This undergraduate student-organized event includes presentations by Jonathan Hayden, Amelia Marvit, Zhiyuan Li, Bartholomew Chu, Bridget Zhang, Kristina Shea, Maggie Parsley, Thomas Reese, Charles Ding, Manuela Garay, and Erika Li. 

Students will be presenting on a range of subjects related to comparative literature including literature and science, South Korea, Western Europe, and Doctor Who. 

This event is organized into two sessions of 10-12 minute presentations, including opening remarks by Professor Adam Spanos.  

Come for a session or stay for all three! 

Refreshments will be provided. 

PROGRAM:

10:00 AM WELCOME

10:05 AM OPENING REMARKS

Adam Spanos, USC Department of Comparative Literature

10:30 AM PANEL 1: TRANSCENDING BODIES

• Jonathan Hayden: "Breaking out of the Machine and Becoming Byron: Little Language in Virginia Woolf's The Waves"
• Amelia Marvit: "Two Hearts Are Better Than One: An Exploration of the Cardiovascular System of Time Lords in Doctor Who"
• Zhiyuan Li: "Racine: The Transcendence of Classical Plays"

12:05 PM LUNCH BREAK

12:45 PM PANEL 2: TRANSCENDING MEDIA

• Bridget Zhang: "Questioning Love: A Photographic Contemplation on Qiu Miaojin's Platonic Hair"
• Kristina Shea: "Gender and Genre as Performative and Performance in Debbie: An Epic"
• Erika Li: "In Defense of Illness: Sickness as a Seed for Empowerment in Safe"
• Maggie Parsley: "Art of Violence: Gender, Performance, and Performance of Gender"
• Thomas Reese: "Void of Visuality"

1:50 pm CLOSING REMARKS

Natania Meeker, USC Department of Comparative Literature Director of Undergraduate Studies

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