The 18th International Connotations Symposium on “Comedy and its Borders” will take place from July 29 to July 31, 2025. For all announcements and updates regarding the conference, keep an eye on its dedicated page.
Subjects of earlier symposia sponsored by Connotations were:
"And this gives life to thee": Textual Reasons for Canonicity (2023)
Understanding (through) Annotations (2019)
Self-Imposed Fetters: The Productivity of Formal and Thematic Restrictions (2017)
Poetic Justice: Legal, Ethical, and Aesthetic Judgments in Literary Texts (2015)
Poetry in Fiction: Poetic Insertions, Allusions, and Rhythms in Narrative Texts (2013)
Poetic Economy: Ellipsis and Redundancy in Literature (2011)
"Restored from Death" in Literature and Literary Theory (2007)
The Poetics of Conversation in Twentieth-Century Literature and Criticism (2001)
The Presence of Myth in American Literature (1995)