23rd ANNUAL
CAROLINA CONFERENCE
FOR ROMANCE STUDIES
March 30 to April 1, 2017
Keynote
Speakers:Dr. Deborah Jenson
(Duke University)
Dr. Massimo Riva
(Brown University)
Invited
Artist: Greg Lindquist
23ndAnnualCarolinaConferenceforRomanceStudies
ConferenceCoordinators:
JordanBessette,WendyCombs,SamKrieg,ColleenMcAlister,GiulianoMigliori,EmmaMonroy,
MarthaMoreno,AngelaRitter
SpecialRecognitionisgivenforthesupportof:
DepartmentofRomanceStudies,TheGraduateSchool,GraduateandProfessionalStudentFederation(GPSF),CollegeofArtsandSciences,AfricanStudiesCenter,MedievalandEarlyModernStudies,DepartmentofArt,CenterfortheStudyoftheMiddleEastandMuslimCivilizations,InstitutefortheStudyoftheAmericas,ReligiousStudiesDepartment,OfficeofUndergraduateResearch,Centerfor
GlobalInitiatives
The2017ConferenceCommitteethanksthefollowingindividualsfortheirinvaluablehelp:
LoganBrackett,JenniferWashington,ShavonCarey,FedericoLuisetti,EllenWelch,LuciaBinotti,GregMonroy,
andTheGraduateRomanceAssociation,particularlythesupportofAlessiaMartini,HollySims,andElenaCasey.
Wealsothankallpanelchairs,participants,andthegraduatestudentsandfaculty
oftheDepartmentofRomanceStudiesfortheirwillinghelp.
2017CCRScoverdesignbyGregMonroy
SpecialPresentationsatthe2017CCRS
Thursday,March30th,4:30–6:00pm:DeborahJensonKeynoteAddress:
“DisabilityStudiesandMarcelProust:TheNeurastheniaKey”
Friday,March31st,5:00–6:30pm:GregLindquistInvitedArtist:
"Paint/ingasacriticaltoolforsocialchange"
Saturday,April1st,4:15–5:45pm:
MassimoRivaDorothyFordWileyVisitingProfessor
KeynoteAddress:“ItalianShadows:ForaGenealogyofVirtualRealityinthe
EighteenthandNineteenthCentury”
Thursday,March30,2017
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Thursday,March30,201712:00pm-4:00pm
Registration(Room3411,CarolinaUnion)Coffeeavailableuntil3:30pm
2:00pm WelcomeAddress(ToyLounge,DeyHall)Remarksgivenby:• EmmaMonroy,Ph.D.StudentinFrench,UNC-ChapelHill • FedericoLuisetti,ChairoftheDepartmentofRomanceStudies
2:30pm-4:00pm
1.1WritingaNewPrescriptionforLiteraryandCulturalStudies.Chair:DorotheaHeitsch (Room3407,CarolinaUnion) • “DisabilityasinstrumentforfemininesubversioninthenovelSeeingRedbyLinaMeruane.”EtnaAvalos,UNCChapelHill
• “AnOverviewofCognitiveDisabilityAesthetics(VisualCultureinSpain).”BenjaminFraser,EastCarolinaUniversity
• “TheResistancetoDiagnosis:Autism,Neurodiversity,Life-Writing.”VivienneOrchard,UniversityofSouthampton,UK
1.2DiagnosingPedagogy:ScienceandTechnologyintheClassroom.Chair:GlynisCowell(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “DevelopingInterculturalIdentitythroughSLAviae-PortfoliosinAdvancedIntermediateSpanish.”CarrieBramletandMarinaEscámezBallesta,UniversityofVirginia
• “TechnologyAgainstHumanityintheClassroom.”RebeccaWeissman,UniversityofSouthCarolina
• “CollegeprofessorsdiscussinternationalstudentimpactonthelearningdynamicsofSTEMclassrooms:Howdonon-nativespeakersandwriterscollaborate,competeandcontribute?”BarbaraAbendschein,UniversityofMemphis
4:30pm-6:00pm
Keynoteaddress(ToyLounge,DeyHall)“DisabilityStudiesandMarcelProust:TheNeurastheniaKey.”DeborahJenson,DukeUniversity
6:30pm-8:30pm
WelcomeSocial(Imbibe,108HendersonSt.,ChapelHill)ParticipantsareinvitedtoaninformalreceptionatImbibe.Lighthorsd’oeuvresprovided,guestsarewelcometopurchasebeveragesoradditionalfood.
