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
- “Proper Nomothetes: The Relation between Name and Name Giver in Antiquity and the Renaissance,” Sabrina Ovan, Univ. of Southern California
- “Six Literary Functions of Name Play in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books,” Alleen Pace Nilsen, Arizona State Univ., Tempe
- “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.
- “In the Name of Matilda: Feminine Transgression and Romantic Conceit,” Ben P. Robertson, Troy State Univ.
- “‘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
- “Shakespeare’s Name Adaptations,” Grant W. Smith, Eastern Washington Univ.