32nd Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures May 3-5, 2012 University of Cincinnati Conference Chairs Leah Hunt Nidia Herrera Ospina Conference Advisors Julia Camp Rozelle-Anne Polydore Lía Buitrago Eugenia Mazur María Fernanda Díaz Basteris David Gómez-Cambronero María del Carmen Hernández Paula Garrido Juliana Martínez Milton Medellín Milton Romero Aline Skrzeszewski Etienne Achille Faculty Advisors Carlos M. Gutiérrez. Executive Director. Anne-Marie Jézéquel

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Special thanks are given to the following individuals and their offices for their help and support: Nicasio Urbina, Head, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Cincinnati. Anne-Marie Jézéquel and Carlos M. Gutiérrez, our Faculty Advisors. Carl Bryant, the RLL Department webmaster. Iván Quiñones Pacheco, 2012 CCRLL logo concept & design. The Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, for its continued support. All our session chairs. FedEx Office and Print Center. Funky’s, Catering Service. All the conference committees created by graduate students who participated in the organization of the conference. Susan Cogan, our beloved and wonderful Administrative Coordinator.

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ACTIVITIES AT A GLANCE (All Conference sessions and activities will be held on UC’s main campus in Old Chemistry building) Registration will be open in the Kade Center (Old Chemistry building) on Thursday, May 3 from 12:00 PM to 4:30 PM, Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

THURSDAY, MAY 3 12:00-2:00 2:00-4:45 5:00-6:30

Opening and Appetizers, Kade Center in Old Chemistry UC Main Campus: Conference Sessions Taft Lecture, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Madeleine Monette, Author, Old Chem 601

6:30-8:30

Welcoming Reception, Kade Center

FRIDAY, MAY 4 9:00-4:45 10:30-11:00 12:30-2:00 5:00-6:15

UC Main Campus: Conference Sessions Coffee Break, Kade Center in Old Chemistry Lunch Taft Lecture, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fernando Burgos. University of Memphis, Old Chem 601 6:30-7:00 Cocktails, Kade Center 7:00-9:00 Conference Banquet Kade Center (Funky’s) 9:00-11:00 Music and Dancing. Kade Center

SATURDAY, MAY 5 9:00-5:00 10:30-11:00 12:30-2:00 5:00-6:30

UC Main Campus: Conference Sessions Coffee Break, Kade Center in Old Chemistry Lunch Farewell Reception, Kade Center

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SESSIONS AT A GLANCE Thursday, May 3

(by session numbers)

2:00-3:30 1. Studies in 19th Century French Literature. 2. Nuevas narrativas latinoamericanas. Marginalidad, exilio y violencia. 3. Narrativas posmodernas del Caribe. 4. Lecturas Cinematográficas. 5. Reflexiones en torno a la literatura fantástica.

3:30- 4:45 6. Perspectives sub-sahariennes dans la littérature et le cinéma francophones. 7. De la experiencia a la expresión: reconstrucción de la memoria histórica. 8. La experiencia del límite en la poesía latinoamericana del siglo XX. 9. Novela de la postguerra española: reflexión sobre los orígenes de la narrativa española contemporánea.

Friday, May 4 9:00-10:30 10. Jeux de pouvoir dans le théâtre français du 17ème siècle. 11. The Role of Service Learning in the Foreign Language Curriculum. 12. Otredad, monstruosidad y bestiarios en la narrativa latinoamericana 13. Teatro del Siglo de Oro español. 14. Estudios culturales: reconstrucción y testimonio en la cultura latinoamericana.

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11:00-12:30 15. A Reading by Madeleine Monette. 16. Studies in Linguistic and Pedagogical Research. 17. Ecuador en la mirada I. 18. Mesa redonda: cuerpo y poesía queer en Latinoamérica. 19. Reflexiones sobre género: sexualidad y subversión.

