South Central Modern Language Association 74th Annual Conference October 5-7, 2017 Renaissance Tulsa Hotel & Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma SCMLA CONFERENCE PROGRAM A PDF version of this program is available on our website: www.southcentralmla.org South Central Modern Language Association University of Oklahoma 780 Van Vleet Oval Kaufman Hall 203 Norman, OK 73019 Phone: (405) 325-6011 Fax: (405) 325-3720 Email: [email protected] Web: www.southcentralmla.org 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 Executive Committee ..........................................................3 Special Thanks ............................................................................4 Conference Hosts ........................................................................5 Friends of SCMLA ........................................................................6 Sustaining Departmental Members .............................................7 SCMLA Life and Honorary Members ............................................8 2017 Conference Exhibitors .........................................................9 Schedule of Events .................................................................... 10 Summary of Conference by Session Type ................................... 11 Conference Program ................................................................. 18 Reminder to Chairs ................................................................... 67 2018 SCMLA Deadlines ............................................................. 68 SCMLA Grants, Awards and Prizes ............................................. 69 New Awards for SCMLA Members ............................................. 70 Grants and Prize Winners .......................................................... 71 Index ........................................................................................ 73 Dates of Future SCMLA Conferences .......................................... 78 San Antonio 2018…. ................................................................. 79 2 SCMLA 2017 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Paul Larson, President Baylor University [email protected] Sylvia Morin, Vice President University of Tennessee – Martin [email protected] Jeanne Gillespie, Past President University of Southern Mississippi [email protected] José Juan Colín, Executive Director University of Oklahoma [email protected] Richard J. Golsan, Editor (2013-2017) South Central Review Texas A&M University - College Station [email protected] Lynn Alexander, English (2015-2017) University of Tennessee – Martin [email protected] Lowry Martin, French (2017-2019) University of Texas – El Paso [email protected] Christoph Weber, German (2016-2018) University of North Texas [email protected] Michael Ward, Russian and Less-Commonly-Taught Languages (2015-2017) Trinity University - San Antonio [email protected] Jeffrey Oxford, Spanish (2015-2017) Midwestern State University [email protected] Mallory Young, At-Large (2016-2018) Tarleton State University [email protected] Sara Day, At Large (2017-2019) Truman University [email protected] John G. Morris, American Literature (2017-2019) Cameron University [email protected] Hannah Johnson, Graduate Student (2017-2018) University of Oklahoma [email protected] 3 The South Central Modern Language Association wishes to thank the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at the University of Oklahoma for their continued support 4 SCMLA WISHES TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2017 CONFERENCE 5 THANK YOU, FRIENDS OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION Your generous support is greatly appreciated Platinum Debra D. Andrist Gold Frieda Blackwell John G. Morris Silver Pamela Genova & Dave Hambright Nancy LaGreca Vernon Miles 6 2017 SUSTAINING DEPARTMENTAL MEMBERS University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences University of Oklahoma Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics University of Tennessee - Martin College of Humanities and Fine Arts 7 SCMLA LIFE MEMBERS James E. Barcus William M. Felsher Paul A. Parrish Thomas Bonner, Jr. John I. Fischer Janet Pérez Joe R. Christopher Benjamin F. Fisher Panthea Reid Richard H. Costa Carl Hammer, Jr. Louis Charles Stagg Maria Duke dos Santos William Kibler Huling E. Ussery Melvin R. Mason SCMLA HONORARY MEMBERS Andrei Codrescu Ede Hilton-Lowe Michael Mewshaw Ellen Douglas Ernest J. Gaines Miller Williams William R. Ferris Nicolás Kanellos Yevgeny Yevtushenko 8 CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS The following exhibitors will be available through the length of the Conference unless otherwise noted: 9 SEVENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 5 – 7, 2017 RENAISSANCE TULSA HOTEL & CONVENTION CENTER TULSA, OKLAHOMA MOVING WORDS: Migrations, Translations, and Transformations THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration & Exhibits Convention Desk 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Strategies for Getting Published TBA 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Poets’ Corner Milan 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Business Meeting Madrid II-III 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. SCMLA Social Seville I FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Women’s Caucus Breakfast TBA 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration & Exhibits Convention Desk 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Job Seekers Workshop TBA 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Keynote Address Madrid II-III 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Presidential Reception Madrid I SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration & Exhibits Convention Desk 10 SUMMARY OF CONFERENCE PROGRAM BY SESSION TYPE ALLIED SESSIONS Asociacion de