Comparative Literature
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With Our Complements: Challenging Epistemic Violence with Wittgenstein and Spivak. Jonathan Lee, University of California, Riverside
If the violence of hegemony is linguistic as well as material, the form of the critic’s response matters. This paper argues that Wittgenstein and Spivak provide two productively different and complementary rhetorics for challenging epistemic violence.
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Romancing the Bomb: Newspaper Accounts of Terrorism in the Novels of Joseph Conrad, Boris Savinkov, and Liam O’Flaherty. Jennifer Malia, American University of Sharjah
Joseph Conrad, Boris Savinkov, and Liam O’Flaherty adapt the Gothic as a literary vehicle by ironically invoking the Burkean sublime to expose their own culture’s anxiety, and desire, for sensational stories on terrorism, particularly in print media.
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Far and Near: The Position of Hawaii as Isolated Islands in the Tales of Jack London and Haruki Murakami. Mikayo Sakuma, Wayo Women's University
The Hawaiian tales of Jack London and Haruki Murakami reveal double meanings of the isolated islands having militaristic significance as well as inspiring our romantic imagination in the modern context.
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"Insider/Outsider" Dynamics in the Plays of Alani Apio and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl. Koreen Nakahodo Schroeder, Chaminade University of Honolulu
The presentation will use a framework derived from both tourist and mobility studies to examine how "insider/outsider" dymanics are constructed within and by the performances in the plays of Alani Apio and Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl.
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