2:00-3:30 20. Language and Silence as Discourse in 17th-Century French Literature. 21. Performance & Theatrics in 20th Century Spain. 22. La identidad, la mujer y el matrimonio en la Edad Media. I 23. Creative Writing: Short Story. 24. Poesía Hispanoamericana: trauma, exilio y desplazamiento

3:30- 4:45 25. Créolité in Caribbean Literature 26. Embodying Universal and National Narratives in Caribbean Literature. 27. L2 learning and the study abroad experience: Assessment, teaching practices and language learners’ gains. 28. Siglo de Oro: filosofía y política. 29. Retóricas del comer y el ayunar. 30. La identidad, la mujer y el matrimonio en la Edad Media II.

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Saturday, May 5 9:00-10:30 31. Confronting the Legacy of French Colonialism. 32. Approaches to Language Learning. 33. Reflexiones sobre la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XX. 34. Espacio urbano y migraciones. 35. Presentación del libro Teoría del olvido de Stephanie Alcantar.

11:00-12:30 36. Quebec Studies and Italian Narrative 37. La obra de Clarín y el diálogo con la narrativa del siglo XIX. 38. Nuevas formas de reconstrucción de la memoria histórica. 39. Presencia de Óscar Collazos.

2:00-3:30 40. Women’s Voices Transcending Boundaries in French Literature 41. Encuentros fortuitos: lecturas de tres escritores hispanos en USA. 42. Literatura de testimonio y detectivesca. Voces y ecos de la guerra civil española. 43. Reflexiones en torno a la literatura y al cine latinoamericanos del siglo XX.

3:30-5:00 44. D’Auschwitz à l’Île Maurice: Récits de déportations pendant la 2ème Guerre mondiale. 45. Narrativa y construcción de la identidad latinoamericana. 46. Creative writing: Poetry.

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Thursday, May 3 5:00 – 6:30 Taft Keynote Speaker (Old Chem 601) Dr. Madeleine Monette, Author

“L’Amérique est aussi un roman québécois” Bio-Bibliography: Born in Montreal, Madeleine Monette lives in New York City where she wrote her first novel, le Double suspect (1980, Robert-Cliche Award). Three other novels followed: Petites Violences (1982), Amandes et melon (1991), and La Femme furieuse (1997). Les Rouleurs (Hurtubise, 2007) is her fifth novel. Since 1981, Madeleine Monette has been awarded grants by the Canada Council and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. Short-listed for literary awards such as the Marguerite Yourcenar Award, the Prix France-Québec Philippe-Rossillon and the Prix Ringuet de l’Académie des lettres du Québec, Madeleine Monette was writer in residence at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1993-1994. She has been awarded the first grant from the Fonds Gabrielle-Roy in 1994, which allowed her to live in Roy's house on the St. Lawrence River. Many of her fictions were broadcasted on CBC Radio; others were published in collections of short stories and literary magazines such as Arcade, Trois, Ecrits du Canada français, Ecrits, Moebius, Québec français, Le Sabord, Possibles, Liberté, Nuit blanche, Tessera and Virages (in Canada); Romance Languages Annual, Beacons, Americas’ Society Review (in the U.S.); Europe and Sud (in France). Since 1983 she has given lectures and readings in Canada, France, the West Indies, and throughout the United States. Her first novel came out in English translation under the title Doubly Suspect in 2000. Madeleine Monette is a member of l’Académie des lettres du Québec.

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Friday, May 4 5:00 – 6:30 Taft Keynote Speaker (Old Chem 601) Dr. Fernando Burgos. (University of Memphis)

"Trayectorias posmodernas: Luisa Valenzuela y Mario Levrero” Abstract: Un examen de los principios fundamentales de lo posmoderno concentrado principalmente en las novelas El gato eficaz (1972) de Luisa Valenzuela y El discurso vacío (1996) de Mario Levrero. En estas dos renovadoras obras de la literatura latinoamericana se produce un peculiar encuentro artístico en la manera como ambos autores acometen la realización posmoderna de su narrativa. Esa convergencia refiere a una radicalización de los elementos neovanguardistas, particularmente en lo que respecta a un rechazo no sólo de la idea de una historia como contenido sino que además la refutación de una historia narrable. El adentramiento en el silencio surge como una trascendente y viable opción artística que, desde sus raíces posmodernas, desata una visión crítica sobre los órdenes tradicionales de construcción cultural.

