ACCCSAL
'96
May 18, 1996
Program
May 18, 1996
Program
10:00-10:15
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Allan Weiss, York University
10:15-11:45
Session I: Identity
Gail Irwin
"Who's Who in Virtual Reality: The Nationhood of Cyberspace in William Gibson's Mona Lisa Overdrive"
James Allard
"Tigana, Identity, and the Boundaries of the Mind"
Trevor Holmes, York University
"Polite Bite? Configuring `Canadian' in Nancy Baker's Vampire Fiction"
13:30-15:00
Session II: Politics and History
Dominick Grace, Algoma University College
"The Handmaid's Tale: Historical Notes and Documentary Subversion"
Allan Weiss, York University
"Separations and Unities: Approaches to Quebec Separatism in English- and French-Canadian Science Fiction"
Nanci White
"Home Alone: Surveillance and the Rise of Dystopian Fiction"
15:30-17:00
Session III: Postmodernist, Feminist, and Other Challenges
Nancy Johnston, York University
"Geoff Ryman and the Prism of Gender"
Melanie Martilla
"The Works of O. R. Melling"
17:00-17:15
Closing Remarks
Allan Weiss, York University