The general submission deadline for the PAMLA conference in San Diego has passed (April 15th) but there are a number of sessions that have extended their deadline to May 12th, including the following panel on Young Adult Literature, chaired by SDSU grad student Megan Parry.
The details:
The details:
Young Adult
literature has been growing in popularity with readers and
scholars. Why do
these stories interest a young audience as well as adults? Why are
new versions
of old stories still interesting? This session will focus on Young
Adult
literature as well as literature about young adults. Submit a
title, an
abstract of approximately 40 words, and a proposal of 300-500
words explaining
your project pertaining to the realm of Young Adult literature.
Proposals must
be uploaded via the online proposal submission form
(http://www.pamla.org/2013/) by May 12th, 2013. Papers can range
from any time
period and genre (novel, short stories, film, etc).
Topics
prospective panelists may wish to address include, but are not
limited to, the
following:
- Influences on identity formation
- Marketing of YA literature
- Depictions of the young adult body
- Trauma and violence
- Dystopian YA novels
- Gender
- Family relations
- Young adults relationship with media and technology
- Aesthetics in YA literature
Questions
may be directed to Megan Parry at mparry@mail.sdsu.edu, but all
proposals must
be submitted directly to the PAMLA website
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