Literatura Friday, October 6 Madrid I Femenina Hispanica 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Conference on Christianity Thursday, October 5 Vienna and Literature 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Flannery O’Connor Society – Friday, October 6 Vienna Session 1 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Flannery O’Connor Society – Saturday, October 7 Milan Session 2 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. International Courtly Thursday, October 5 Salon VIII Literature Society 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Society for Critical Exchange Saturday, October 7 Salon VII 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Women in French Friday, October 6 Salon VIII 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. CREATIVE WRITING Creative Writing – Creative Friday, October 6 Milan Nonfiction 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Creative Writing – Poetry – Thursday, October 5 Milan Session 1 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Creative Writing – Poetry – Thursday, October 5 Milan Session 2 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Creative Writing – Poetry – Friday, October 6 Milan Session 3 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Creative Writing – Poetry – Friday, October 6 Milan Session 4 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Creative Writing – Poetry – Friday, October 6 Milan Session 5 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Creative Writing – The Short Thursday, October 5 Milan Story –Session 1 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Creative Writing – The Short Friday, October 6 Milan Story –Session 2 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. ENGLISH American Literature I: Thursday, October 5 Salon VI Literature Before 1900 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. 11 American Literature II: Friday, October 6 Salon VI Literature After 1900 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. English I: Old and Middle Saturday, October 7 Seville III English 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. English II: Renaissance Friday, October 6 Seville III Literature excluding Drama – 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Session 1 English II: Renaissance Saturday, October 7 Salon VIII Literature excluding Drama – 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 2 English III: Restoration & Thursday, October 5 Seville III Eighteenth Century 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. English IV: Nineteenth Century Saturday, October 7 Seville III British Literature 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. English V: Twentieth Century Thursday, October 5 Seville III British Literature – Session 1 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. English V: Twentieth Century Friday, October 6 Seville III British Literature – Session 2 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Freshman English and English Thursday, October 5 Seville I Composition 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Irish Literature Thursday, October 5 Vienna 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Hispanic Literature Written in Thursday, October 5 Madrid I the United States 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Professional Writing Friday, October 6 Seville II 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 a.m. Renaissance Drama – Session Thursday, October 5 Seville III 1 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Renaissance Drama – Session Friday, October 6 Seville III 2 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Rhetoric Saturday, October 7 Salon VI 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Short Fiction Thursday, October 5 Milan 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Southern Literature – Session Friday, October 6 Salon VI 1 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Southern Literature – Session Saturday, October 7 Salon VI 2 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Southwestern American Friday, October 6 Salon VI Literature 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 12 FILM Film 1: English Language Film Thursday, October 5 Salon VII – Session 1 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Film 1: English Language Film Friday, October 6 Salon VII – Session 2 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Film 3: Hispanic Film Friday, October 6 Salon VII 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Film 4: Global Film – Session 1 Friday, October 6 Salon VII 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Film 4: Global Film – Session 2 Friday, October 6 Salon VII 2:45 a.m. – 4:15 a.m. FRENCH French I: Linguistics and Friday, October 6 Salon VIII Literature to 1600 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. French III: Literature After Friday, October 6 Salon VIII 1800 – Session 1 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. French III: Literature After Friday, October 6 Salon VIII 1800 – Session 2 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Francophone Literature Thursday, October 5 Salon VI 2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. GENDER, RACE AND GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES African American Literature – Thursday, October 5 Seville I Session 1 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. African American Literature – Friday, October 6 Seville I Session 2 8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. African American Literature – Friday, October 6 Seville I Session 3 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Gay and Lesbian Studies in Thursday, October 5 Seville I Language and Literature 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Gender and Race in 20th Thursday, October 5 Seville I Century Literature 2:45 p.m.