladoascala01@louisville.eduSLAVIC STUDIESCynthia A. Ruderraeruder@uky.eduThank you for participating in this year’s KFLC. As we begin planning for 2006, please be sure to fill outthe evaluation form online at www.uky.edu/as/kflc. Your opinion is important to us!Kentucky Foreign Language Conference2
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Fifty-Eighth AnnualKentucky Foreign Language ConferenceApril 2005PROGRAM IN BRIEFThursday, April 2112:00 – 2:00 pmHispanic Studies Graduate Student LuncheonFree to all Hispanic Studies graduate students. Sponsored by the University of KentuckyHispanic Studies Graduate Student Association (HIGSA). Organized by Stephen M. Buttes,President of HIGSA.Patterson Office Tower, Room 114512:15 pmConference-Wide LuncheonAdvance ticket purchase required.Old Student Center, Grand Ballroom4:30 pmForeign Language and International Economics Special Guest Speaker:Holly Groshek, Executive Director, Kentucky World Trade CenterOrganized by Dennis O. Durocher, Nicholls State U and Chaired by Theodore Fiedler,U of Kentucky.5:30 – 7:00 pmKFLC Social Hour and Opening ReceptionUK Main Building, Administration Drive7:00 pmPortuguese Film: Os ImortaisDir. António-Pedro Vasconcelos, 2004. English subtitles.New Student Center, Room 2287:30 pmSpanish Poetry RecitalBingham Davis House, Gaines Center for the HumanitiesItalian Play: Che passione! Vignettes from Italian theaterPerformed by Italian students of Washington and Lee U under the direction of RobertYoungblood.Old Student Center, Center Theater7:30 pmLexington EventThe Little Prince. Performed by UK Opera Theatre Thursday andSaturday. It is based on the book Le Petit Prince and was recently commissioned by theHouston Grand Opera. Tickets are 29 to 32 and must be purchased in advance. Call theSingletary Center for information at 859-257-4929, or visitwww.uky.edu/SCFA/Events.htm.Lexington Opera HouseKentucky Foreign Language Conference4
Friday, April 229:00French Special Session: Reading and Writing AutobiographicallyOrganized and Chaired by Suzanne R. Pucci, U of Kentucky.10:30 – 11:30 amSigma Delta Pi Informative Session, Hispanic StudiesOld Student Center, Room 20311:45 amKFLC Plenary Lecture by Philippe Lejeune: “From Autobiography to Life Writing,from Academia to Association: A Scholar’s Story.”Philippe Lejeune is an emeritus professor of the Université Paris-Nord. His areas ofresearch include autobiography and life writing. His publications include L’Autobiographie enFrance (1971), Le Pacte autobiographique (1975), On Autobiography (1989), “Cher écran ”. Journalpersonnel, ordinateur, Internet (2000), Un journal à soi. Histoire d’une pratique (2003). Speakersconnected with the special program, Autobiography and Life Writing: The French Tradition,organized by Jeremy D. Popkin, U of Kentucky.Old Student Center, Small Ballroom12:30 pmConference-Wide LuncheonAdvance ticket purchase required.Old Student Center, Grand BallroomBob Spires LuncheonOld Student Center, Rasdall GalleryAdvance ticket purchase required.2:00 pmItalian Special Session: Santa Casciani, Guest Speaker andScreening of Prisoners Among UsSession features a screening of the documentary, followed by a discussion led by theAssociate Producer of the film, Santa Casciani. For more information regarding thedocumentary, visit www.prisonersamongus.com.2:30 