Visions and Revisions: Mapping the World of Anglo-American Studies at the Turn of the Century IX International Conference on English Language and Literary Studies Department of English Language and Literature Faculty of Philosophy University of Montenegro Nikšić October 3-5, 2013 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2013 08.30 10.00 Registration (Room 123, 1st floor) CONFERENCE VENUE: Svečana sala, 1st floor 10.00 Welcome Address, Prof. Dr.Blagoje Cerović Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy Dr. Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević Department of English Language and Literature 10.15 Key-note Lecture: Professor Daragh Downes School of English, Trinity College, Dublin And then falls (to) with an appetite : The Enduring Mystery of The Mystery of Edwin Drood 11.15 11.30 Coffee Break 11.30 12.45 Mediator: Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević Stipe Grgas, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia American Studies at the Turn of the Century
Petar Penda, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenging Literary (Dis)Continuum Modernist Perspectives Revisited Svetlana Kalezić-Radonjić, University of Montenegro Poetic Image as a Communicational Media in Poetry of Seamus Heaney Fiona Tomkinson, Yeditepe University, Turkey Speak, God of visions... : Visions, Revisions and Revisitations in Twenty-first Century Gothic 12.45 14.15 Lunch Break 14.15 16.00 Mediator: Sandra Vujović Brankica Bojović, University of Montenegro Translation and Arts Discourse Željka Babić, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Linguistic Cyberpunking Ana Sánchez-Muñoz, California State University, USA Shifting Identities: Narratives of Code-switching and Identity Miloš D. Đurić, University of Belgrade, Serbia Semantic Analysis of Compounds in Electrical Engineering Discourse Igor Lakić, Institute of Foreing Languages, University of Montenegro Typical Syntactic, Grammatical and Lexical Errors in Students Translation of Legal Texts Bledar Toska, University of Vlore, Albania A New Vision for the Future: Obama and Romney Metadiscoursing in the Presidential Debates 16.00 16.15 Coffee Break 16.15 17.15 Mediator: Saša Simović Armela Panajoti, University of Vlore, Albania Celebrity/ Promotional Discourse and Whitman s Song of Myself Sabina Osmanović, University Luigj Gurakuqi, Shkodra, Albania Dealing with Evanescence: The Motif of Old Age and the Crisis of Meaning in Philip Roth s The Dying Animal Branko Crnogorac, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Forster s Italy in William Trevor s After Rain 17.15 Key-note Lecture: Professor Nicholas Grene School of English, Trinity College, Dublin Ireland and the Imagination of Russia 19.00 - An Evening With Milorad Popović, author of Karnera. Besides the author, there will be the following speakers: Rajko Cerović and Pavle Goranović (in Montenegrin) Mediator: Aleksandra Kosović-Simanić 20.30 Conference Dinner
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2013 09.00 10.00 Mediator: Joanie Andruss Lili Karapetyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia Pragmatic Failures in Cross-Cultural Communication: Their Causes and Prevention Joanie Andruss, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA, USA Critical Literacy and Social Justice: Teaching Students to Interpret Literature through Multiple Perspectives Marija Mijušković, University of Montenegro Mapping the Importance of Metacognitive Strategies in Foreign Language Reading Classroom Aleksandra Izgarjan and Diana Prodanović-Stankić, University of Novi Sad Use of Humour as a Means of Integrating ELT and Teaching American Literature at the University Level 10.00 10.15 Coffee Break 10.15 Key-note Lecture: Professor Martin McQuillan Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Kingston University, London The Sex Lives of the Philosophers 11.15 12.30 Mediator: Marija Krivokapić-Knežević Elonora Hodaj, University of Vlore Ismail Qemali, Albania Saul Bellow s Neo-Transcendentalism Under the Influence of European Modernist Literature and American Literary Tradition Benjamin Keatinge, South-East European University, Macedonia Mapping Beckett Studies