Bio-Bibliography: His area of research includes nineteenth- and twentieth-century Spanish American narrative. He has presented more than seventy of his papers at international and national conferences concerning this area of specialty. Dr. Burgos has published eleven books and more than sixty articles in European, North American and Latin American professional journals. He is a member of the International Association of Hispanists and has been awarded U of Memphis' SPUR award—Superior Performance in University Research—on two occasions. He has received the Alumni Association Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Achievement in the Humanities, the Dunavant Professorship Award and the Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award . 8

32nd Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures

Thursday, May 3 Check in & Coffee 12:30-2:00 PM Kade Center, Old Chem

2:00-3:30

1. Studies in 19th Century French Literature

Room: Old Chem 727 Chaired by Julia Camp, University of Cincinnati

“The Poetics of Dance in the Work of Gautier, Baudelaire and Mallarmé.” Amanda Lee, Washington University. “The Wild Ass’s Skin : Le secret et l’inconnu de La Peau de chagrin d’Honoré de Balzac.” Javier Roig, University of Cincinnati. 2. Nuevas narrativas latinoamericanas. Marginalidad, exilio y violencia. Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Milton Romero, University of Cincinnati “El otro closet: homosexualidad, VIH/SIDA y estigma en Sangre como la mía de Jorge Merchand Lazcano.” Pedro G. Koo, Missouri State University. “Peter Pan Travels to Cuba. The Child as Protagonist and Narrator in 90 Milles to Cuba by Enrique Flores-Galbis.” Manuel Martínez, Ohio Dominican University. “Literatura sobre narcotráfico. Un reflejo de la violencia en México.” Alejandro de Jesús Ortega Neri, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas. 3. Narrativas posmodernas del Caribe

Room: Old Chem 704 Chaired by Dr. Patricia Valladares-Ruiz, University of Cincinnati

“Descolonización narrativa en El collar de camándulas. Lugar de enunciación femenina.” María Fernanda Díaz Basteris, University of Cincinnati. “El corazón de Voltaire: valores ilustrados y tradición epistolar.” David Gómez Cambronero, University of Cincinnati.

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“El rey de la Habana, un ejemplo del fracaso del ‘hombre nuevo’ o la parte más animal del hombre.” Aurelio Auseré, University of Cincinnati. 4. Lecturas Cinematográficas

Room: Old Chem 708 Chaired by Juliana Martínez, University of Cincinnati.

“La imagen-movimiento, el sacrificio y la pascua burguesa en El ángel externimador, de Luis Buñuel.” Héctor Garza, West Texas A&M University. “El cine y la narrativa en las vanguardias latinoamericanas: el caso de Estrella de día (1933) o el proceso de re-interpretación y re-configuración de la imagen cinematográfica.” Eduardo Acuña-Zumbado, Missouri State University. 5. Reflexiones en torno a la literatura fantástica.

Room: Old Chem 605 Chaired by Dr. Enrique Giordano, University of Cincinnati

“Lo fantástico: obturación de sentidos e indefinición.” Paula Garrido, University of Cincinnati. “Lo unheimlich en Axolotl.” Lía Buitrago, University of Cincinnati. “La cigüeña, los cuervos y el ruiseñor: ritos iniciáticos en Nocturno de Bujara, de Sergio Pitol.” Manuel Cerpa, University of Cincinnati.

3:30- 5:00 6. Perspectives sub-sahariennes dans la littérature et le cinéma francophones. Room: Old Chem 727 Chaired by Dr. Catherine White, University of Cincinnati “De Penda, Mariam, Chaïdana, à Leymah Gbowee : de la fiction littéraire à l’activisme politique.” Pierre Nzokizwanimana, Southern Adventist University. “L’Aventure ambiguë, quête de l’absolu par collusion de deux isotopies: la transcendance de la mort et le mépris de la souffrance.” Bonaventure Balla Omgba, Winston Salem State University.

