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Cristian Ducu
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Modernist Response to the Rise of BehaviorismFrom: Bradley D. Clissold <bcliss@PO-Box.McGill.CA> To: CFP@dept.english.upenn.edu <CFP@dept.english.upenn.edu> Date: 28 martie 2002 05:19 Subject: CFP: The Modernist Response to the Rise of Behaviorism (4/20/02; MSA, 10/31/02-11/3/02) To date, very little critical ink has been spilt on the corresponding rise of psychological behaviorism and the development of literary modernism; however, many well-studied modernist works generate new readings when they are perceived as resisting the threat of behaviorist stimulus-response conditioning that was being popularized as early as 1913. By exploring the influence of behaviorism on modernist forms and subject matter, we are in a better position not only to reevaluate modernism's "supposed" opposition to mass culture, but also to explain complex modernist poetics. Ironically, behaviorism also served as a resource, allowing the moderns to predict and exploit their readers' responses. All papers that explore the potential intersections of literary modernism and psychological behaviorism are welcome. Please email 250 word paper proposals and c.v.s to Dr. Bradley D. Clissold, FCAR Postdoctoral Fellow Dalhousie University (bcliss@po.box.mcgill.ca). Participants must be members of The Modernist Studies Association by the time of the conference. Deadline: 20 April 2002. =============================================== From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List CFP@english.upenn.edu Full Information at http://www.english.upenn.edu/CFP/ or write Erika Lin: elin@english.upenn.edu =============================================== |