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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">International Symposium on
Proletarian Literature in </SPAN></B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
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Day="1" Year="2002"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">November 1-2,
2002</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">, at the
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">University</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Chicago</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">This symposium brings
together scholars of Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean proletarian
literature, drama and the visual arts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Together, we will reinvestigate works by writers and artists who examined
the relationships between capitalism, colonialism, class struggle, and
nationalism during a period of tremendous industrial development, political
unrest, booming mass media, and immanent war. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">For more information and a
schedule, please see the website<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">http://ceas.uchicago.edu/eastasianproletarianliterature.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Or, contact Heather
Bowen-Struyk (heather1@uchicago.edu) with
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