MLA 2004

MLA 2004

Philadelphia, PA

Literary Name Creation and Naming Patterns

Tuesday, 28 December, 7:15–8:30 p.m., 304, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the American Name Society

Presiding: Lynn Westney, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

  1. “Proper Nomothetes: The Relation between Name and Name Giver in Antiquity and the Renaissance,” Sabrina Ovan, Univ. of Southern California
  2. “Six Literary Functions of Name Play in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books,” Alleen Pace Nilsen, Arizona State Univ., Tempe
  3. “Between Myth and Mississippi: Names in Eudora Welty’s Losing Battles (1970),” Nassim Winnie Balestrini, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität

Respondent: Lynn Westney
Adaptations, Connotations, and Derivations in Literary Naming

Thursday, 30 December, 1:45–3:00 p.m., 309, Philadelphia Marriott

Program arranged by the American Name Society

Presiding: Christine De Vinne, Ursuline Coll.

  1. “In the Name of Matilda: Feminine Transgression and Romantic Conceit,” Ben P. Robertson, Troy State Univ.
  2. “‘The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name’: Encoded Desire in de Fanu’s Carmilla,” Amy R. Leal, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York
  3. “Shakespeare’s Name Adaptations,” Grant W. Smith, Eastern Washington Univ.