Call for papers: Space(s) in Children's Literature
SCMLA (South Central Modern Language Assn), October 27-29, 2005 (Houston, Texas)
Deadline March 15, 2005
For presentation at SCMLA, we invite submissions on space(s) in children's literature. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
-fantastic and/or psychological spaces
-pop-up books/ the book as a physical object
-class-based, racial, or gender-based spaces
-utopias or dystopias
-hideouts and hideaways
-giants or miniature characters
-issues of home or place
-thresholds or boundaries
-journeys into the earth or into space
-connections between time & space
-natural vs. constructed spaces
Please send 1-page abstracts by March 15. If you send an electronic
submission, please use MSWord or rich text format.
Jennifer Geer
jlg3899@louisiana.edu
Department of English
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
P.O. Box 44691
Lafayette, LA 70504
