Program Summary

PROGRAMSUMMARY RegistrationBook and Computer Exhibit Lobby, Provo Excelsior HotelWoodruff Room 101 W. 100 N., Provo, UT 84601 Thursday 12:00-7:00Thursday 12:00-6:00 Friday 8:00-6:00Friday 9:00-6:00 Saturday 8:00-12:00Saturday 9:00-1:00 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 4:00-8:00—RMMLA Board Meeting, Executive Board Room 4:00-5:30Foreign Language: Francophone Literatures of the Caribbean and of the sub-Saharan Africa, Summit Foreign Language: Other Germanic Literatures, Richards 5:00-6:30—Opening Reception (sponsored by College of Humanities , BYU - Dean Richard H. Cracroft), McKay Room 5:45-10:30—Special Event: International Cinema - BYU Campus (free shuttle and free admission) "Literature into Film," see events board for films, details. 5:45-7:15Foreign Language: Slavic Literature, Alpine Linguistics: Spanish and Portuguese, Arches General Topic: Comparative Literature, Summit General Topic: American Humor, Richards Special Topic: Galway Kinnell, Monument 7:30-9:30— Special Event: Poetry Reading, Richards Foreign Language: Asian Languages and Literatures, Alpine Teaching: English, Summit General Topic: Ethnic Studies, Arches FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 7:30-8:30—CEA Breakfast, Summit 179 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 8:30-10:00— English: Old and Middle English, Alpine English: Nineteenth Century American Literature (discussion ), Executive Foreign Language: Classical Languages and Literature (Greek), Richards Linguistics: Slavic Linguistics, Arches Teaching: English Composition, Summit General Topic: Problems of Translation from Foreign Languages , Monument Conjoint Meeting: Popular Culture, McKay 10:15-11:45— English: English Renaissance Literature, Executive Foreign Language: Comparative Twentieth Century French and Québécois Literatures, Arches Foreign Language: German Literature since 1900, Alpine Foreign Language: Peninsular Spanish Literature, Monument General Topic: Literature and the Other Arts, McKay Conjoint Meeting: Rocky Mountain American Dialect Society, Summit Special Topic: Teaching Technical Writing, Richards 11:45-1:30— Optional tour - Missionary Training Center, intensive language training. Visit BYU Campus - Humanities computing facilities, see events board - free shuttle. Dessert reception in 2044 Jesse Knight Humanities Building. Lunch facilities available. 1:45-3:15— English: English Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Literature, Summit Foreign Language: Classical Languages and Literature (Latin), McKay Foreign Language: The French Novel from 1974-1984, Arches Teaching: Feminist Perspectives in the Classroom, Richards General Topic: Film, Executive General Topic: Children's Literature, Monument 180 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 General Topic: Computers in Language and Literature, Alpine 3:30-5:00— English: English Literature after 1800, Alpine Foreign Language: Research Methodologies in Latin-American Literature, Canyon Teaching: Foreign Languages (discussion), Executive General Topic: Women and Literature, Summit General Topic: American Indian Literature, Monument General Topic: Creative Writing, Arches 5:00-7:00— Tour of BYU campus — Bookstore, library displays, museums , etc. Call BYU Hosting for individual arrangements, 378-4678. 5:45-10:30— Special Event: International Cinema, "Literature into Film," BYU campus (free shuttle), see events board 6:30-7:30—No host cocktails, Talmage 7:30—Banquet, Talmage Welcome: Dean Richard H. Cracroft Speaker: Wayne C. Booth, George M. Pullman Professor of English, University of Chicago. "Toward a Rhetoric of Religion : Modern Literature as Scripture." (Utah law does notpermityourwaiter to serve liquor. You may purchase wine and bring it to the table.) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 7:30-8:45—Women's Caucus Breakfast, Summit 9:00-10:30— Foreign Language: French Literature after 1800, Alpine 181 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 9:00-10:30 (continued) Foreign Language: German Literature before 1900, Monument Foreign Language: Italian Literature, Arches Foreign Language: Spanish American Literature, Richards General Topic: Literary Criticism, Executive Conjoint Meeting: Women's Caucus Seminar, Summit Conjoint Meeting: Frank Waters Society, McKay 10:45-12:15— English: American Literature after 1900, Summit Foreign Language: French Literature before 1800, Executive Foreign Language: Slavic Methodology, Monument Linguistics: English, McKay General Topic: British Romantic Literature, Arches Conjoint Meeting: Asociación de Literatura Femenina Hisp ánica: Letras Femeninas, Alpine Special Topic: Feminist Perspectives on Shakespeare, Richards 12:30-1:30—RMMLA Business Meeting, McKay 1:45-3:15— English: Colonial American Literature, Richards Foreign Language: Luzo-Brazilian Language and Literature , Executive Linguistics: Foreign Languages, Alpine General Topic: Oral/Traditional Arts, Summit Conjoint Meeting: Association for Mormon Letters, McKay Conjoint Meeting: American Association of University Professors of Italian, Monument 3:00-7:00—Hike to Stewart Falls in Robert Redford...