Program 46
46th Annual Comparative Literature Conference
The Comic Spirit in the Modern Age
California State University, Long Beach
April 13-14, 2011
Conference Schedule
Wednesday April 13th, 2011
11 am Session #1
Subversive Humor, Humorous Subversions
12:30 pm Session #2
Deciphering Cultural Comedy
2 pm Plenary Talk -- Judy Carter
4 pm Performance #1 -- Interrobang
5 pm Session #3
Spreading Laughter One Toga at a Time:
Ancient and Modern Satire
Thursday April 14th, 2011
11 am Session #4
Drawing Funny: Critique of the Popular
12:30 pm Session #5
No Laughing Matter: Risks & Contexts
2 pm Plenary Talk -- Ray Lacoste
3 pm Reception
4 pm Performance #2 -- Interrobang
5 pm Session #6
Comedy in Cine-Motion
Wednesday, April 13th, 2011
11 am Session #1 (Anatol Center)
Subversive Humor, Humorous Subversions
Moderated by Devin O'Neill, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Whistling Past the Graveyard: Feminist Discourse and Gallows Humor"
Autumn Furnish, San Jose State University
"Intrinsic Violence of Laughter"
Trevor Fehrman, SFSU
"Faulkner's Perverse Joke: A Rose For Emily"
Boak Ferris, 91ÖÆƬ³§
12:30 pm Session #2 (Anatol Center)
Deciphering Cultural Comedy
Moderated by Katie McLoone, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Laughter in Confinement: Joie de Vivre, Blackness and Violence"
Kara Hunt, UC Irvine
"Ask a Mexican"
Alexandra Jaffe, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"L'Humoriste: King of Québec's Pop Culture"
Jean-Jacques Jura, 91ÖÆƬ³§
Plenary Speaker
"Find Your Funny"
Judy Carter
2 pm Anatol Center
Introduction by Omar Zahzah, 91ÖÆƬ³§
4 pm Performance #1 (Anatol Center)
Interrobang, UCSD
Introduction by Devin O'Neill, 91ÖÆƬ³§
5 pm Session #3 (Anatol Center)
Spreading Laughter One Toga at a Time: Ancient and Modern Satire
Moderated by Kathryn Chew, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Born From Laughter: The Inhabitants of the Satirical Dimension"
Sarah McGinnis, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"'I've been looking for a girl like you': Groucho Marx and Juvenal on Women"
Kevin Call, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Answering Authority: Dialogues of Extraordinary Leaders Through the Eyes of the Common Man"
Reanna Galindo, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Finding The Funny In Food"
Edgar Martinez, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Juvenal, Comedy and Women: Oh, My!"
Alexandra Kane, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"From Aristophanes to SNL: The Satire of Politics"
Erin Yarborough, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Coactae Imperio Sexus: From Juvenal To the Juvenile ("Family Guy")"
Irene Chaiharnswadi, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Viras Feminosque Invertens: Sex and Sensibility"
Zachary Vaccaro, 91ÖÆƬ³§
Thursday, April 14, 2011
11 am Session #4 (Anatol Center)
Drawing Funny: Critique of the Popular
Moderated by Nhora Serrano, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Do Metanarratives Kill Innocent Children? Postmodernity and Laughter in South Park's Stanley Cup"
Enrico Vettore, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Wile E. Coyote, Acme, and the Development of Comic Paradox"
Stephen Fleck, 91ÖÆƬ³§
12:30 pm Session #5 (Anatol Center)
No Laughing Matter: Risks & Contexts
Moderated by Cheryl Goldstein, 91ÖÆƬ³§
"Curatorial Laughter"
Edith Doove, University of Plymouth, UK
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Humor In Poetry"
Patty Seyburn, 91ÖÆƬ³§
Plenary Speaker
"The Comic Spirit: Trivial But Dangerous"
Ray Lacoste
2 pm Karl Anatol Center
Introduction by Omar Zahzah, 91ÖÆƬ³§
3 pm Reception (Anatol Patio)
4 pm Performance #2 (Anatol Center)
Interrobang, UCSD
Introduction by Mary Sotnick, 91ÖÆƬ³§
5 pm Session #6 (Anatol Center)
Comedy in Cine-Motion
Film Screening
Jordan Smith, 91ÖÆƬ³§
Special Thanks to:
Associated Students, Inc.
Myriam Joseph
Penelope Houston
Gretchen Dinger
Jordan Smith
Dean Gerry Riposa
The College of Liberal Arts
Organized by:
Omar Zahzah, President of Associated Students of Comparative Literature (ASCL)
Mary Sotnick, Vice-President of ASCL
Devin O'Neill, Secretary of ASCL
Dr. Nhora Serrano, Faculty Advisor of ASCL
Department of Comparative World Literature and Classics
