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Call for Papers: Two-day Symposium
'Nabokov and Morality’
University of Strathclyde, 5th & 6th May 2011
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Michael Wood (Princeton)
Papers are invited for a two-day symposium at the University of
Strathclyde in Glasgow on the 5th & 6th May 2011. The event will involve
15-20 speakers over two days and be based on papers/presentations of 20
minutes each plus 10 minutes for questions. Both days will conclude with a
roundtable discussion.
Vladimir Nabokov’s works seem always to pique our moral interest; elicit
personal responses; make us nod our heads in enviable agreement or shake
them in disbelief. Nabokovian scholarship, although undeniably meticulous,
has sometimes been dominated by the minutiae of his texts. More recent
scholarship, however, illustrates that broader moral analyses of
Nabokovian fiction can elucidate what can sometimes make his work
simultaneously captivating and all but repugnant.
This symposium seeks responses to such morally problematic texts as Lolita
(1955), Pnin (1957), and Pale Fire (1962). The symposium aims to situate
Nabokov’s works in an ethical framework and to allow the sharing of ideas
on some of the most contentious and central aspects of his oeuvre.
Possible themes/topics:
Nabokov’s morality, amorality, immorality; metaphysics; cruelty/kindness;
literary morality; alignment to philosophical figures/systems; the role of
the reader; didacticism.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words to m.rodgers@strath.ac.uk by
January 4th 2011, ensuring that you provide the following details: your
name; title of paper; academic affiliation; email address; 150-word
biographical note. Expressions of interest should also be sent to the
above email address.
Organiser: Michael Rodgers, University of Strathclyde.
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'Nabokov and Morality’
University of Strathclyde, 5th & 6th May 2011
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Michael Wood (Princeton)
Papers are invited for a two-day symposium at the University of
Strathclyde in Glasgow on the 5th & 6th May 2011. The event will involve
15-20 speakers over two days and be based on papers/presentations of 20
minutes each plus 10 minutes for questions. Both days will conclude with a
roundtable discussion.
Vladimir Nabokov’s works seem always to pique our moral interest; elicit
personal responses; make us nod our heads in enviable agreement or shake
them in disbelief. Nabokovian scholarship, although undeniably meticulous,
has sometimes been dominated by the minutiae of his texts. More recent
scholarship, however, illustrates that broader moral analyses of
Nabokovian fiction can elucidate what can sometimes make his work
simultaneously captivating and all but repugnant.
This symposium seeks responses to such morally problematic texts as Lolita
(1955), Pnin (1957), and Pale Fire (1962). The symposium aims to situate
Nabokov’s works in an ethical framework and to allow the sharing of ideas
on some of the most contentious and central aspects of his oeuvre.
Possible themes/topics:
Nabokov’s morality, amorality, immorality; metaphysics; cruelty/kindness;
literary morality; alignment to philosophical figures/systems; the role of
the reader; didacticism.
Please submit an abstract of 300 words to m.rodgers@strath.ac.uk by
January 4th 2011, ensuring that you provide the following details: your
name; title of paper; academic affiliation; email address; 150-word
biographical note. Expressions of interest should also be sent to the
above email address.
Organiser: Michael Rodgers, University of Strathclyde.
Search archive with Google:
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=site:listserv.ucsb.edu&HL=en
Contact the Editors: mailto:nabokv-l@utk.edu,nabokv-l@holycross.edu
Visit Zembla: http://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/zembla.htm
View Nabokv-L policies: http://web.utk.edu/~sblackwe/EDNote.htm
Visit "Nabokov Online Journal:" http://www.nabokovonline.com
Manage subscription options: http://listserv.ucsb.edu/