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7. De la experiencia a la expresión: reconstrucción de la memoria histórica. Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Miguel Angel Rodríguez, University of Cincinnati “Nada: Del desarraigo a la lucha fraticida en la Barcelona posbélica.” María Villodre, Roberts Wesleyan College. “La función de lo virtual en La realidad nacional desde la cama.” Fátima Nogueira, University of Memphis. “El sujeto mnemónico en Felices días tío Sergio.” Javier Roig, University of Cincinnati. 8. La experiencia del límite en la poesía latinoamericana del siglo XX. Room: Old Chem 704 Chaired by Olimpia Loveland, University of Cincinnati “De arces azules y los límites de la interpretación: lenguaje y significación en Cristina Peri Rossi.” Yanira Paz, University of Kentucky. “Tensión poética en Los heraldos negros de Cesar Vallejo.” Manuel Cerpa. University of Cincinnati. 9. Novela de la postguerra española: reflexión sobre los orígenes de la narrativa española contemporánea Room: Old Chem 708 Chaired by Dr. Andrés Pérez-Simón, University of Cincinnati “El espacio rural en la novela de la posguerra española en Los Abel, de Ana María Matute y Los santos inocentes, de Miguel Delibes.” María del Carmen Hernández, University of Cincinnati. “Las niñas de la guerra: Carmen Laforet, Ana María Matute, y Carmen Martín Gaite vistas a través del espejo” Juliana Martínez, University of Cincinnati. “Historia de dos Cármenes.” Eugenia Mazur, University of Cincinnati. “Metáforas de lo sagrado y sacralidad profana en Tiempo de Silencio de Martín Luis-Santos.” Milton Medellín. University of Cincinnati.

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5:00-6:30 Taft Lecture, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Madeleine Monette, Author. “L’Amérique est aussi un roman québécois” Old Chem 601

Friday, May 4 9:00-10:30 10. Jeux de pouvoir dans le théâtre français du 17ème siècle. Room: Old Chem 531 Chaired by Aline Skrzeszewski, University of Cincinnati “How Power is Portrayed in the Works of Molière.” Rozelle-Anne Polydore, University of Cincinnati. “Pouvoir dans la literature de Molière et de Sorel.” Julia Camp, University of Cincinnati 11. The Role of Service Learning in the Foreign Language Curriculum. Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by Siusan Sinclair and Ligia Gómez (Service Learning Course Organizers and Supervisors). University of Cincinnati Participants: Mary Kay Hedman: Bethesda North Shaina Horner: Hispanic Ministries Coordinator, Healing Center Jason Snider. University of Cincinnati Student Caitlynn Carr. University of Cincinnati Student Jessica Shackelford. University of Cincinnati Student Claudia Vélez. University of Cincinnati Student

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12. Otredad, monstruosidad y bestiarios en la narrativa latinoamericana Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Paula Garrido, University of Cincinnati “Magia negra y zombis en el Caribe: horror y otredad en las historietas mexicanas.” Gustavo Rodríguez Morán, Ferris State University. “La Otredad en el bestiario de Julio Cortázar.” Raisa Gorgojo–Iglesias, Miami University. “¡A parir madres latinas…! Herejías contestarias de narradoras centroamericanas contemporáneas.” Ela Molina-Sevilla de Morelock, University of the Cumberlands. 13. Teatro del Siglo de Oro español. Room: Old Chem 623 Chaired by Eugenia Mazur, University of Cincinnati “Behind the Veil: The Freedom of Women on the Early Modern Stage.” Erin Cowling. The Johns Hopkins University. “Alegoría, temporalidad y referentes en los autos de Calderón.” Francisco López-Martín, Denison University. “Metatexto teatral e imaginario social: el caso de las seducciones de Tisbea y Aminta en El burlador de Sevilla atribuido a Tirso de Molina.” Ernesto Delgado, Bowling Green State University. 14. Estudios culturales: reconstrucción y testimonio en la cultura latinoamericana. Room: Old Chem 708 Chaired by Olimpia Loveland, University of Cincinnati “Constructing and Reconstructing the Other Chile Through the Years of Patricio Guzman’s Documentary Cinema: Opening Symbolic Spaces Through the ‘Sign of Presence’ in La Batalla de Chile (1975, 1977, 1979) and the ‘Sign of Absence’ in Salvador Allende (2004).” Nash Middleton, Ohio State University. “El nacimiento de un nuevo género: el meta-testimonio nicaragüense." Mirela Butnaru, Denison University.

