MLA 2005
Washington, DC
Ethnic Identity in Literary Onomastics
Thursday, 29 December, 12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Ethan Allen, Marriott
Program arranged by the American Name Society
Presiding: Amy R. Leal, Graduate Center, City Univ. of New York
- “Naming in Kiss of the Fur Queen,” Joanie Crandall, Univ. of Saskatchewan
- “Ha Jin and the Dilemma of Ethnic Articulation,” Wenxin Li, Suffolk County Community Coll., NY
- “African and African American Naming Practices in Eighteenth-Century Concord, Massachusetts,” Elise V. Lemire, State Univ. of New York, Purchase
Naming Our Fictional Worlds
Friday, 30 December, 1:45–3:00 p.m., Park Tower Suite 8216, Marriott
Program arranged by the American Name Society
Presiding: Lynn C. Hattendorf Westney, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago
- “Names from the World in Shakespeare’s Tempest,” Grant W. Smith, Eastern Washington Univ.
- “No Name to Hide Behind: Confession in Joseph Conrad’s Under Western Eyes,” Christine De Vinne, Ursuline Coll.
- “‘There Are Places I’ll Remember’: Reading the Beatles’ Toponymic Tendencies,” Kenneth Womack, Penn State Univ., Altoona