pmFrench Special Session: Autobiography and Life WritingOrganized by Jeremy D. Popkin, U of Kentucky. Chaired by John Eakin, IndianaUniversity and Julia Watson, Ohio State U. Participants include Nancy K. Miller, CUNYGraduate Center, Michael Sheringham, All Souls College, Oxford, andSusan Suleiman, Harvard U.Old Student Center, Small Ballroom6:00 – 7:00 pmKFLC Social HourRadisson Hotel7:00 pmKFLC BanquetRadisson Hotel9:00 pm – midnightKFLC Dance PartyRadisson HotelAdvance ticket purchase required.Kentucky Foreign Language Conference5
Saturday, April 238:00 – 9:30 amComplimentary KFLC Continental BreakfastOld Student Center, Room 2149:00 amFrench Special Session:Overlapping Frames: Comparative and Interdisciplinary PerspectivesOrganized and Chaired by Anne Donadey, San Diego State U.11:00 amHispanic Studies Special Session:Eighteenth-Century Spanish Dance and PerformanceOrganized by Ana Rueda, U of Kentucky and Nena Couch, Ohio State U. Introduction andperformance by Nena Couch. Music performed by Ligia Pinheiro, Wittenberg U and DonnaBoyd, Center for Old Music, Lexington.12:00 pmSaturday LuncheonsAdvance ticket purchase required for all luncheons.French Luncheon.Old Student Center, Small BallroomGerman Luncheon. Luncheon Speaker: Maria Tatar, Harvard U.Singletary Center, President’s RoomHispanic Studies LuncheonOld Student Center, Grand BallroomLinguistics and Hispanic Linguistics Luncheon.Old Student Center, Room 359Luso-Brazilian Luncheon. Luncheon Speaker: Angelica Lopes, U of South Carolina.Old Student Center, Room 2147:30 pmLexington EventThe Little Prince. Performed by UK Opera Theatre Thursday andSaturday. It is based on the book Le Petit Prince and was recently commissioned by theHouston Grand Opera. Tickets are 29 to 32 and must be purchased in advance. Call theSingletary Center for information at 859-257-4929, or visitwww.uky.edu/SCFA/Events.htm.Lexington Opera HouseKentucky Foreign Language Conference6
Foreign Language and International EconomicsThursday AfternoonFOREIGN LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONALECONOMICS: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIESAND INNOVATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSEDUCATIONCommonwealth House, Conference RoomOrganized by: Dennis O. Durocher, Nicholls State UChaired by: Theodore Fiedler, U of Kentucky2:303:003:304:004:30Preparing Students for the Global Economy: APerspectiveDennis O. Durocher, Alliance for the Promotion ofCross-cultural Skills for Business StudentsTrading Words: French and the New InternationalSpaceMartha Nichols-Pecceu, Southern Methodist UCoffee BreakUsing Virtual Teams to Explore CulturalDifferencesLauren Maxwell, U of Central ArkansasInternational Trade in KentuckyHolley Groshek, Executive Director: Kentucky WorldTrade CenterKentucky Foreign Language Conference7
French and Francophone StudiesThursday AfternoonFRENCH 1: TWENTIETH-CENTURY FICTIONPatterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, Room CFRENCH 3 (CONTINUED)4:00Organized by: John Erickson, U of KentuckyChaired by: Kathy Comfort, U of Arkansas4:302:002:303:003:304:004:30Patrick Modiano’s Vi lla trist e: Not so SadCharles O’Keefe, Denison ULa technique narrative de Marie Reine SorelGilbert Darbouze, Bloomsburg UThe Narrating Child: New Voices in ContemporaryFrench NovelsMichel Rocchi, U