[Englecturers] FYI: Art as Imitation (7/30/05; collection)

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Subject: CFP: Art as Imitation (7/30/05; collection)


We would like to invite you to contribute an essay to a critical anthology 
that examines the relationship between imitation, creation, and the 
created object.  Our working title is *Mirror up to Nature: Art as 
Imitation.*  The collection will consist of a set of essays in various 
disciplines within the Arts and Humanities, essays which will explore the 
issues of mimesis and metaphor in the context of modern, postmodern, and 
contemporary art, literature, film, and architecture.

The essays we will include should examine some of the following questions: 
 

What is the relationship of the creative act to the object imitated?   
Is all art inherently imitative?  
What does it mean to say something is imitative?
Does metaphor require mimesis?
What is the relationship between verbal/visual metaphor and the 
referent?
What is the distinction between imitation and interpretation? What is the
relationship between invented worlds and historical worlds? What is the
value of mimetic form? Is expression a form? How are space and time
represented in the created object? What constitutes a copy? What constitutes
the transformative act in the self-referential post-modern  object? What is
the expressive element of imitation?
 
The approach we are seeking is not primarily historical, nor are we 
seeking discussions that are purely theoretical.  We ask that theory be 
explored with reference to specific works.
 
Abstracts of proposed papers should be submitted by July 30 to the 
following address:
     
     Prof. Douglas Friedlander or Prof. David Pushkin      
     130 Hofstra University
     Roosevelt Hall 211
     Hempstead, NY  11549

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