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10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 15. A Reading by Madeleine Monette.

Room: Old Chem 531 Chaired by Dr. Anne-Marie Jezequel, University of Cincinnati

16. Studies in Linguistic and Pedagogical Research.

Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by Eugenia Charoni, University of Cincinnati

“A Review of the Use of Script-Based Tracking in Grammar Applications for Data Sharing.” Fenfang Hwu, University of Cincinnati. “-Ra/-Se Linguistic Shift from Early Castilian to Modern Spanish.” Catherine Hanna, University of Houston. “The Motivation Factor in Learning Foreign Languages.” Eva Krieg, University of Cincinnati. 17. Ecuador en la mirada.

Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Lía Buitrago, University of Cincinnati

“Marcas de identidad: la presencia del judío converso en Aprendiendo a morir, de Alicia Yánez Cossío.” Ivonne Gordon Vailakis, University of Redlands. “¿Por qué joden tanto las mujeres?” Nubia Yineth Vera Cedeño, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. “La Otra, La misma de Dios, an ecuadorian feminist voice.” Milton Fernando Romero, University of Cincinnati. “Migrantes ecuatorianos en la España contemporánea.” Dosinda Alvite, Denison University.

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18. Mesa redonda: cuerpo y poesía queer en Latinoamérica. Room: Old Chem 623 Chaired by Carmen Rabell, University of Puerto Rico “La poesía queer en Latinoamérica y el cuerpo como espacio social en el que se construye una identidad lésbicogay.” Participantes: Enrique Giordano: Chile Ángel Antonio Ruiz: Puerto Rico Daniel Torres: Puerto Rico Carmen Rabell: Puerto Rico 19. Reflexiones sobre género: sexualidad y subversión. Room: Old Chem 708 Chaired by María Fernanda Díaz Basteris, University of Cincinnati “Watching Dona Flor: White Mulatas and Female Sexuality.” Jennifer Manthei, University of Illinois at Springfield. “Cotaining the Liminal? Yolanda Pallín’s Play Memoria.” Laurie Urraro, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College. “Sexual Simulations in Eduardo Mendicutti’s Yo no tengo la culpa de haber nacido tan sexy.” Mark Harpring, University of Puget Sound. “United States Domination Through the Feminization of Latin America: A Study of Political Caricature.” Jeanine Bator, Yakima Valley Community College.

12:30-1:30 Special lecture by Mario Bojóquez, Author. Old Chem 701

Lunch 1:30-2:00

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2:00-3:30 20. Language and Silence as Discourse in 17th-Century French Literature Room: Old Chem 727 Chaired by Dr. Michèle Vialet, University of Cincinnati “Chut!: Silence and Violence in the Plays of Jean Racine.” Emily Pace, University of Tennessee. “Speaking Like a Book: Rhetorical Inflation, Mobility, and the Atrophy of Ethics in Dom Juan.” Larry Riggs, Butler University. 21. Performance & Theatrics in 20th Century Spain

