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From: Perry Nodelman <perry_nodelman>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:47:19 -0500
The deadline for submission of proposals for papers to be considered for presentation at the 2005 Children's Literature Association Conference is November 30--only two months away now. We strongly recommend submission of papers online through the conference website:
http://chla.uwinnipeg.ca/
In order to submit your proposal you'll need to be ready with information about yourself, a short abstract for the conference program (about 50 words) a full abstract (fewer than 500 words), and bibliographic information about the primary texts under discussion.
The paper call follows below.
Yours, Perry Nodelman
___________________________________
Performing Childhood Children's Literature Association Annual Conference June 9 - 12, 2005 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada Call for Papers
On June 9, 2005, the Children's Literature Association will meet at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People in Winnipeg, Canada.
We particularly invite proposals for papers and panels exploring the conference theme, although all scholarly papers on texts for young people will be given careful consideration.
We invite papers that explore the interrelationships of performance and children's literature, including such topics as:
* the ways in which theories of performativity like the one developed by Judith Butler might throw light on childhood and on texts for children. As well as explorations of the constructions of gender and sexuality in children's literature, we encourage considerations of what theories of performativity might suggest about the depictions and construction of childhood itself. Does children's literature teach its readers how to perform childhood?
* performances of national identity in texts for young people
* representations of performance(s) in children's literature, performers in children's literature, children as performers (actors, dancers, musicians, etc.), and children as audiences for performances.
* children's literature in performance. We're interested in the ways in which texts of children's literature have been performed in various media, such as theatre, film, TV, storytelling, and audiobooks. In addition, we invite papers focused on adults and children reading literature to one another.
* the relations among children's culture, consumer culture, and performance.
* the place of dramatic texts as literature for children.
Note: Proposals should be submitted online.
The deadline for submission is November 30, 2004.
For more information contact:
Professor Perry Nodelman
Chair, Paper Selection Committee Department of English University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 2E9 Canada
FAX (204) 774A34
Proposals for papers should be approximately 500 words in length, should clearly indicate the primary texts being considered and the argument being developed or the questions being posed, and should demonstrate that the paper is suitable for presentation within twenty-five minutes. Proposals for panels should include a list of presenters, proposals for all of the papers to be presented and/or a detailed explanation of the format the panel will take. At the time of presentation, all presenters must be members of ChLA.
The paper call committee for the conference consists of editors of children's literature journals: Clare Bradford of Papers, Valerie Coghlan of Inis and Bookbird, Richard Flynn of Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Rosemary Johnston of CREArTA, Margaret Mackey of Children's Literature in Education, Jan Susina of The Lion and the Unicorn, and Perry Nodelman, CCL, the Canadian Children's Literature journal.
__________ Appel ? communications
Au mois de juin 2005, l?Association du Livre pour la Jeunesse se r?unira ? la maison des jeunes du Manitoba, dans la ville de Winnipeg, au Canada. Nous sollicitons des propositions de communications et de panels de discussion en rapport avec le th?me du colloque. N?anmoins, toutes les communications sur la litt?rature pour la jeunesse seront examin?es avec le plus grand soin.
Nous sollicitons des communications qui traitent des corr?lations entre la mise en sc?ne et la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, y compris des sujets tels que :
* les mesures dans lesquelles les th?ories de mise en sc?ne comme celle d?fendue par Judith Butler pourraient mettre en lumi?re l?enfance et les textes litt?raires pour la jeunesse. De m?me, nous encourageons les ?tudes sur la formation de l?identit? masculine ou f?minine et de la sexualit? dans la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, ainsi que sur ce que sugg?rent les th?ories de mise en sc?ne ? propos des repr?sentations et de la construction de l?enfance dans son processus intrins?que. La litt?rature pour la jeunesse initie-t-elle ses lecteurs ? l?art de l?enfance ?
* les repr?sentations de spectacle(s) dans le domaine de la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, les artistes dans cette litt?rature, les enfants-artistes
(acteurs, danseurs, musiciens, etc.), et les enfants en tant que public ;
* la litt?rature pour enfants lorsqu?elle est mise en sc?ne. Nous nous int?ressons aux moyens par lesquels les textes de litt?rature pour la jeunesse ont ?t? mis en sc?ne par le biais de plusieurs outils m?diatiques comme le th??tre, la cin?matographie, la t?l?vision, le conte et les livres?ssettes. De plus, nous sollicitons toute communication ayant pour th?me central les groupes de lecture enfants?ultes ;
* les relations entre la culture des enfants, la culture de masse et leur mise en spectacle ;
* la place des textes dramatiques en litt?rature de jeunesse.
