Hello scholars!
We have been looking forward to the PAMLA
Conference this weekend! We would especially like to remind you of the
panels featuring children’s literature scholars from San Diego State
University.
Thursday, Nov 14th:
In honor of its fifteenth anniversary, former and current judges/essayists for The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry, along with the award’s founder, its first editor, and its newly appointed second editor will discuss literary prizing, the difficulties of aesthetic judgement, and the award’s history and future. Dr. Thomas will also preside over this event and speak of his roles as Editor (2013-19) and Founding Judge (2005-12; 2017-18) of The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry.
Thursday, Nov 14th:
In honor of its fifteenth anniversary, former and current judges/essayists for The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry, along with the award’s founder, its first editor, and its newly appointed second editor will discuss literary prizing, the difficulties of aesthetic judgement, and the award’s history and future. Dr. Thomas will also preside over this event and speak of his roles as Editor (2013-19) and Founding Judge (2005-12; 2017-18) of The Lion and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry.
Act
Four - Literature of the Oxford Inklings
10:15
AM - 11:45 AM
Jordan Garza, a graduate student in the San
Diego State University English Department, will be presenting “An Unexpected
Spectacle; Or, the Situationist International Visits the Shire”. J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is a
children’s literature fantasy novel published in 1937 that, through its
depiction of Bilbo and Hobbit society and their drive for remaining in a
passive consumerist state, anticipates some of the cultural critiques leveled
by the Situationist International a quarter century before its founding.
Friday, Nov 15th:
Act Four - Gothic II
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Phillip Serrato, the new chair of the San Diego State University
English Department and a longstanding Children’s Literature faculty member,
will be presenting “‘My Dearest Friend’: The Post-Coital Appeal Mad Monster
Party? and The Nightmare Before Christmas.” This talk examines the ways that in Mad Monster Party? and
The Nightmare Before Christmas a carnivalesque ethos of rule-breaking
fun plays out in ideological dimensions such as gender and sexuality.
Specifically, this talk proposes that part of the appeal of these films lies in
what might be called a post-coital defiance of heteronormative resolution.
Act Four - Young Adult
Literature
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Our director, Joseph
Thomas, will be the presiding officer and chair for three fantastic sounding
essays: “Constructing the Young Poet-Activist in Margarita Engle’s Enchanted
Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings” by Krystal Howard from California State
University - Northridge; “‘Toto, We aren’t in Kansas Anymore’: Resistance and
Counterstorytelling in Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Hearts Unbroken” by
Michelle Pagni Stewart from Mt San Jacinto Community College District, and
“Self Image and the Community in Young Adult Steampunk Novels The Black
God’s Drums (2018)” by Melanie Marotta from Morgan State University.
Act Six - The Lion
and the Unicorn Award for Excellence in North American Poetry (Special
Event)
3:20 PM
- 4:50 PM
Saturday, Nov 16th
Act Nine - Children's
Literature I
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM
This panel boasts an
impressive lineup of San Diego State University scholars. Katherine Sciurba,
Assistant Professor in the School of Teacher Education, will present “March of
the Coup Clutz Clowns: The Clown as Figure of Resistance to White Supremacy in David
LaMotte’s White Flour;” Linda Salem, Children’s Literature Librarian,
will present “Takei Takeo’s Aruki Taro, Clara Breed, and Japanese
Illustrated Children’s Literature in Context;” and Mary Galbraith, Children’s
Literature Lecturer, will present “The Live Creature: Animal Presence and
Inhabiting the World in 20th Century Children’s Novels.”
Act Eleven - Children's
Poetry Today: A Creative Writing Reading Featuring Joseph Thomas and Michael
Heyman (Special Event)
3:30 PM - 4:40 PM
Michael Heyman and
Joseph Thomas will perform a number of children’s poems. Dr. Joseph Thomas will
read from “‘Advice for Children (NSFW)’ and Other Poems for Young People” among
other works.
The NCSCL is a sponsor
of this year’s PAMLA conference, but many other SDSU scholars will present
their works in an array of fields! All SDSU students can attend for FREE;
just make sure to bring your student ID card.
We hope to see you all
there!
- (AN) & (SS)
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