Room : Old Chem 605 Chaired by Manuel Cerpa, University of Cincinnati

“La mujer desplazada del franquismo: José Ruibal y el teatro subterráneo.” Anna Hamilton, The Ohio State University. “Cruzando el charco: Lupe Rivas Cacho y María Conesa, y su recepción en España y México.” Laura Navarro, The Ohio State University. “Performing Madrid: Spectators and Actors in Veranos de la Villa.” Andy Woodmansee, The Ohio State University. 22. La identidad, la mujer y el matrimonio en la Edad Media I. Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Sarah Driggers, University of Tennessee Knoxville “‘De cómo sufren los casados’: La perspectiva anti-matrimonial de Arcipreste de Hita.” Nicole Goestenkors, University of Tennessee Knoxville. “La Cava: ¿mujer vengativa o víctima inocente?” Sara Gottardi, University of Tennessee Knoxville. “La identidad de la esposa: los desvíos femeninos de las prescripciones bíblicas.” Jason Stinnett, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

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23. Creative Writing: Short Story

Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Lía Buitrago, University of Cincinnati

Óscar Collazos. Universidad Tecnológica de Bolivar. (Colombia) Nicasio Urbina. University of Cincinnati Carlos Gutiérrez. University of Cincinnati Armando Romero. University of Cincinnati 24. Poesía Hispanoamericana: trauma, exilio y desplazamiento Room: Old Chem 623 Chaired by Milton Medellín, University of Cincinnati “Borealis y la reciente poesía latinoamericana en Canadá.” José Varela Ibarra, Eastern Kentucky University. “Beyond Trauma to the Tripartite Now in Latin American and U.S. Latino Poetry.” Shannon Butler, Marshall University. “La poética en el exilio: los poemas en prosa de Luis Cernuda y Tomás Segovia.” Cynthia Peña, Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

3:30- 5:00

25. Créolité in Caribbean Literature

Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired By Dr. Patricia Valledares-Ruiz, University of Cincinnati

“Colonization, Language and Religion in Haiti.” Anne Mullen-Hohl, Seton Hall University. “Fanm Doubout: La parole combative des écrivaines antillaises.” Gisèle Loriot-Raymer, Northern Kentucky University.

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26. Embodying Universal and National Narratives in Caribbean Literature Room: Old Chem 708 Chaired by Maria Clemencia Sánchez, University of Cincinnati “Embodying (Francophone) National Narratives of Duvalier: Female Sexual Narratives in Marie Vieux-Chauvet’s Love, Anger, Madness.” Lucy Breidenthal, University of Cincinnati. “Reimagining History Through Memory and Solitude in The Book of Emma and One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Leah Hunt, University of Cincinnati 27. L2 Learning and the Study Abroad Experience: Assessment, Teaching Practices and Language Learners’ Gains Room: Old Chem 702 Chaired by Cristina Kowalski, University of Cincinnati “Multiple-choice Tests and Written Tasks as Assessment Tools: A Size Does Not Fit All.” Asunción Martínez Arbelaiz, University Studies Abroad Consortium, Spain. “The Value of the Study Abroad Experience for L2 Students with Low Levels of Proficiency.” Noris Rodriguez, Antigua Study Abroad Program DirectorUniversity of Cincinnati. “Enhancing L2 Learners’ Pronunciation in the Study Abroad Context: Integration of Theory and Practice.” Nuria R. López Ortega, University of Cincinnati. 28. Siglo de Oro: filosofía y política.

Room: Old Chem 605 Chaired by Dr. Carlos Gutiérrez, University of Cincinnati

“El Primer Ministro ideal para Francisco de Quevedo (The Right Way to be a Chief Minister).” Dr. Germán de Patricio, Towson University. “La controversia entre tomismo y nominalismo en El Quijote.” Rafael García, Wilkes University. “Expulsion and Salvation: The Tratado de los dos caminos and 17th Century Tunisian Morisco Identity.” Anthony Puglisi, Slippery Rock University.

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29. Retóricas del comer y el ayunar

Room: Old Chem 727 Chaired by María del Carmen Hernández, University of Cincinnati

“El libro de cocina como vehículo de erudición: La cocina española antigua de Emilia Pardo Bazán.” María Paz Moreno, University of Cincinnati. “‘Eat me!’ Feasting Rituals and the Count of Barcelona in the Cantar de Mio Cid.” Jonathan Burgoyne, The Ohio State University. “La retórica del hambre en Naufragios de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.” Gustavo García, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. 30. La identidad, la mujer y el matrimonio en la Edad Media II. Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Jason Stinnett, University of Tennessee Knoxville “El uso femenino de la hechicería en La Celestina y sus consecuencias.” Sarah Driggers, University of Tennessee Knoxville. “El anti-convencionalismo en las mujeres de La Celestina.” Stela Martin, University of Tennessee Knoxville.

