49th Annual
M/MLA Convention
November
8-11, 2007
The Renaissance Cleveland Hotel
Cleveland, Ohio
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The M/MLA warmly thanks our 2007 co-hosts:
Carnegie Mellon University, Department of English
Columbia College Chicago , Department of English
Central Michigan University, Department of English Language and Literature
Cleveland State University, Department of English, Department of Modern Languages,
and College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Eastern Michigan University, The Journal of Narrative Theory and the Department
of English Language and Literature
The Harold Pinter Society
John Carroll University, Department of Classical and Modern Languages and
Cultures and Department of English
Kent State University, Department of English
The Ohio State University, Department of English
University of Akron, Department of English and Department of Modern Languages
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Spanish, French, Italian
and Portuguese
University of Notre Dame, Department of English
Youngstown State University, Department of English
2007 Informal Convention Theme
Revisiting Realisms
Possible topics might include:
Virtual Realism The Pleasures of Realism Metafiction and/as Realism Gender Realism Protorealisms Empiricism/Skepticism/Utilitarianism Realism and Symbolism Bourgeois Realism Socialist Realism Neorealism True Crime Novels of Manners Realism and Idealism Realism and Modernism Realism and Science