CFP: Neil Gaiman (grad) (2/1/06; disjunctions, 4/7/06-4/8/06)

ETA: Welcome to virgule, Neil Gaiman's blog readers. This is just a repost of the original CFP; I am not the individual running the panel, and nor, to the best of my knowledge, is anyone here. If you have questions or comments about the CFP, please contact the individual listed in the CFP. Thanks!

CFP: Neil Gaiman (grad) (2/1/06; disjunctions, 4/7/06-4/8/06)

This call for papers is a proposed panel to be held at Disjunctions, the University of California, Riverside's 13th Annual Humanities Conference, April 7-8, 2006. In keeping with this year's theme, Lost in Translation, this panel attempts to investigate how Neil Gaiman's work translates into academia.

Although he is probably best known for his Sandman series of graphic novels, Gaiman is also an acclaimed novelist. In an attempt to unify Gaiman's canon, this panel welcomes readings of both the Sandman and of his novels: Neverwhere, Good Omens, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, and Anansi Boys.

Suggested topics include

Gaiman's role as contemporary Gothic author
Intertextuality and mythology
Gaiman as transatlantic, American, or British author
Gender and sexuality
Dreams, the psyche, and subjectivity
Witchcraft, the supernatural, and the uncanny
Fantasy and/as literature
Visual narrative and the graphic novel

Email abstracts of approximately 250 words to Nowell.Marshall@email.ucr.edu on or before Feb. 1, 2006. All submissions will be acknowledged upon receipt.