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2ND ANA/AE-FUNAI Expanding Frontiers of Nigerian Literature International Conference and Creative Workshop
2ND ANA/AE-FUNAI EXPANDING FRONTIERS OF NIGERIAN
LITERATURE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND CREATIVE WORKSHOP
THEME:
Nigeria’s Literary Criticism in an Expanding Space of Creative
Writing and Digital Production in the 21st Century
DATE : 2-3 July, 2019.
HOST: Alex Ekwueme Federal University
Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Nigerian
literature is expanding in space, context and productivity but this expansion
is yet to benefit from a robust engagement from the critics in tandem with the
experience of the 80s and 90s and commensurate with the tempo of the new
movement and direction of our literature. From its beginnings in the
pre-colonial era to its post-colonial contextualization, the unique breadth of
Nigerian literature is second to none in the global south nay the continental
sphere. This has not only produced world acclaimed creative writings but also
loads of star writers, international media attention, prizes and intellectual
engagement locally and internationally. There have also been many transitions
in the career and craft of the writer as writing spaces and methods have since
changed to adopt new or emerging schemes, methods and platforms. With this new
development, the critical appreciation of the current literature produced on
and off line in Nigeria is yet to enjoy sustained engagement from the literary
criticism corp of our literature beyond occasional weekend literary punditry in
newspapers and other media; that is if we set apart the criticism done within
the cloistered world of the academia.
Why is it so? Where are the popular
literary critics? Who is best qualified to criticize/analyze emerging Nigerian
literature? What cannons and theories
should inform criticism of contemporary Nigerian literature in a highly
digitalized time such as now? Are the current reviewers or critics well
equipped for the task of the current literary enterprise? What needs to be done to bring literary
criticism back to the front burner of Nigerian literature? The 2nd ANA/AE-FUNAI International Conference and
Creative Workshop seeks to explore answers to these questions and therefore
calls for well researched papers reflecting (but not limited to) the sub-themes below:
·
Nigerian literature in its current form(s)
·
Nigerian creative writing yesterday, today and tomorrow
·
Literary criticism and the critics role in Nigerian literary
enterprise
·
The canons and theories of Nigerian literary criticism
·
Digital literature or literature in online platforms
·
Blogs, online magazines, journals and literary criticism
·
The role of the conventional media in literary criticism
·
The role of publishing organizations and publishers in
literature’s growth in Nigeria
·
The new spaces of publishing, literary production and
distribution
·
Literature and its new critics
·
The role of literary organizations in literary development
·
Re-contextualizing literary criticism in Nigeria
·
The role of universities in literary development in Nigeria.
Abstract Submission
All intending participants should send an
abstract of not more than 250 words to anafunaiconference@gmail.com . Abstracts should be in Times New Roman 12
fonts as an MS Word attachment. The deadline for the submission of abstract is 30
April, 2019. Participants whose abstracts are accepted will be notified by
the first week of May 2019.
Conference participants are to come with a least five (5) hard copies of their
papers for distribution to panelists.
Creative Workshop Series
Four
workshops shall hold simultaneously within the period of the conference. These
workshops shall, among other things, provide for professionals and
distinguished writers to engage younger writers in creative enterprises. These
workshops, which shall be participatory in nature, shall enable participants to
gather skills in the following areas:
1.
Poetry
2.
Prose
3.
Drama
4.
Drawing /painting
Conference Registration fee
Early Bird Registration ₦15,000
Registration at
the gate ₦20,000
Workshop Registration fee
Early Bird Registration ₦5,000
Registration at
the gate ₦10,000
All payments
should be made to the following account:
Association of
Nigerian Authors
Zenith Bank
1014606745
For general inquiries, please contact:
Dr.
Ofonime Inyang
National
General Secretary
Association
of Nigerian Authors (ANA)
+234
818 816 4110, +234 805 786 8575
Prof.
R.C. Ejiaga
Dean,
Faculty of Humanities
Federal
University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (FUNAI)
+234
9039199493
rcejiaga@yahoo.com
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