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Literary Science: Approaches to Teaching Literature with Scientific Themes and Contexts (SAMLA 2012)

This panel investigates how to effectively teach literature that contains strong scientific elements. Literature actively participates in the ongoing rhetoric of scientific inquiry and discourse and gives voice to the promise and fears associated with technological advancement. Many literary works engage very particular aspects of theory and practice from fields such as neurobiology or quantum physics while others engage with the rhetoric associated with science and/or its misinterpretations ...

Event Location: 
Durham, NC
Event type: 
Event
Categories: 
American [1]
Interdisciplinary [2]
British [3]
African-American [4]
Colonial [5]
Revolution & Early National [6]
Transcendentalists [7]
1865-1914 [8]
20th & 21st Century [9]
Medieval [10]
Sponsoring Organization(s) : 
SAMLA
Event date: 
Friday, November 9, 2012 to Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Abstract due date: 
Friday, June 15, 2012
More information: 
http://www.cfplist.com/CFP.aspx?CID=430 [11]
Source URL: http://www.insidehighered.com/node/37649

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