of Puget SoundCoffee BreakShades of Lazarus in Jean Giono’s “L’Homme quiplantait des arbres”Kathy Comfort, U of ArkansasBeckett’s Short Works in English and French: TheDisintegration of Self and FictionEric Migernier, Marshall UFRENCH 4: MONTAIGNE AT THE THRESHOLDPatterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, West EndOrganized by: George Hoffmann, U of Michigan and JeffPersels, U of South CarolinaChaired by: Kathleen Perry Long, Cornell U2:303:00FRENCH 2: RÉCITS AND/OR DRAMESLucille Caudell Little Fine Arts Library, Study Room 1Organized & Chaired by: Larry Riggs, Butler U3:304:002:004:302:303:003:304:004:30Narrative in/as TextKim Cashman, Rutgers UA Voice of One's Own: Récit and Pedagogy inEstherAnne Birberick, Northern Illinois UBorrowed Blood: Translation and Family in Hardy'sLa Force du sang and Cervantes's La fu er za de lasangr eTwyla Meding, West Virginia UCoffee BreakBeauty and the Beast: Rape in the Tragic StoryAnne Duggan, Wayne State UBoileau’s Subverted ClassicismRobert Corum, Kansas State UFRENCH 3: PERSPECTIVES SUR LE SENS DUROMANESQUE AU 19E SIÈCLELucille Caudell Little Fine Arts Library, Study Room 4Organized & Chaired by: Daniel Desormeaux, U of Kentucky2:303:003:30Religion as Alternative Therapy in the Case Study ofEmma B.Gay Rawson, Concordia CPierre Louÿs, Sex and ArtChristina Ferrée Chabrier, U of North CarolinaCoffee BreakQuest for Origins: The Significance of the Chansonde Geste in Nineteenth-Century FranceColleen B. Hays, Tennessee Technological U“All my life is in this journal.” Marie Bashkirtseff’sJournal: Writing and ReadingElena Lozinsky, U of MarylandFoedus amicitia e in the Po emat a of Étienne de LaBoétieKatherine Kong, U of MichiganCuriosity and its Challenge for Ethical Theory inMontaigne's Little Essay “A Demain les affaires”(II.4)Zahi Zalloua, Whitman CCoffee BreakThe Poetry of Confession in the E ssai sVirginia Krause, Brown UForm e, i nfor m e, in for mer: Phantasms of Life andDeath in Montaigne's E ssaisAlan Smith, U of MinnesotaFRENCH 5: MEDIEVAL I: THE OLD FRENCHFABLIAULucille Caudell Little Fine Arts Library, Niles GalleryOrganized by: Norris J. Lacy, Pennsylvania State UChaired by: Rupert T. Pickens, U of Kentucky2:002:303:003:304:004:30Hamming It Up: Food and Humor in the FabliauxKristin L. Burr, St. Joseph’s U“So This Villain Walks into a Bar.”: The Fabliau asStand-Up ComedyJohn F. Moran, Tulane UTrubert’s Tricks, from Cross-Dressing to Serial SexNorris J. Lacy, Pennsylvania State UCoffee Break“What’s Worse Than a Cat on Your Piano?”:Modern Dirty Jokes and the Old French FabliauLogan E. Whalen, U of OklahomaSome People Can Tell a Joke; Others., or WhenFabliau Meets Fin’AmorElizabeth W. Poe, Tulane UKentucky Foreign Language Conference8
FRENCH 6: CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE ANDFILMPatterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, Room AFRENCH 8: GRADUATE SESSION #1: NOVEL,POETRY AND FILM OF THE METROPOLELucille Caudell Little Fine Arts Library, Study Room 5Organized by: John Erickson, U of KentuckyChaired by: Courtney A. Sullivan, Washburn UOrganized by: John Erickson, U of KentuckyChaired by: Dana Chirila, U of Kentucky2:002:002:303:003:304:004:30Impa sse : Albert Memmi and Jacques Derrida, theJew ArabBruno Chaouat, U of MinnisotaL’imaginaire populaire franco-américain dans LesTrip lett