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8/2/2019 CFP Harry Potter
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Call for Papers:A Brand of Fictional Magic: Reading Harry Potter as Literature
A two day conference hosted by the School of English, University of St Andrews17-18 May 2012, Kennedy Hall, St Andrews, Scotland
The relentless success of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potterseries (1997-2007) evokes words likephenomenon and catastrophe. With the conclusion of the film franchise and the launch ofPottermore.com, the series is receiving increased academic consideration in conferences,articles, and monographs. However, relatively little work has been done directly engagingwith the series as a literary text. This conference attempts to begin redressing that lack.
Rowlings combination of fantasy and school-story genres, her use of folkloric archetypesand mythopoeic symbolism, and her social and religious messages render the HarryPotterbooks a point of interestand controversyto scholars from a wide range of
disciplines. Specifically, this conference seeks to critically explore Rowlings concept ofimaginative empathy, the ability to learn and understand, without having experienced.Of particular interest are ways in which the power of empathy, in addition to its being ofsocio-political necessity, might be read as Rowlings brand of fictional magic.
We invite papers and panels that engage with the text to discuss the centrality ofempathy to the economies of the creative artist. Relevant topics might include:
The poetics of empathy Symbolic or archetypal depictions of empathy Readings of the series as childrens or YA literature Mythopoesis and the re-appropriation of folklore Medievalism and depictions of the Middle Ages in the Wizarding World Space, landscape, or architecture Representations and uses of socialization or maturation Depictions of education and pedagogy, empathetic or bounded Rowlings concepts of mental agoraphobia and wilful unimagination Literary influences on the series Textual or semiotic analysis of the narrative Genre criticism, viz., Gothic, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, School Story, Dystopia, et al. Narrative voice and authority Political empathy, class action, or solidarity
Keynote speakers will be John Granger and Jessica Tiffin.
Papers will be 20 minutes, and may discuss any of the seven books individually or theseries as a whole. Please submit a 300-word (max.) abstract in .doc, .docx., or .pdf formatwith a short CV to John Patrick Pazdziora ([email protected]) by31 October 2011.
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