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II International Conference on Nation and Identity in 19th– and 20th– Century Literature in English.
We invite paper abstracts on nation and identity in English literatures (short stories, drama, poetry, fiction, theater, etc.) We encourage interdisciplinary perspectives; topics may include, but are not limited to:
• searching for identity in history
• examining the past: the beginning of a nation
• exploring our identities on stage
• historical novels and the illumination of national traditions
• reconstructing epochs in the nation’s history through fiction / romance
• enthusiasm and shame regarding the past
• secret / clandestine identities
• race, class gender interaction in the process of nation and/or identity formation
• forefathers and the understanding of national character
• hyphenated identities or hybrid identities
• the literary construction of the identity of the modern subject
• nation and identity concepts in the Americas/Australia
• identity crisis
• interrogating identity – the process of identification
• the construction of national identities
• nation/identity concepts in multiethnic countries
• cultural identities
• gender intersection with nation and identity
• media representation of nation and identity
• the role of State in constructing a national identity
• the British Empire: overseas expansion and conflict
• jingoism and rivalry between imperial nations
• masculinity and patriotism: fighting for the nation’s cause
• British races challenged by the struggle for imperial might
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