es de BellevilleAnnie Jouan-Westlund, Cleveland State UGastronomy and Social Difference in BernardRapp’s Un e affai re d e goûtCourtney A. Sullivan, Washburn UCoffee BreakSuffering and the Polarization of Roles in SamuelBeckett’s F ootfallsHunter Groninger, U of VirginiaÉpreuv es, exorci sm es d’Henri MichauxDominique A. Poncelet, Ripon C2:303:003:304:00Heurtebise et Nicolas: De la poésie de la déchéancechez Cocteau et VianCandice Nicolas, The Ohio State USimone de Beauvoir and the Metaphysical Novel:The Convergence of Ideas in L’Invit ée andLes Belles Im agesStephanie Boyd, The U of New MexicoDéconstruction et anticonformisme : dichotomie del’identité féminine dans Pi errot le fouNathalie Bucher-Turk, Cleveland State UCoffee BreakVerbal Irony in Camus’s L’Étra nger and La C hut ePhilip A. Nelson, The Ohio State UFRENCH 7: LA FRANCOPHONIE AUTOUR DUMONDEPatterson Office Tower, 18th Floor, Room F-GOrganized by: John Erickson, U of KentuckyChaired by: Laura K. Reeck, Allegheny C2:303:003:304:00La signification du paon dans la poésie de PaulMorinHenry Cohen, Kalamazoo CLa Francophonie africaine au Canada: Lesimmigrants d’Afrique francophone résidant àMontréal parlentLifongo Vetinde, Lawrence UCoffee BreakLe thème de la résistance dans La Gr ève d es Bàttud’Aminata Sow FallKarim Sagna, Earlham CKentucky Foreign Language Conference9
Friday MorningFRENCH 9: L'OUTREFRANCOPHONIE? GENRESET LITTÉRATURES NÉGLIGÉSOld Student Center, Room 309FRENCH 12: MEDIEVAL II: DISRUPTIVE WOMEN INMEDIEVAL FRENCH LITERATUREBingham Davis House, Conference RoomOrganized and Chaired by: Pim Higginson, Bryn Mawr COrganized and Chaired by: Kathy Krause, U of Missouri, KansasCity9:009:3010:0010:3011:00Le bruissement du langage dans les romans deMaryse Condé: quête esthétique et voix de l'oralitéCilas Kemedjio, Rochester USocial Justice and the Haitian Public Sphere inJonathan Demmé's The Agron omi stNick Nesbitt, Miami U of OhioCoffee BreakFranco-Egyptian FictionGerald Prince, U of PennsylvaniaWhat the Map Cuts Up, the Story Cuts Across:Crafting Narrative Space in Francophone WestAfrican FilmCarina Yervasi, Swarthmore C9:009:3010:0010:3011:00The Virgin as Virago in the Marian MiracleRobert Clark, Kansas State UThe Passion of Joan of Arc According to Christinede Pizan and Carl DreyerJoan Tasker Grimbert, Catholic U of AmericaCoffee BreakDisrupting Succession: Female Heirs in MedievalFrench NarrativeKathy Krause, U of Missouri-Kansas CityUne Da m e avec ou sa ns merci ? Challenging theRhetoric of Love in Medieval Debate NarrativeJoan McRae, Hampden-Sydney CFRENCH 10: WOMAN’S LIBERATIONS: FROMRELIGION, AGE, ETHNICITY, SELFOld Student Center, Room 113FRENCH 13: NATURAL WONDERS IN EARLYMODERN FRANCEOld Student Center, Room 359Organized and Chaired by: William Cloonan, Florida State UOrganized and Chaired by: Claire Goldstein, Miami U of Ohio9:009:009:3010:0010:3011:00Gabrielle Suchon: A la recherche d'une identitéféminine face à une pensée religieuseexclusivement masculineVirginie Lorang-Woodward, Florida State UAfter 'Threescore Years and Ten' (Psalms 90:10):Women Choosing LifeBetty LaFace, Bainbridge CCoffee BreakLe discours des beur ett es dans le nouveau millénaireVéronique Anover, California State U at San MarcosLe parcours de l'autre ou les fragments d'une exoteseg aleni enn e dans D es inco nnu s chez moi de