Friday,March31,2017
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Friday,March31,20178:00am-3:45pm
Registration(Room3411,CarolinaUnion)Coffeeavailableuntil3:30pm
8:30am-10:00am
1.1HumanBodiesandtheNaturalWorld:InterspeciesEncountersin20th&21stCenturyLiteratureandFilm.Chair:KelliHolt(Room3407,CarolinaUnion)• ”Eco-feminisminArráncamelavidabyÁngelesMastretta.”AshleyW.Carter,GeorgiaSouthernUniversity
• “BestialPerspectives:Bodies,Signs,andtheDevelopmentofHuman-AnimalRelationshipsinUnviejoqueleíanovelasdeamorand“MeutioIauaretê.”LauraColaneri,UniversityofChicago
• “NatureinAgingandAginginNaturewithBeauvoirandVarda.”TessaNunn,DukeUniversity
1.2Science(Fictions)ofRace.Chair:EmiliodelValleEscalante(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “Neo-RacisminThreeMid-20thCenturyFrenchScienceFictionNovels.”RuyBurgos-Lovece.UNCChapelHill
• “CarnivalinVigàta:LaughterandSubversioninCamilleri’sIlnipotedelNegus.”AngeloCastagnino,UniversityofDenver
• “Everything’ssoextreme”:LiminalspacesandracialsubjugationinAchyObejas’s“Polaroids.”RachelNorman,UNCChapelHill
10:15am-11:45am
2.1BeyondHuman:InvestigatingConsciousnessintheDigitalAge.Chair:FrancescoBratos(Room3407,CarolinaUnion)• “VirtualEcosystemsandBiopoliticsoftheCyborgBodyin‘Hyper-Reality.’”KateBundy,UniversityofGeorgia
• “ConsciousnessandtheMultiverseinthePoetryofDavidRosenmann-Taub.”KennethGorfkle,UNCChapelHill
• “Humanity’sEssence:ThestruggleforidentityamongemergingAIinUnamunoandMontero”.StevenMills,BuenaVistaUniversity
• “PosthumanismattheServiceofBioethics.”CarolineMosser,UtahStateUniversity
Friday,March31,2017
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10:15am-11:45am
2.2CognitionStudiesintheRealmofAffect,Magic,andSpirits.Chair:MartaNúñezPouzols(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “GarcíaMárquezandtheReclamationofMagicalThinking.”DonnaGessell,UniversityofNorthGeorgia
• “TheHauntedHousesandOtherHorrors.TheInfluenceofBalzaconHenryJames'TheGhostlyRental.”VivianaPezzullo,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
• “ACognitiveApproachtoSinister,VeryShortFictioninCasademuñecas.”R.TylerGabbard,PurdueUniversity
11:45am-1:15pm
Lunchbreak
1:15pm-2:45pm
3.1TheScienceofSubversion:GenderUndertheMicroscope.Chair:AlejandraMárquez(Room3407,CarolinaUnion) • “Frominnocentboytoassassin:Masculinity,inversionandtransformationinSinNombre.”AlyssaBedrosian,UNCGreensboro
• “ArticulatingAndrogyny:IntersexauthorshipinL’HistoiredelaMarquise-MarquisdeBanneville.”DavidB.Gill,UNCChapelHill
• “WhenProstitutesDream.”CourtneyHewitt,UNCChapelHill 3.2NavigatingNeurosesandHysteria.Chair:ElenaCasey(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “DrawingtheLinebetweenLoveandRealityinElsilenciodelassirenasbyAdelaidaGarcíaMorales.”FriedaH.Blackwell,BaylorUniversity
• “Hawthorne’sHystericalHeroes.”CatherineMainland,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity
• “Chiaretta/ChiarezzainSaba'sIlCanzoniere.”MatteoVenieri,BostonCollege
Friday,March31,2017
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3:00pm-4:30pm
4.1AnAestheticsofSustainability:ApproachestoAnti-EcocideNarrativesandPoeticsintheHispanicWorld.Chair:AlbertoLópezMartín (Room3407,CarolinaUnion) • “PassionoftheHunt:WomenandNatureasPreyinAnaLydiaVega’s‘PasióndeHistoria.’”JenniferE.Irish,FloridaStateUniversity
• “AffectasLimit:JorgeRiechmann’sEcopoeticsagainstPostmodernCapitalism.”AlbertoLópezMartín,DavidsonCollege
• “AmazoniaDoomed:CommodificationofSpeciesasaWayofEnvironmentalSalvation.”DiegoMejía-Prado,FloridaStateUniversity
• “TheImportanceofBioculturalHeritageinUnderstandingtheDynamicsoftheAmazonJungle.”JuliánNaranjo-Montoya,UniversidadNacionaldeColombia
4.2Machines,Technology,andSpacesofViolence.Chair:AliciaRivero(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “Literarymachines.Crossingtwentiethcentury’sviolencewithMarinettiandCéline.”GiorgiaBordoni,UNCChapelHill
• “ItalianCinemaandtheImmigrationintheNordest.”DanielaCunicoDalPra,UNCCharlotte
• “RomanianTransatlanticExchanges:Memoirs,DigitalCommunication,andMediaManipulation.”LetitiaGuran,NorthCarolinaA&T
5:00pm-6:30pm
Specialpresentation(AcklandArtMuseum,101S.ColumbiaSt.,ChapelHill)"Paint/ingasacriticaltoolforsocialchange".GregLindquist,invitedartist.
