III. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES: LITERATURE – CULTURE

In recent years, novels of Asian writers such as Murakami Haruki, Mo Yan have been widely read. Not only literature but also Asian culture from everyday life to intellectual area attracts attention in Asian and Western countries. In games from go to mahjonga, anime to Bollywood movies, martial sports from Taijiquan to Taekwondo, food culture from sushi to curry sauce take place in the Western and Asian everyday life harmonously. For this reason, we have chosen “Literature – Culture” as main theme for the International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literatures III. We are expecting to build an international platform for both academical researches and also interesting cultural sharing.

SYMPOSIUM TOPICS

This symposium invites papers that investigate the teaching of Asian Languages in the following streams:

Literature

Literary Theories and Criticism

Comparative Literature

Literature and Interdisiplinary Studies

Literature and Social Identity

Literary Genres

Teaching of Literature

History of Literature

Culture

Culture Theories

Comparative Culture Studies

Culture and Interdisiplinary Studies

Culture and Social Identity

Popular Culture

Culture Policies

History of Culture

SUBMISSION

Call for Papers:

Deadline for Abstract Submission:

Notification of Acceptance of Papers:

Deadline for Registration Fee Payment:

Deadline for Final Paper Submission:

Symposium Dates:

September 1, 2013

November 15, 2013

December 2, 2013

March 3, 2014

April 1, 2014

May 8-9, 2014