9^th August 2008

 

The 21st Conference for the Society for Ecocriticism Studies in Japan

at Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University, Tatemachi Campus in Hiroshima

        

12：10－13：10 ＜Presentation　Session＞

 (1) Ritsko Mouri (Kurashiki Sakyo University)
     Thoreau and Skolimowski: A Conceptual Consideration of Eco-cosmology

  (2) Michiko Nakashima (Yonago National College of Technology)
     "The Pearl" as a Medium -- The Animistic View of Nature in Steinbeck's The Pearl
 

13:20－17:30 ＜Reading Workshop＞　

  (1) Ana Castillo, So Far From God.
       
                    Chair: Kyoko Matsunaga (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)

          Discussants : Yukiko Oshima (Fukuoka University),

                                Yuri Yokota (Hiroshima Kokusai Gakuin University)

                                 Atsuko Mizuno (Sanyo Women’s College)

                                 Michiko Fukai (Kobe Women’s University)

 (2) Thomas Hallock, From the Fallen Tree: Frontier Narratives, Environmental  
           Politics, and the Roots of a National Pastoral, 1749-1826.
           
                     Chair: Koutaro Nakagaki (Daito Bunka University)

          Discussants : Chiaki Asai (Senri Kinran University)
           
                                  Hiroshi Shiota (Hiroshima Shudo University)

  (3) W. C. Dimock & L. Buell, eds. Shades of the Planet.
                 
                      Chair: Keiko Fujiie (Ehime University)

             Discussants: Shoko Itoh (Matsuyama University)

                                  Mitsu Yoshida (Matsuyama University)

                                  Misa Ohno (Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)

    Michiko Fukai (Kobe Women’s University)

    Shoko Tsuji (Matsuyama University)