6:30pm-8:30pm
EveningSocial(AcklandArtMuseum)ParticipantsareinvitedtoaninformalgatheringattheAcklandMuseum.Lighthorsd’oeuvresanddrinksprovided.
Saturday,April1,2017
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Saturday,April1,20179:30am-3:45pm
Registration(Room3411,CarolinaUnion)Coffeeavailableuntil3:30pm
10:15am-11:45am
1.1TeachingSpanishLiteratureinaDigitalEcosystem:TheCaseoftheIntrotoEarlyModernSpanishLiterature.Chair:LuciaBinotti(Room3407,CarolinaUnion)RoundtablediscussionwithCristinaNieto,CrissyHartman,RachelLempp,ChrisNowak,JoanaEhrisman,andJoceJaimes1.2ApplyingScientificMethodstoLiterature.Chair:MauryBruhn(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “SeeingandBelieving?Natural,Unnatural,andAstronomicalRhetoricinPrimoLevi’s‘SidereusNuncius.’”CaterinaAgostini,RutgersUniversity
• “ApsychopathologicalreadingofÉmileZola.”JakeWarner,UniversityofAlabama
• “TheScienceofReading:AttheCrossroadsofPhilologyandInterpretation.”KristjanHannesson,UNCChapelHill
11:45am-12:45pm
Lunchbreak
12:45pm-2:15pm
2.1LiteraryApproachesto20th&21stCenturyTraumaandMemoryStudies.Chair:GregSeveryn(Room3407,CarolinaUnion)• “ReconstructingTraumaNarrativesofthe‘GuerraSucia’inArgentina:TheExperimentalWorksofLuisaValenzuelaandGracielaSacco.”ParkerBrookie,UNCChapelHill
• "ExaminingTraumaWritingasPresentedinAntesqueanochezcabyReinaldoArenas."RossEllison,UNCChapelHill
• “SensingthePast:MemoryandObjectsoftheSpanishCivilWarinElclubdelamemoriabyEvaDíazPérez.”RichardHenricksen,OhioStateUniversity
• “RuinsandtheRuinationofthe‘I’:APhenomenologyofTraumainVolverásaRegiónbyJuanBenet.”NiallAlexanderPeach,PurdueUniversity
Saturday,April1,2017
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12:45pm-2:15pm
2.2ThePursuitof(Forbidden)KnowledgeintheMedievalAge.Chair:HollySims(Room3409,CarolinaUnion)• “DiagnosingtheDemonicandtheDivineintheMemorialeofAngeladaFoligno.”MichaelJ.Clark,UNCChapelHill
• “TheContinuum:BattleandTournamentSpacesintheBaladrodelSabioMerlin(1498).”JosefaCondedeLindquist,UNCChapelHill
• “RepresentationsofAstrologersinthemesterdeclerecía.”KatieKalivoda,UNCChapelHill
• “ASorcerer’sTale:ANecromanceratWork.”PaulLarson,BaylorUniversity
2:30pm-4:00pm
3.1"Oh,thePlacesYou'llGo:"ScientificDiscoveryintheNineteenthCentury.Chair:JessicaTanner(Room3407,CarolinaUnion) • “Diagnosing(Racein)Anthropology:Science,Literature,andRaceinLate-Nineteenth-CenturyFrance.”BastienCraipain,UniversityofChicago
• “RacializedIllnesses,SpatializedRemedies:VisionsofSlaveryandMedicinein19th-CenturyBrazil.”IsabelaFraga,UniversityofChicago
• “Scientificdiscoveryandthefantasticimaginationin19thcenturyFrance.”LizTrueman,UniversityofSheffield,UK
3.2WhatOurEyesTellUs:ScientificApproachestoFilmStudies.Chair:KateGood(Room3409,CarolinaUnion) • “ChromaticSignifiersastheVehicletoConstructtheHeroicFigureinSelma.”Yu-SuChen,UNCChapelHill
• “AuroraasallegoryofthedeathoftheSpanishRepublicinElviajedeCarol(Carol´sJourney).”AmaiaValparis,UNCChapelHill
• “Short-circuitingeros:diegeticdecompositionandvisualhyper-reflexivityinBaise-Moi(2000)-Diagnosing‘trauma’inFrench‘extreme’cinema.”JosephWhite,OhioStateUniversity
4:15pm-5:45pm
Keynoteaddress(ToyLounge,DeyHall)“ItalianShadows:ForaGenealogyofVirtualRealityintheEighteenthandNineteenthCentury.”MassimoRiva,DorothyFordWileyVisitingProfessor,BrownUniversity.
6:00pm-9:00pm
ClosingBanquet(KiposGreekTaverna,431W.FranklinSt.,ChapelHill)Participantsholdingbanquetticketsareinvitedtoattend.
INDEXNamePage#Abendschein,Barbara...................................1Agostini,Caterina............................................5Avalos,Etna.......................................................1Bedrosian,Alyssa............................................3Binotti,Lucia.....................................................5Blackwell,FriedaH.........................................3Bordoni,Giorgia...............................................4Bratos,Francesco............................................2Bramlet,Carrie.................................................1Brookie,Parker................................................