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| Thu, 10 Feb 2005 Call For Papers: Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature seeks submissions for the following two issues: Spring/Summer 2005 (Open Topics), Deadline May 1, 2005 Fall 2005 (The Fiction of Chuck Palahniuk), Deadline: September 1, 2005. For the Spring/Summer issue, we wish to further explore the relationship and engagement between existential literature & philosophy and postmodern literature & theory. Hence we encourage both new "post-existential" approaches to existential literature and existential readings of "non-existential" literature. In other words, feel free to submit Foucauldian readings of Camus or Sartrean readings of Pynchon. Specifically, you may consider submitting work that addresses some of the following questions as they pertain to literature: What is Postmodernism's debt to existentialism? If poststructuralism superseded existentialism, as some theorists claim, should we regard poststructural thinking as a success or a failure in addressing existentialist concerns? Should this displacement provoke us to regard existentialism itself as a failure in addressing existentialist concerns? The emergence of postcolonial literatures seems inevitably linked with postmodern theoretical approaches. Is there an existential postcolonial literature? Can we use existentialist philosophy to unearth new and fertile readings of postcolonial literature? If postmodernism grew out of a "been there, done that" attitude of intellectual weariness toward existentialism, does not postmodernism risk dying from the same disease? We are quite aware, whether we resist it or not, of the degree to which twentieth-first century thinking has shaped contemporary critical approaches to twentieth century literature. Of equal interest, and worthy of far greater exploration, is the question: how has twentieth century thinking has shaped twenty-first century literature? For our Fall issue, we will consider essays on all aspects of Chuck Palahniuk's fiction. Of specific interest is the recent popularity of his novel Fight Club and the movie that it spawned. Does Palahniuk's work represent a burgeoning "pop-existentialism?" What are we to make of this emergence in popular culture of existential concerns, especially in contrast with the waning, even non-existent, interest shown in academic circle? Also, does Palahniuk's work exhibit a serious engagement with existential philosophy and concerns or is it merely fast-food existentialism packaged for popular consumption, as some critics maintain? We, of course, welcome other topics concerning Palahniuk's work as well. For the future, we are planning an issue regarding the works of the French author Louis-Ferdinand Celine. We are presently interested in possible contributors and guest editors for this issue. We encourage potential editors to contact us with their curriculum vitae. Submissions may be sent to: Stirrings Still Binghamton University Department of English Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Or: egrayso1_at_binghamton.edu Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature seeks review essays (1250-3000 words) and review notices (500-750 words) of books published since June 2003. Stirrings Still is a forum for the discussion of the relationship between existential literature & philosophy and postmodern literature & theory and welcomes reviews of books in fields related to this thematic ground. We are particularly interested in reviews of recent scholarship in French existential philosophy. Contributors of full-length reviews will receive a copy of Stirrings Still. The deadline for submissions is the 1st of June 2004. Please note: While we welcome unsolicited reviews, the editors will be unable to provide review copies of books for such contributions. Please contact Erik Grayson (egrayso1_at_binghamton.edu) to express interest in submitting a review. Reviews should include author's details, the full book title and publication information, and a brief synopsis of the book's scope. Reviews and inquiries may be sent to: Erik Grayson, Editor Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature Binghamton University Department of English Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Or: egrayso1_at_binghamton.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stirrings Still would like to announce that our deadline for book reviews has been extended to September 1, 2004. Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature seeks review essays (1250-3000 words) and review notices (500-750 words) of recently published books. Stirrings Still is a forum for the discussion of the relationship between existential literature & philosophy and postmodern literature & theory and welcomes reviews of books in fields related to this thematic ground. A list of suggested books follow this announcement. (Note: Since we are unable to provide review copies at this time, potential reviewers must either have a copy of the book or be able to obtain one. Stirrings Still regrets this unfortunate circumstance.) Please contact Erik Grayson (egrayso1@binghamton.edu) to express interest in submitting a review. Reviews should include author's details, the full book title and publication information, and a brief synopsis of the book's scope. Reviews and inquiries may be sent to: Erik Grayson, Editor Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature Binghamton University Department of English Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Or: egrayso1@binghamton.edu List of books we'd like to see reviewed: Godhead and the nothing by Thomas J.J. Altizer Camus & Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It by Ronald Aronson Harold Pinter (Writers and Their Work Series) by Mark Batty Camus : l'absurde, la r�volte, l'amour / by Corbic, Arnaud Existential America by George Cotkin Return to good and evil : Flannery O'Connor's response to Nihilism by Henry T. Edmondson About Beckett : the playwright and the work by John Fletcher Conceptions of the absurd : from surrealism to the existential thought of Chestov and Fondane by Ramona Fotiade Sharp cut : Harold Pinter's screenplays and the artistic process by Steven H. Gale Reading Godot by Lois G. Gordon Samuel Beckett & compagnie by Sjef Houppermans Faithful to the earth : Nietzsche and Whitehead on God and the meaning of human life by J. Thomas Howe Novelists in conflict : ideology and the absurd in the French combat novel of the Great War by Martin Hurcombe Samuel Beckett and the primacy of love by John Robert Keller Stories for nothing : Samuel Beckett's narrative poetics by Paul B. Kelley The Schizoid World of Jean-Paul Sartre and R.D. Laing by Douglas Kirsner The will to technology and the culture of nihilism : Heidegger, Nietzsche and Marx by Arthur Kroker [Woody Allen's angst.] Eighteen Woody Allen films analyzed : anguish, God and existentialism by Sander H. Lee The theatrical critic as cultural agent : constructing Pinter, Orton and Stoppard as absurdist playwrights by Yael Zarhy-Levo Sartre: The Philosopher of the Twentieth Century by Bernard Henri Levy, Andrew Brown (Translator) Samuel Beckett's self-referential drama : the sensitive chaos by Shimon Levy Literary silences in Pascal, Rousseau, and Beckett by Elizabeth Marie Loevlie Albert Camus in New York by Herbert R. Lottman Oppression and the human condition : an introduction to Sartrean existentialism by Thomas Martin Sartre's Existentialism and Humanism: A Beginner's Guide by George Myserson, George Myerson The Cambridge Companion to Harold Pinter by Peter Raby (Editor) Proust, Beckett, and narration by James H. Reid Sartre on Violence Curiously Ambivalent by Ronald, E. Santoni The Imaginary: A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination by Jean-Paul Sartre, Arlettte Elkaim-Sartre (Introduction), Jonathan Webber (Translator) Sartre and Camus: A Historic Confrontation by Jean Paul Sartre (Editor), Adrian Van Den Hoven (Editor), David A. Sprintzen (Editor), Albert Camus (Editor), Adrian Hoven (Editor) Simone de Beauvoir by Ursula Tidd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call For Papers (Dec. 11, 2003) Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature invites submissions of critical articles on existential literature and existential themes in postmodern fiction and drama. Articles should be no more than 30 pages in length and should follow the MLA style sheet. Stirrings Still also welcomes book reviews on relevant publications. Submissions and subscription inquiries may be sent to: Erik Grayson, Editor Stirrings Still: The International Journal of Existential Literature Binghamton University Department of English Box 6000 Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 Or email: egrayso1@binghamton.edu |