Saturday, 27 December

46. The End of Literature and/or Marxist Literary Criticism

3:30–4:45 p.m., San Francisco Marriott, room number TBA

Program arranged by the Marxist Literary Group

Presiding: Emilio Sauri, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

1. “Literature, Immanent Critique, and the Problem of Standpoint,” Neil A. Larsen, Univ. of California, Davis

2. “‘Little Bundles of Condensed Catastrophe’: Marxism and Literary Form in the Twenty-First Century,” Mathias Nilges, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

3. “‘How Empire Permeates!’: Globalization and Literary Criticism,” Imre John Szeman, McMaster Univ.

Respondent: Emilio Sauri

Monday, 29 December

653. Cash Bar Arranged by the Marxist Literary Group

5:15–6:30 p.m., Golden Gate 7, Hilton San Francisco