5Bruhn,Maury....................................................5Bundy,Kate........................................................2Burgos-Lovece,Ruy........................................2Carter,AshleyW..............................................2Casey,Elena.......................................................3Castagnino,Angelo.........................................2Chen,Yu-Su........................................................6Clark,MichaelJ.................................................6Colaneri,Laura.................................................2CondedeLindquist,Josefa..........................6Cowell,Glynis....................................................1Craipain,Bastien.............................................6CunicoDalPra,Daniela................................4DelValleEscalante,Emilio..........................2Ellison,Ross.......................................................5Ehrisman,Joana...............................................5EscámezBallesta,Marina............................1Fraga,Isabela....................................................6Fraser,Benjamin.............................................1Gabbard,R.Tyler.............................................3Gessell,Donna..................................................3Gill,DavidB........................................................3Gorfkle,Kenneth..............................................2Good,Kate..........................................................6Guran,Letitia.....................................................4Hannesson,Kristjan.......................................5Hartman,Crissy...............................................5
Heitsch,Dorothea...........................................1Henricksen,Richard.......................................5Hewitt,Courtney.............................................3Holt,Kelli............................................................2Irish,JenniferE................................................4Jaimes,Joce........................................................5Jenson,Deborah................................................1Kalivoda,Katie..................................................6Larson,Paul.......................................................6Lempp,Rachel..................................................5Linquist,Greg....................................................4LópezMartín,Alberto...................................4Luisetti,Federico.............................................1Mainland,Catherine.......................................3Márquez,Alejandra........................................3Mejía-Prado,Diego.........................................4Mills,Steven.......................................................5Mosser,Caroline..............................................2Naranjo-Montoya,Julián..............................4Nieto,Cristina...................................................5Norman,Rachel................................................2Nowak,Chris.....................................................5Nunn,Tessa.......................................................2NúñezPouzols,Marta....................................3Orchard,Vivienne...........................................1Peach,NiallAlexander..................................5Pezzullo,Viviana..............................................3Riva,Massimo...................................................6Rivero,Alicia.....................................................4Severyn,Greg....................................................5Sims,Holly...........................................................6Tanner,Jessica..................................................6Trueman,Liz.....................................................6Valparis,Amaia................................................6Venieri,Matteo.................................................3Warner,Jake......................................................5Weissman,Rebecca........................................1White,Joseph....................................................6