The 43rd Annual Conference
of the
Linguistic Circle of Manitoba & North Dakota

October 20-21, 2000

The Holiday Inn South

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Friday, October 20

Opening remarks by the Dean of the UManitoba Faculty of Arts, Dr. Robert O'Kell.

During the Friday night Banquet at the "Frontier Room" of the Holiday Inn Winnipeg South, Miranda Remnek, University of Minnesota E-Text Research Centre, spoke about "Women's Travel Writing, 1830-1930."

The 2000 LCMND Programme [35 papers]:

Session 1A. Travel Narratives I:

1. Corsica / John Gahan, UM.

2. The Pelerinage of Charlemagne / John Allen.

3. Samuel Johnson's "Journey [to the Hebrides]" in 18th century travel books / Eric Furuseth, MSU. --

Session 1B. L'Ecriture des Femmes I:

1. Le sacrifice dans "Noces" de Colette / Anne Sechin, UM. 2. Deconstruction du roman sentimental de George Sand / Dominique Laporte, UM. --

Session 2A. Recits de Voyage II:

1. "L'Amerique au jour le jour" de Simone de Beauvoir / Louise Renee, UM.

2. Quest romance in John Krakauer's "Into thin air" / Robert Byrnes, UW.

3. The spiritual journey of Jack Kerouac's "On the road" / Gordon Beveridge, UM. Desire & Dissection in "Don Quixote" / Enrique Fernandez, UM. --

Session 2B. Vistas & Regionalisms:

1. Frederick Philip Grove's first autobiography "A Search for America" (1927): the 2001 electronic edition / Gaby Divay, UM.

2. Melville's tragic hero / Tom Matchie, NDSU.

3. Short stories, local color, & modern regionalism / Bill Cosgrove, NDSU. --

4. Novels, Poems, and Coon songs / Reinhold Kramer, Brandon U.

Saturday, October 21

Session 3A. L'Ecriture des Femmes II:

1. L'ecrivain & l'ecriture chez Gabrielle Roy / Julie Legal, UM. 2. La problematique de l'ecriture chez Gabrielle Roy / Vincent Schonberger, Lakehead University.

3. La force des femme dans "Musiques de scenes" de Francoise Sagan / Andre Lebugle, UND. --

Session 3B. Linguistics & Narratology:

1. Middle voice use in Canadian Icelandic / Kristin Johannsdottir, UM.

2. Linguistic fingerprints: phasal analysis of the Ramsey ransom note / Barbara J. Becker, UW.

3. Teaching narrative inquiry: postmodern & feminist roots / Jacqueline McLeod-Rogers, UW. --

Session 4A. Recits de voyage III:

1. La nouvelle France (1664) de Pierre Boucher: honnetete d'une propaganda / Laurent Policquin, CUSB.

2. Explorateurs, soldats, marchands, anthropologues / Alexandra Kinge & Alan MacDonell, UM.

3. De la putain a la sainte: les filles du roi dans les "Nouveau voyages" de Lahontan & le roman "Beauchene" de Lesage / Rene Brisebois, UBC. --

Session 4B. Women's Writings III & Changing Textual Practices:

1. Battle fronts: the rhetorical spaces of Mahony Griffin's "Magic of America" / Elizabeth Birmingham, NDSU.

2. Suffering bodies as visionary tapestry in medieval anchoritic devotions / Michelle M. Sauer, MSU.

3. The lives of pioneers in "My Antonia" / Derek Driedger, UND. --

Session 5A. Rhetoric & Philosophy:

1. Time, space, & rhetorical education in the 21st century / Kevin Brooks, NDSU.

2. Epicureanism in verse: Lucretius' contribution to his Master's philosophy / Daniel Erickson, UND.

3. Philosophical dialogue: its nature & essential condition / Theodore Messenger, UND. --

Session 5B. Travel Narrativees & Exploration of Literature IV:

1. Discovery: thoughts on the writings of Christopher Columbus / Debra Maury, UND.

2. Mungo Park's changing narrative perceptions while on expedition down the river Gambia, 1795 / Robert E. Kibler, MSU.

3. Women's travel writing, 1830-1930 / Miranda Remnek, UMinnesota, ETRC. --

Session 6A. Philosophy:

1. Choosing Fate: Lermontov's case against resigned acceptance / Karim Dharamsi, UW.

2. The meaning of philosophy & the illusion of diversity in the Humanities / J. R. Muir, UW. --

Session 6B. L'Autre / The Other:

1. Une conscience mutilee / Rachelle Thibodeau, UM.

2. Un etranger a Paris: Vittorio Alfieri et la dialectique de la tyrannie / Sante Viselly, UW.

3."The screens" by Jean Genet: the use of space in the dramatic representation of rebellion / Andrew B. Trump, NDSU.

Lunch & Business Meeting:

The Circle's year 2000 President, Constance Cartmill, conducted the Business Meeting. It was agreed to establish a web-site for the LCMND, and that, like the affiliation of all Secretary-Treasurers, it be housed in Winnipeg. Because of the University of Manitoba's status as one of the LCMND's founding members, it will be part of this University's web-site.