Proposed Special Session on Domestic Cats in Literature at SAMLA 93

Ben Robertson Announcement
Location
Georgia, United States
Subject Fields
Animal Studies, Literature

Please note that this session is SEPARATE from the conference on domestic cats in literature to be held in June.

 

Proposed Special Session on Domestic Cats in Literature at SAMLA 93

 

Submissions are invited for a proposed special session of 15-minute traditional papers on domestic cats in literature at the 93rd annual conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA), scheduled to be held in Atlanta, GA, USA, 4-6 November 2021.

 

Papers may address any aspect of the subject, including—but not limited to—the following:

 

  • Cats and social networks and/or social distances (Abstracts addressing the conference theme are especially welcome.)
  • Cats as characters, symbols, companions, pets, inspiration, environmental pests, guides, thieves, mystical creatures, gods
  • Cats and mystery, aesthetics, creativity, abstraction, contemplation, parody, comedy, modernism, myth, the supernatural
  • Cats in science fiction, comics, film, young-adult literature, children’s literature
  • Cats in the works of specific authors like T. S. Eliot, J. K. Rowling, Lewis Carroll, Edgar Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Mikhail Bulgakov, Stephen King, and others.

 

Please send abstracts of 250 words, a brief bio, and any A/V or scheduling requests to Ben P. Robertson, Troy University, at bprobertson@troy.edu, by 1 June 2021. Please use “SAMLA 93” as your subject line.  All submissions will be acknowledged. 

 

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Contact Information

Ben P. Robertson, bprobertson@troy.edu

Contact Email
bprobertson@troy.edu