Afin d??tre retenues pour une pr?sentation, les propositions d?intervention devront ?tre d?taill?es, tant pour les communications que pour les panels de discussion, et soumises avant le 30 novembre 2004 aux personnes suivantes :
Monsieur Perry Nodelman Pr?sident du Comit? de S?lection des Communications en anglais D?partement d?anglais, Universit? de Winnipeg 515 Avenue Portage FAX (204) 774A34 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 courriel : perry.nodelman at uwinnipeg.ca
Madame Anne Rusnak Pr?sidente du Comit? de S?lection des Communications en fran?ais D?partement d??tudes fran?aises et d??tudes allemandes, Universit? de Winnipeg 515 Avenue Portage FAX (204) 774A34 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 courriel : a.rusnak at uwinnipeg.ca
Les propositions de communications ne devront pas exc?der deux pages, devront indiquer clairement les textes de supports exploit?s ainsi que l?argumentation d?velopp?e ou les probl?matiques pos?es. Ces propositions devront d?montrer que la communication ?quivaudra ? une pr?sentation de vingt-cinq minutes.
Les propositions de panels de discussion devront inclure : la liste des personnes qui y ont collabor?, les propositions de toutes les communications qui seront pr?sent?es et/ou une explication d?taill?e du format choisi. Il est imp?ratif qu?? l?heure des pr?sentations, tous les intervenants soient membres de l?Association du Livre pour la Jeunesse.
Pour chaque communication, un sp?cialiste reconnu fournira la r?ponse officielle ? la probl?matique pos?e. Chaque jour, ? l?issue des conf?rences, les intervenants d?battront, dans le cadre d?un panel de discussion, des points communs ou des contradictions ayant apparu au cours des diff?rentes communications.
__________ Perry Nodelman perry_nodelman at shaw.ca http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~nodelman
Received on Fri 01 Oct 2004 09:47:19 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 09:47:19 -0500
The deadline for submission of proposals for papers to be considered for presentation at the 2005 Children's Literature Association Conference is November 30--only two months away now. We strongly recommend submission of papers online through the conference website:
http://chla.uwinnipeg.ca/
In order to submit your proposal you'll need to be ready with information about yourself, a short abstract for the conference program (about 50 words) a full abstract (fewer than 500 words), and bibliographic information about the primary texts under discussion.
The paper call follows below.
Yours, Perry Nodelman
___________________________________
Performing Childhood Children's Literature Association Annual Conference June 9 - 12, 2005 | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada Call for Papers
On June 9, 2005, the Children's Literature Association will meet at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People in Winnipeg, Canada.
We particularly invite proposals for papers and panels exploring the conference theme, although all scholarly papers on texts for young people will be given careful consideration.
We invite papers that explore the interrelationships of performance and children's literature, including such topics as:
* the ways in which theories of performativity like the one developed by Judith Butler might throw light on childhood and on texts for children. As well as explorations of the constructions of gender and sexuality in children's literature, we encourage considerations of what theories of performativity might suggest about the depictions and construction of childhood itself. Does children's literature teach its readers how to perform childhood?
* performances of national identity in texts for young people
* representations of performance(s) in children's literature, performers in children's literature, children as performers (actors, dancers, musicians, etc.), and children as audiences for performances.
* children's literature in performance. We're interested in the ways in which texts of children's literature have been performed in various media, such as theatre, film, TV, storytelling, and audiobooks. In addition, we invite papers focused on adults and children reading literature to one another.
* the relations among children's culture, consumer culture, and performance.
* the place of dramatic texts as literature for children.
Note: Proposals should be submitted online.
The deadline for submission is November 30, 2004.
For more information contact:
Professor Perry Nodelman
Chair, Paper Selection Committee Department of English University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 2E9 Canada
FAX (204) 774A34
Proposals for papers should be approximately 500 words in length, should clearly indicate the primary texts being considered and the argument being developed or the questions being posed, and should demonstrate that the paper is suitable for presentation within twenty-five minutes. Proposals for panels should include a list of presenters, proposals for all of the papers to be presented and/or a detailed explanation of the format the panel will take. At the time of presentation, all presenters must be members of ChLA.
