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TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION Sheraton-Western Skies Motor Hotel (Route 66 at Interstate 40, Albuquerque, New Mexico) at the Invitation of THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO Committee on local arrangements. Chairman and Treasurer: Robert Holzapfel Pre-registration: David Johnson Exhibits and Publicity: James Thorson ABSTRACT OF PROGRAM OF ALBUQUERQUE MEETING Thursday 12 October 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 2nd Annual Meeting of Western Literature Association 8:30 p.m. Meeting of RM-MLA Advisory Council Friday 13 October 9:30 a.m. Opening Session, RM-MLA 10:30-12:00 a.m. RM-MLA Sections: English I, Engüsh IV, Modern Languages HA, Modern Languages IIB, Classical Literature 12:10 p.m. RM-MLA Luncheon 1:50-3:20 p.m. RM-MLA Sections: Modern Language I, English Language and Linguistics, Dramatic Literature, English V 3:30 p.m. RM-MLA Plenary Meeting 7:30 p.m. RM-MLA Banquet Saturday 14 October 8:30 a.m. RM-MLA Section Chairmen Breakfast 9:30 a.m. RM-MLA Business Meeting 10:30-12:00 a.m. RM-MLA Sections: Western Americana-Folklore, Comparative Literature, English II, Modern Languages III, English III Details follow. SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE WESTERN LITERATURE ASSOCIATION THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER Registration. 10:00-11:45 a.m. South Lobby. Fee, $2.00. Luncheon. 12:00-1:30 p.m. Quarterhorse Room. $3.25 Speaker: Donald Greene (University of Wisconsin) : "Western Canadian Literature: Some Reflections" 63 64RM-MLA BulletinSeptember 1967 THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER Symposium on Western American Literature. 1:30-3:00 p.m. Manzano Room Moderator: D. E. Wylder, President, Western Literature Association Members: John R. Milton (University of South Dakota), Max Westbrook (University of Texas), Don D. Walker (University of Utah), John Barsness (Montana State University) Section Meeting: Western American Prose. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Sandia Room Chairman: J. Golden Taylor, Executive Secretary, Western Literature Association Papers: Paul Bryant (Colorado State University) on H. L. Davis, Thomas J. Lyon (Utah State University) on Frank Waters, Gerald V. Brenner (University of Washington) on John Williams, James K. Folsom (Yale University) on Western Films Section Meeting: Western American Poetry and Drama. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Territorial Room Chairman: A. Wilber Stevens (Prescott College) Papers : To be announced Meeting of RM-MLA advisory committee. 8:30 p.m. Zuni Room Presiding: Henry Pettit, Secretary RM-MLA FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER Opening session. 9:30 a.m. Indian Room Presiding: Robert M. Duncan, Co-President RM-MLA University Welcome: Ferrel Heady, Academic Vice-President, University of New Mexico Observations: Robert M. Holzapfel, Chairman, Committee on Arrangements English I: Literature to 1800. 10:30-12:00 a.m. Territorial Room Chairman: Mason Tung ( University of Idaho) Co-chairman: Marcia Bullard ( University of New Mexico) 1.BUSINESS: Election of officers, etc. 2.J. T. MCCULLEN, JR. (Texas Technological College), "Tobacco: A Recurrent Theme in Eighteenth-Century Literature." Though labeled "a common subject of no elevation," tobacco achieved prominence in eighteenth-century literature. Religion, politics, manners, and fads, as well as major personalities, were linked with tobacco. Whatever it lacks in profundity, this theme is quite adaptable to sentiments, humor, incongruities , and techniques characteristic of neo-classical literature. 3.WILLIAM J. SHANAHAN (Idaho State University), "John Dryden's Sense of Dual Obligation." Throughout his literary career, John Dryden remained conscious of the difference between artistic theories and commercial demands, his critical comments often reflecting a profound and deep-seated cynicism. Paradoxically, however, Dryden's awareness of the difference between his own standards and those of his audience lends a tolerant and universal quality to his criticism. Program65 FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER 4.JOHN A. THOMAS (Brigham Young University), "Donne's Use of Proverbial Lore in 'The Progresse of the Soule.' " Prior studies of Donne's "The Progresse of the Soule" (1601), while interested in its obscurities, frequently dismiss it as an errant orphan. In re-evaluating the poem, one discovers universalizing proverbs that bring the three-dimensional narrative episodes into a comfortable order, which underline a Donnian theme that man's harried soul finds "security neither in high estate or low." 5.THOMAS MATTHEWS PEARCE (University of New Mexico...

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