5:00-6:30 Taft Lecture, Keynote Speaker: Dr. Fernando Burgos. University of Memphis "Trayectorias posmodernas: Luisa Valenzuela y Mario Levrero” Old Chem 601

6:30 PM Cocktail, Kade Center, Old Chem, CCM String Quartet 7:00 PM-9:00 PM Conference Banquet, Kade Center, Old Chem 9:00PM -11:00 PM Conference Party, Kade Center, Old Chem.

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Saturday, May 5 9:00-10:30 31. Confronting the Legacy of French Colonialism Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Dr. Irene Ivancheva-Merjanska, University of Cincinnati “L’Afrique et la géopolitique de la connaissance chez Fatou Diome.” Paul Touré, Millikin University. “Attrait et déboire : la complexité narrative de l’intégration des immigrés africains sub-sahariens en France.” Cynthia Kanko, Indiana University. “The Politics of Language and the Language of Politics: Francophonie and the Challenges of Language Planning.” Ali Alalou, University of Delaware. 32. Approaches to Language Learning Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by Cristina Kowalski, University of Cincinnati “The Effectiveness of Dictogloss in the Elementary Low-Level Class: Students’ Impressions and Attitudes.” Muriel Gallego, Ohio University. “Using Local Museums to Enhance Foreign Language Teaching.” Carl Bryant, University of Cincinnati. “Teaching and Learning Vocabulary as a Complex Task.” Ekaterina Katzarova, University of Cincinnati. 33. Reflexiones sobre la narrativa latinoamericana del siglo XX. Room: Old Chem 704 Chaired by Eugenia Mazur, University of Cincinnati “La cultura heterogénea en Balún Canán de Rosario Castellanos.” Mary Addis and Kevin Glass, The College of Wooster. “‘Ah ha!’ Moments in Latin America: Clouding the Text Instead of Clarifying It.” Daniel Treber, Taylor University; Upland, Indiana.

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34. Espacio urbano y migraciones

Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Miguel Angel Rodríguez, University of Cincinnati

“Espacio urbano: negociando e imaginando la ciudad a través de las ruinas de la Habana.” Iliana Rosales Figueroa, University of Cincinnati. “Fordlandia: Henry Ford’s Utopian City in the Brazilian Rainforest.” Mónica Ayala-Martínez, Denison University. “Las subjetividades migrantes en la narrativa latinoamericana actual.” Pamela Tala, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. 35. Presentación del libro Teoría del olvido de Stephanie Alcantar. Room: Old Chem 623 Presented by Manuel Iris, University of Cincinnati

10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-12:30 36. Quebec Studies and Italian Narrative Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Rozelle-Anne Polydore, University of Cincinnati “La robinsonnade de Jacques Poulin dans Les Grandes Marées.” Dider Bertrand, IUPUI. “Espèces de glissements : La traversée des frontières dans le Roman Espèces de Ying Chen.” Valérie Hastings, State University of New York at Buffalo. “Calvino’s Manipulation of his Sources in the Fiabe italiane.” Thomas E. Mussio, Iona College.

