MLA Philadelphia 2017
Call for Papers: LLC 17th-Century French
Guaranteed Sessions:
“Biography:”
Stories, both past and contemporary, of real-life characters; portraits, episodes, anecdotes,
and news as they relate to the general meaning and experience of a life; the intersection
of reality, fiction, and style. 300-word abstract by March 15; Jean-Vincent Blanchard
"Constructing Realities--Fiction and Meta-Fiction: relations between history/reality and
fictional worlds, quest for truth and its ﴾im﴿ possibilities in fiction, relationship between
truth/reality and power structures. 300-word abstracts by March 15; Valentina Denzel,
Non-Guaranteed Session: (subject to approval by the MLA program committee once the
panelists are chosen)
“Translating the Seventeenth Century for/in the Twenty-First Century”
Problematics/boundaries of translating classical texts, impact of translations on the
construction and perceptions of classical culture; translating the ancien régime for today’s
public, including digital forms. 300-word abstracts by March 15 to