LucieCousturierCheira Belguellaoui, Florida State UFRENCH 11: REDEFINING POETRY: BAUDELAIRE,MALLARMÉ, RIMBAUDOld Student Center, Room 3079:3010:0010:30FRENCH 14: THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY AND MENew Student Center, Room 230Organized by: George Hoffmann, U of Michigan and JeffPersels, U of South CarolinaChaired by: Jeff Persels, U of South Carolina8:30Organized and Chaired by: Daniel Desormeaux, U of Kentucky9:009:009:309:3010:0010:30Rimbaud’s Self-Portraits and the Poetics of theNegativeRosemary Peters, Harvard UThe Baudelairean Art of Musical TranslationCandace Skorupa Walton, Smith CCoffee BreakL’agonie de la création poétique dans l’œuvre deStéphane MallarméSarah K. Cantrell, Independent scholarThe Nature of Utopia in Barthélemy Aneau'sAlector (1560)Elisabeth Hodges, Miami U of OhioNatural Subjects: Space and Identity in Villedieu'sFavoryClaire Goldstein, Miami U of OhioCoffee BreakDisinterestedness, or Rousseau's Taste for BotanyNatasha Lee, Bryn Mawr C10:0010:3011:00Ronsard, Lethe, and the StyxNicolas Russell, Smith CLire la Cosmographie de Pierre ApianTom Conley, Harvard UErasmus on Rhetorical DissemblanceKenneth Lloyd-Jones, Trinity CCoffee BreakD’Aubigné and the Uses of HistoryKathleen Perry Long, Cornell UGathering Force as it Proceeds: Essays in Readingthe French RenaissanceRichard Regosin, U of California, IrvineKentucky Foreign Language Conference10
FRENCH 15: MASOCHISM IN CONTEMPORARYFRENCH LITERATURE AND FILMOld Student Center, Room 357FRENCH 16: READING AND WRITINGAUTOBIOGRAPHICALLYNew Student Center, Room 231Organized and Chaired by: Martine Delvaux, Université duQuébec à Montréal, and Michelle Chilcoat, Union COrganized and Chaired by: Suzanne R. Pucci, U of Kentucky9:009:3010:0010:3011:00Maîtresses et esclaves : les relationssadomasochistes entre femmes dans la littératureérotique françaiseNathalie Quirion, Laval UCoffee BreakSelf-hatred, Queer LoveDavid Caron, U of MichiganReflections on Masochism, Personal and PoliticalMartine Delvaux, Université du Québec à Montréal, andMichelle Chilcoat, Union C9:3010:0010:3011:00Reading AutobiographicallyJeffrey Mehlman, Boston UAutobiographie et objectivation participanteEveline Pinto, Sorbonne, Université de Paris ICoffee BreakParadox and Placenta: French Women Writers,Memoirs and MothersWade Edwards, Longwood UPatrick Chamoiseau and Autobiography in Ecrireen P ay s Domi néLuciano C. Picanco, U of Cincinnati** KFLC PLENARY LECTURE BY PHILIPPE LEJEUNEOld Student Center, Small Ballroom11:45“From Autobiography to Life Writing, from Academia to Association: A Scholar’s Story.”Friday AfternoonFRENCH 17: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LIFE WRITINGOld Student Center, Small BallroomOrganized by: Jeremy D. Popkin, U of KentuckyChaired by: John Eakin, Indiana U and Julia Watson,Ohio State U2:303:153:304:004:45Rewriting a Woman’s LifeNancy K. Miller, CUNY Graduate CenterIn the Shadow of Rousseau: The FrenchAutobiogrtaphic TraditionJeremy D. Popkin, U of KentuckyCoffee BreakAutobiography and the Archival ImaginationMichael Sheringham, All Souls C, OxfordExperimental Writing and Childhood TraumaSusan Suleiman, Harvard UKentucky Foreign Language Conference11