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37. La obra de Clarín y el diálogo con la narrativa del siglo XIX. Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by David Gomez-Cambronero, University of Cincinnati “La incorporación de lo moderno por medio del símbolo en ¡ Adiós, Cordera! De Clarín.” Nianna Gustovich, University of Houston and Valley View High School. “Emma Bovary, la antítesis de Ana Ozores.” Nicolás Blázquez, University of Missouri. 38. Nuevas formas de reconstrucción de la memoria histórica. Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by María del Carmen Hernández, University of Cincinnati “La transición española en el cine.” Luis Murillo-Amo. Marshall University. “Barbarie y brutalidad pedagógica, literaria y de género en Todo Paracuellos de Carlos Giménez.” María Jesús López-Soriano, University of Kentucky. “Augusto Ferrer Dalmau y la reconstrucción del carlismo estético.” Dionisio Viscarri, The Ohio State University. 39. Presencia de Óscar Collazos

Room: Old Chem 623 Chaired by Dr. Armando Romero, University of Cincinnati

“De la mano de la muerte: dos cuentos de Óscar Collazos.” Manuel Cortés Castañeda, Eastern Kentucky University “Óscar Collazos: migraciones y anclajes.” Óscar López, St. Louis University Óscar Collazos, Diálogo con el escritor en torno a su obra.

Lunch 12:30-2:00

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2:00-3:30 40. Women’s Voices Transcending Boundaries in French Literature Room: Old Chem 701 Chaired by Dr. Thérèse Migraine-George, University of Cincinnati “La Marquise de Merteuil: libertine et femme fatale.” Dany Jacob, University of Buffalo. “Le regard postmoderne sur les Etats-Unis dans le livre Mes Etats-Unis de Thérèse Migraine-George.” Irene Ivantcheva-Merjanska, University of Cincinnati. 41. Encuentros fortuitos: lecturas de tres escritores hispanos en USA. Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by Manuel Iris, University of Cincinnati Fernando Olszanski: Narrador. Northeastern Illinois University Natalia Gómez: Poeta. Grand Valley State University, Michigan. Manuel Cortés Castañeda: Poeta. Eastern Kentucky University. 42. Literatura de testimonio y detectivesca. Voces y ecos de la guerra civil española Room: Old Chem 602 Chaired by Juliana Martínez, University of Cincinnati “La re-velación del palimpsesto en La voz dormida de Dulce Chacón.” Danae Gallo González, University of Kentucky. “La representación de la mujer en La voz dormida y Cielos de barro de Dulce Chacón.” Ana Pociello Sampériz, University of Kentucky. “Lunatics, Little Girls, Immigrants and Industrialist: The Curious Victims in Eduardo Mendoza’s Detective Fiction.” Oswald Kalen, Albion College.

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43. Reflexiones en torno a la literatura y al cine latinoamericanos del siglo XX. Room: Old Chem 623 Chaired by: Dr. Enrique Giordano, University of Cincinnati Lía Buitrago Eugenia Mazur “El lugar sin límites: De la transferencia y las posibilidades de creación. Diálogo entre José Donoso y Arturo Ripstein.” Nidia Herrera Ospina, University of Cincinnati.

3:30- 5:00 44. D’Auschwitz à l’Île Maurice: Récits de déportations pendant la 2ème Guerre mondiale. Room : Old Chem 701 Chaired by Etienne Achille, University of Cincinnati “Le Dernier Frère de Nathacha Appanah ou l’histoire de juifs internés en Prison à L’ile Maurice durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.” Vina TirvenGadum, Athabasca University. “Aucun de nous ne reviendra de Charlotte Delbo: Les sœurs de camp, l’esprit collectif et l’exorcisation de l’indicible.” Elizabeth Ramey, University of Missouri- Columbia. 45. Narrativa y construcción de la identidad latinoamericana. Room: Old Chem 530 Chaired by María Fernanda Díaz Basteris, University of Cincinnati “El relámpago blanco: muerte, violencia y revelación en la construcción de la identidad cultural latinoamericana.” Carmen Sofía Martín, Ohio University. “Construcción de una identidad cultural latinoamericana: una lectura de De sobremesa de José Asunción Silva.” Melissa Doran, Ohio State University.

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46. Creative writing: Poetry.

Room: Old Chem 704 Chaired by Milton Medellin, University of Cincinnati

Stephanie Alcantar Manuel Cerpa. University of Cincinnati. Milton Romero. University of Cincinnati. Javier Roig. University of Cincinnati. Manuel iris. University of Cincinnati.

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