Asian Literature and Culture I (Panel / In-Person)


Standing Session
Asian / Geographies of the Fantastic and the Quotidian

David Hazard (Independent Scholar)
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The Asian Literature and Culture session will explore a wide variety of Asian literature and culture topics, with a particular interest in topics that intersect with the conference theme of "Geographies of the Fantastic and the Quotidian."
The Asian Literature and Culture session welcomes proposals on topics pertaining to Asian literature and culture. Proposals that engage with the conference theme of "Geographies of the Fantastic and the Quotidian” are encouraged, but all proposals are welcome and will be carefully considered. Paper topics can include, but are not limited to, the following themes in relation to Asian culture and literature: fantastic spaces in literature and film, urban/rural space and quotidian life, architecture, cartography, travel/journeys, cyberspace and the metaverse, utopia/dystopia/heterotopia, ecocriticism, and studies focusing on the fantastic or quotidian in oceans or waterways.