The Rutgers British Studies Center Presents:
Vernacular Poetics
Vernacular Poetics is a symposium bringing together poets, medievalists, and scholars of twentieth and twenty-first century literature to think about the relationship between linguistic change and formal and generic experimentation. Close attention to poetry and poetics in two distinct historical moments will refine understandings of vernacularity, language contact, and translation and put pressure on the idea of literature in English as a monolingual tradition.
9:00 | Coffee & pastries
9:20 | Welcome remarks
9:30 – 11 | Session I
Moderated by Andrew Goldstone
Akshya Saxena, Tim William Machan, Hal Monmma
11:15 – 12:45 | Session II
Moderated by Meredith McGill
Preetha Mani, Nicholas Watson, Kara Gaston
12:45 – 2:00 | Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 | Session III
Jahan Ramazani, Rebecca Walkowitz, Anjali Nerlekar
3:30 – 4 | Break
Late afternoon treats/refreshed coffee
4:00 – 5:30 | Session IV
Moderated by David Orr
Jeff Dolven, David Hadbawnik, Marwa Helal
5:30 | Brief closing remarks
6:00 | Dinner
All are welcome
Free and open to the public