Saturday MorningFRENCH 18: LE MAGHREBClassroom Building, Room 201FRENCH 20 (CONTINUED)Organized and Chaired by: John Erickson, U of Kentucky10:0010:3011:0011:30Romans d’apprentissage: les défis de la littératuremaghrébine francophone après SaidYaëlle Azagury, Barnard CCoffee BreakConfession and Testimony in Zahia Rahmani’sMo zeLaura K. Reeck, Allegheny CExilic Imagination: Idealism and DisenchantmentMustapha Hamil, U of West GeorgiaFRENCH 19: POLITICALREPRESENTATION/POLITICAL PERFORMANCEClassroom Building, Room 203Organized & Chaired by: George Hoffmann, U of Michigan andJeff Persels, U of South Carolina9:3010:0010:3011:00Political Performance in L'Est oileDavid LaGuardia, Dartmouth CMolinet and Marmion Were Not CognitivistsMichael Randall, Brandeis UCoffee BreakOrientalism and the Use of Religion in EarlyModern FranceMarcus Keller, U of IllinoisFRENCH 20: EXTREME CONTEMPORARYClassroom Building, Room 204Organized and Chaired by: Armine Kotin Mortimer, U ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign9:3010:0010:30L’incertitude en littérature en dix leçons: LeçononzeJean-Louis Hippolyte, Rutgers U at CamdenIrène Némirovsky's Suit e fr ançai se: the Heritage ofWorld War II in the Contemporary French NovelWilliam Cloonan, Florida State UCoffee Break11:0011:30French (Post)Exoticisms: Peripheries and Centers,Senses of Place and Displacement in theContemporary French NovelVan Kelly, U of KansasPaule Constant’s Contemporary “Comédiehumaine”Jennifer Willging, Ohio State UFRENCH 21: FICTIONS OF THE ANCIEN RÉGIMEClassroom Building, Room 208Organized by: Kate Jensen, Louisiana State UChaired by: Suzanne R. Pucci, U of Kentucky9:009:3010:0010:3011:0011:30Yesterday's Classics/Today's FilmsMichele Longino, Duke UFictions of Sodomy: Early Modern and (Post)ModernLewis Seifert, Brown UMaking it Up and Why it Matters: Women'sPsychology in 17th-Century FranceKate Jensen, Louisiana State UCoffee BreakPerforming the Ancien RégimeDowning Thomas, U of IowaEighteenth-Century Fictions of Idealized Mothersand Maternal AgencyLesley Walker, Indiana U South BendFRENCH 22: OVERLAPPING FRAMES:COMPARATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARYPERSPECTIVESClassroom Building, Room 209Organized and chaired by: Anne Donadey9:009:3010:0010:3011:0011:30Overlapping Frames for Francophone StudiesAnne Donadey, San Diego State UNationalists or Nomads: Postcolonial Debates inFrancophone Women's Writing of the MaghrebValérie Orlando, Illinois Wesleyan UCollective Memory and Historical Reconstructionin Mozambican CinemaLaShonda Long, UCLACoffee BreakJosé Martí and the Scramble for PlanetarityAlfred J. López, The U of MississippiTheory in Dialogue with Area Studies: AnInstitutional ProposalSusan Z. Andrade, The U of PittsburghKentucky Foreign Language Conference12
FRENCH 23: A MÉ RICA NI TÉ: MAPPINGDISCIPLINES AND POETICS ACROSS “NEWWORLD” HISTORICAL SPACEClassroom Building, Room 214Organized and Chaired by: Deborah Jenson, U of ce que l’amérique? Theory and Practice ofl’am éricanit é from Quebec to South AmericaMarvin Richards, John Carroll UTowards an American Studies in French: ReadingRace in 19th-c. New Orleans through Sidonie de laHoussayeJarrod Hayes, U of MichiganCoffee BreakAmerican créolit é: Adrien Rouquette’s 19th-c.Louisiana Creole ManifestoDeborah Jenson, U of Wisconsin-MadisonHow to Conquer America: Trans-American writingof “Le Nègre” in Dany Laferrière’s WorkFrieda Ekotto, U of MichiganFRENCH 24: MEDIEVAL III: PERFORMANCE INTHE