since the Millennium Tatjana Dumitrasković, Teachers Training Faculty in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina Modern Critical Approaches to Shakespeare: New Readings of The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure Among the Late 20 th Century Critics Esmeralda Subashi, University of Tirana, Albania The Universal and Timeless World of Shakespeare s Work 12.30 Mapping the World of T.S. Eliot and Margaret Atwood at the Turn of the Century with Petar Penda and Tatjana Bijelić from the University of Banja Luka Mediator: Vanja Vukićević-Garić (in Montenegrin) 13.30 Lunch Break 15.00 16.00 Mediator: Dragana Jevtić, University of Belgrade, Serbia
All the Faces of Modern Feminism Through Fitzgerald s Tender is the Night Tatjana Bijelić, University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Fluidity of Re-Quest in Contemporary Women's Writing John Spurlock, Seton Hill University, USA Storm Warning: U.S. Sexual Culture at the Dawning of the 21 st Century 16.00 16.30 Coffee Break 16.30 17.30 Mediator: Jelena Vulanović Maja Muhić, South-East European University, Macedonia Culture, Power, and Solidarity of the Subjects in Action Ksenija Kondali, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Postcolonial Memory and the Legacy of Transatlantic Slavery in Twenty-First Century Literature in English Jeanine Belgodere, La Havre University, France Bob Haozous Sculptural Works: Going Beyond a Romanticized Vision of Native Americans 20.00 Evening Dedicated to David Crystal Miloš D. Đurić, University of Belgrade Goran Drinčić, Institute of Foreign Languages, University of Montenegro Mediator: Ljiljana Mijanović (in Montenegrin) 09.00 10.00 Mediator: Marija Mijušković SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2013 Draginja Jeftić, University of Montenegro Foreign Language Teaching in the First Decade of the 21 st Century Violeta Stojičić, University of Niš and Radmila Bodrič, University of Novi Sad Contemporary Systemic-functional Perspective on Genre Pedagogy Petraq Buka, University of Tirana, Albania Effective Classroom Management and Discipline 10.15 10.30 Coffee Break 10.30 11.45 Mediator: Miloš D. Đurić Shpetim Madani, Defense Academy, Tirana, Albania The Dimension of Political Freedom in Bernard Malamud s Novel The Fixer Arben Bushgjokaj, University of Shkodra, Albania Hybrid Identities in Barbara Kingsolver s The Posionwood Bible Sanja Čukić, University of Novi Sad, Serbia The Power of Narration in The Woman Warrior: Subversion of History and Tradition Loran Gami, University of Tirana, Albania Less is more Reductionism in Beckett s Plays 11.45 12.45 Mediator: Milena Mrdak-Mićović Nada Buzadžić-Nikoaljević, University of Novi Sad
The Intersections of Literature and Visual Arts in Contemporary American Narrative: Ann Beattie s Short Fiction Bavjola Shatro, Aleksandër Moisiu University, Albania Between American Contemporary Literature and Albanian Culture; Images and Metaphysics in the Poetry of Luljeta Lleshanaku (A Comparative Approach) Miloš D. Đurić, University of Belgrade, Serbia Toril Moi s Reading of Simone de Beauvoir s L Invitée (She Came to Stay) 12.30 Farewell Speech Dr. Marija Krivokapić-Knežević 13.00 Conference Excursion Each presenter is expected to read a 15-minute paper. The conference fee is 80 Euros and it is to be paid at the registration desk. It includes: publication (of selected papers), the book of abstracts, office material, conference dinner and excursion. For more information on the conference, please consult: www.nicells.ac.me. For the Organizing Committee: Dr. Marija Krivokapić-Knežević Dr. Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević For the Academic Committee: Dr. Manuela D Amore, Universita di Catania Dr. Bojka Đukanović, University of Montenegro Dr. Miloš D. Đurić, University of Belgrade Dr. Aleksandra V. Jovanović, University of Belgrade Dr. Marija Krivokapić-Knežević, University of Montenegro Dr. Philip McGowan, Queen s University Belfast Dr. Aleksandra Nikčević-Batrićević, University of Montenegro Dr. Sanja Runtić, University of Osijek Dr. Maxim Shadurski, University of Edinburgh Dr. Nina Sirković, University of Split Dr. Robert Sullivan, University of Mostar