The paper call committee for the conference consists of editors of children's literature journals: Clare Bradford of Papers, Valerie Coghlan of Inis and Bookbird, Richard Flynn of Children's Literature Association Quarterly, Rosemary Johnston of CREArTA, Margaret Mackey of Children's Literature in Education, Jan Susina of The Lion and the Unicorn, and Perry Nodelman, CCL, the Canadian Children's Literature journal.
__________ Appel ? communications
Au mois de juin 2005, l?Association du Livre pour la Jeunesse se r?unira ? la maison des jeunes du Manitoba, dans la ville de Winnipeg, au Canada. Nous sollicitons des propositions de communications et de panels de discussion en rapport avec le th?me du colloque. N?anmoins, toutes les communications sur la litt?rature pour la jeunesse seront examin?es avec le plus grand soin.
Nous sollicitons des communications qui traitent des corr?lations entre la mise en sc?ne et la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, y compris des sujets tels que :
* les mesures dans lesquelles les th?ories de mise en sc?ne comme celle d?fendue par Judith Butler pourraient mettre en lumi?re l?enfance et les textes litt?raires pour la jeunesse. De m?me, nous encourageons les ?tudes sur la formation de l?identit? masculine ou f?minine et de la sexualit? dans la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, ainsi que sur ce que sugg?rent les th?ories de mise en sc?ne ? propos des repr?sentations et de la construction de l?enfance dans son processus intrins?que. La litt?rature pour la jeunesse initie-t-elle ses lecteurs ? l?art de l?enfance ?
* les repr?sentations de spectacle(s) dans le domaine de la litt?rature pour la jeunesse, les artistes dans cette litt?rature, les enfants-artistes
(acteurs, danseurs, musiciens, etc.), et les enfants en tant que public ;
* la litt?rature pour enfants lorsqu?elle est mise en sc?ne. Nous nous int?ressons aux moyens par lesquels les textes de litt?rature pour la jeunesse ont ?t? mis en sc?ne par le biais de plusieurs outils m?diatiques comme le th??tre, la cin?matographie, la t?l?vision, le conte et les livres?ssettes. De plus, nous sollicitons toute communication ayant pour th?me central les groupes de lecture enfants?ultes ;
* les relations entre la culture des enfants, la culture de masse et leur mise en spectacle ;
* la place des textes dramatiques en litt?rature de jeunesse.
Afin d??tre retenues pour une pr?sentation, les propositions d?intervention devront ?tre d?taill?es, tant pour les communications que pour les panels de discussion, et soumises avant le 30 novembre 2004 aux personnes suivantes :
Monsieur Perry Nodelman Pr?sident du Comit? de S?lection des Communications en anglais D?partement d?anglais, Universit? de Winnipeg 515 Avenue Portage FAX (204) 774A34 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 courriel : perry.nodelman at uwinnipeg.ca
Madame Anne Rusnak Pr?sidente du Comit? de S?lection des Communications en fran?ais D?partement d??tudes fran?aises et d??tudes allemandes, Universit? de Winnipeg 515 Avenue Portage FAX (204) 774A34 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 courriel : a.rusnak at uwinnipeg.ca
Les propositions de communications ne devront pas exc?der deux pages, devront indiquer clairement les textes de supports exploit?s ainsi que l?argumentation d?velopp?e ou les probl?matiques pos?es. Ces propositions devront d?montrer que la communication ?quivaudra ? une pr?sentation de vingt-cinq minutes.
Les propositions de panels de discussion devront inclure : la liste des personnes qui y ont collabor?, les propositions de toutes les communications qui seront pr?sent?es et/ou une explication d?taill?e du format choisi. Il est imp?ratif qu?? l?heure des pr?sentations, tous les intervenants soient membres de l?Association du Livre pour la Jeunesse.
Pour chaque communication, un sp?cialiste reconnu fournira la r?ponse officielle ? la probl?matique pos?e. Chaque jour, ? l?issue des conf?rences, les intervenants d?battront, dans le cadre d?un panel de discussion, des points communs ou des contradictions ayant apparu au cours des diff?rentes communications.
__________ Perry Nodelman perry_nodelman at shaw.ca http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~nodelman
Received on Fri 01 Oct 2004 09:47:19 AM CDT