MIDDLE AGESClassroom Building, Room 212Organized by: Evelyn B. Vitz, New York UChaired by: Rupert T. Pickens, U of Kentucky9:009:30The Performability of Medieval NarrativeEvelyn B. Vitz, New York UThe Performer and the Knight: Tristan as Minstrelat the Arthurian CourtMarilyn Lawrence, New York UFRENCH 24 (CONTINUED)10:0010:3011:0011:30Aucassin’s Laughter: Performance, Comedy, MeaningLaurie Postlewate, Barnard CCoffee BreakA Platform for Public Reading? MS Bodley 264—the R om an d ’A lex an dre—in the Fourteenth-CenturyCourtMark Cruse, New York UActing Out the Page: Manuscripts, Performance,and Translation in Teaching Middle French toUndergraduatesSimonetta Cochis, Transylvania UFRENCH 25: CAQ UETA GE, PA PO TA GE ,CO M MÉR AGE: THE THEATRE OF JEAN-MICHELRIBESClassroom Building, Room 213Organized and Chaired by: Francine Conley, C of SaintCatherine, Saint Paul, MN9:3010:0010:3011:0011:30Ther e m ust b e a Force: Power and Imagination inthe Theater of RibesJune Miyasaki, Claremont McKenna CNo Really ; I M ea n It: (In)sincerity in the Plays ofJean-Michel RibesFrancine Conley, C of Saint CatherineCoffee BreakOn Why the Tomato Speaks: ClassroomPerspectives on Perspective in the Plays of JeanMichel RibesChristian Flaugh, U of Wisconsin, MadisonA short 20-minute performance of two scenes fromJean-Michel RibesSaturday AfternoonFRENCH 26: MEDIEVAL IV: PERFORMANCE OFTHE MIDDLE AGESBingham Davis House, Conference RoomFRENCH 27: MATERIAL CONTEXTS FOR EARLYMODERN WOMEN WRITERSNew Student Center, Room 228Organized by: Evelyn B. Vitz, New York UChaired by: Rupert T. Pickens, U of KentuckyOrganized by: George Hoffmann, U of Michigan and JeffPersels, U of South CarolinaChaired by: Virginia Krause, Brown U2:002:30Guided Tour of “Performing Medieval NarrativeToday: A Video rilyn Lawrence and Evelyn B. Vitz, New York UPerformancesSimonetta Cochis, Transylvania U, Mark Cruse, NewYork U, Michael Ritchie, New York U, and Others2:303:003:304:004:30Meridienne's "regard ruynant" and Medusa'sDeadly Gaze: Confronting Reflections in JeanneFlore's Co ntes am our euxKelly Peebles, U of VirginiaKeeping Time with the Tales: Repetition, Epiphany,and the H epta mér on's Narrative ChangeMichelle Miller, U of MichiganCoffee BreakSkin and Blood: Bruising, Blushing, andDissimulation in Les Ango ysses Dou lo ureu ses andthe Princesse de ClèvesLeah Chang, George Washington UThe Habits of Memory: The Representation ofClothing in the H ept am éronSarah Mosher, U of ArizonaKentucky Foreign Language Conference13
FRENCH 28: FIGURING OULIPIEN TEXTSNew Student Center, Room 230FRENCH 30 (CONTINUED)4:00Organized and Chaired by: Shannon Clute, St. Mary’s C ofCalifornia2:303:003:304:004:30A Void: Not a Work of Mourning, but Signs from aCryptNathan Guss, Clemson UThe Oulipo and the Grande RhétoriqueMichael Randall, Brandeis UCoffee BreakKabbalistic Visions in “La disparition”: How SlightOrthographic Variants Can Script Truth orDissolutionShannon Clute, Saint Mary's C of CaliforniaMontaigne oulipien: le mediter est un puissantestude et pleinTom Conley, Harvard UFRENCH 29: NEW DIRECTIONS INSEVENTEENTH-CENTURY THEATERNew Student Center, Room 2114:30FRENCH 31: BAUDELAIREAN VISIONS: A SESSIONIN MEMORY OF CLAUDE PICHOISOld Student Center, Room 357Organized and Chaired by: Rosemary Lloyd, Indiana U2:002:303:003:304:00Organized and Chaired