Session Details
283. What Makes Language Literary?
Monday, 6 January, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Metropolitan A, Sheraton
A linked session arranged in conjunction with The Presidential Forum: Language, Literature, Learning
Presiding: Sabine Wilke, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Speakers: Charles Francis Altieri, Univ. of California, Berkeley; Daniel Dooghan, Univ. of Tampa; Frances Ferguson, Johns Hopkins Univ., MD; Alexander C. Y. Huang, George Washington Univ.
Session Description:
This roundtable asks whether the familiar pairing “language and literature” is more than just an academic convention. Is literature a necessary function of language, or is language merely the vehicle with which literature pursues its own ends? At stake are questions of rhetoric and criticism, poetic language, the standing of translation, and the tensions between historical experience and aesthetic autonomy.
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Subjects:
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General Literature – Rhetoric and Rhetorical Theory
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The Profession – General