by: Juliette Cherbuliez, U of Minnesota4:302:002:303:003:304:004:30Rereading RacineRoland Racevskis, Iowa URethinking Agency: The Case of H oraceEllen McClure, U of Illinois-ChicagoLa Fronde: Theatrical Machines and the Wonders ofAbsolutismJean-Vincent Blanchard, Swarthmore CCoffee BreakCruel TheatricalityJuliette Cherbuliez, U of MinnesotaLa Comédie en Proverbes: Mondain Theatre in theAge of Louis XIVAllison Stedman, Bucknell UFRENCH 30: VOICES OF AUTHORITY ANDREBELLION IN 18TH-CENTURY LITERATURE,SCIENCE AND AESTHETICSNew Student Center, Room 231Mobile Statues: Diderot’s Concept of MimesisJennifer Vanderheyden, Bentley CThe End of the Sa lon and the Fortune of Diderot’sAesthetic ThoughtShane Agin, The U of Texas-Pan AmericanFrom Manuscript to Modern Illustration:Baudelaire’s Bo hémi en s en voyag eSara Quiroz, Saint Louis UThe Modernity of Death in Baudelaire’s D an semacab reJenelle Griffin, Saint Louis UBaudelaire’s American SunsetsSandy Hamrick, Saint Louis UCoffee BreakAmours ancillaires de BaudelaireCécile Guillard, Vanderbilt UBaudelaire’s LibraryRosemary Lloyd, Indiana UFRENCH 32: FAITES PLACE: POWER AND PUBLICSPACEOld Student Center, Room 309Organized and Chaired by: Katherine Gantz, Valparaiso U2:003:003:304:00La statue équestre d’Étienne MarcelJanice Best, Acadia UD fense d'afficher: Unauthorized Discourse inHaussmannized ParisKatherine Gantz, Valparaiso UCoffee BreakLa recréation des espaces publics dans les banlieuesdu cinéma françaisClaudio Dell’Oca, U of California, Santa BarbaraOrganized by Suzanne R. Pucci, U of KentuckyChaired by Shane Agin, The U of Texas Pan-AmericanFRENCH 33: J’ACCUSE: L’INTOLÉRANCE ETL’INTOLÉRABLEOld Student Center, Room 2452:00Organized and Chaired by: Scott Shinabargar, Clark Atlanta U2:303:003:30Le voyage féminine ou la rebellion contre le silenceCatherine T. Vercruysse, Independent ScholarLes surprises de l’épistolarité ou le détournementdes voix/voies de l’autorité dans la Lettre sur lecomm erce d e la li brairi e de DiderotIsabelle C. DeMarte, Lewis and Clark CLa Mettrie’s Politics of Science in Lettr e à m ad am ela m arqui se du C hâteletLaura Balladur, Bates CCoffee Break2:303:003:304:004:30The Rhetoric of Terror: Literary Theory and SocioPolitics (Jean Paulhan)Milo Sweedler, Wilfred Laurier UPoetic JusticeScott Shinabargar, Clark Atlantic UCoffee BreakDu sublime au traumatisme : Céline témoin de lapremière guerreChristopher Treadwell, Emory U« In pace Hid eu x » : Victor Hugo et la guillotineStéphanie Boulard, Emory UKentucky Foreign Language Conference14
FRENCH 34: GRADUATE SESSION #2: THEFRANCOPHONE WORLDOld Student Center, Room 113Organized by: John Erickson, U of KentuckyChaired by: Dana Chirila, U of Kentucky2:002:303:003:304:004:30Feminine Discourses of Power: Inclusion andExclusion in Fatima Mernissi’s Rêv es defemm es: Une enfance au haremKatherine Rowe, U of ArizonaChamoiseau, Condé, Schwarz-Bart: Nature andSociety at War over MotherhoodEsther Oyediran“Talking Trash” in the French Antilles: TheDelirium of Praise Turned SourBenedicte Boisseron
English subtitles. New Student Center, Room 228 7:30 pm Spanish Poetry Recital Bingham Davis House, Gaines Center for the Humanities Italian Play: Che passione! Vignettes from Italian theater . It is based on the book Le Petit Prince and was recently commissioned by the Houston Grand O
