Dr. Seodial F. H. Deena @ East Carolina University

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WORKS SUBMITTED/ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION:

“Bhaka’s Rejection of Christianity: A Question of Justice for the Poor.” Commonwealth Review. Forthcoming Fall 2004.
Situating Caribbean Literature and Criticism in Multicultural and Postcolonial Studies. Forthcoming, Peter Lang Publishing, Summer
          2004.
From Around the Globe: Secular Authors and Biblical Perspectives. Edited Collection of Essays. Forthcoming, University of America
          Press, Fall 2004.
Abstract, "Multicultural and Postcolonial Interpretations of Caribbean Literature and Its Environment." Association of Caribbean
          Studies 2003 Abstracts. Ed. O. R. Dathorne. Lexington, KY: ACS, 2003. Forthcoming, Fall 2003.
"Multicultural and Postcolonial Interpretations of Caribbean Literature and Its Environment." Journal of Caribbean Studies. Forthcoming, Spring 2004.
“A Critical Overview of Caribbean Literature.” Proceedings of the 9th International Region and Nation Literature Conference.
          Forthcoming Spring 2004.
“Colonialism and Capitalism: ‘The love of money is the root of all evil’ in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea.” Proceedings of the 9th
          International Region and Nation Literature Conference. Forthcoming Spring 2004.

WORKS PUBLISHED:

Abstract, “A Postcolonial Perspective of African American Writers’ Shifting Relationship with the Bible.” The Second International Conference
           on New Directions in the Humanities, Monash University Centre in Prato, Tuscany, Italy, July 20-23, 2004.
           http://humanitiesconference.com/ProposalSystem/Presentations/P000944
“Synonymy of Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism through Globalization.” Latitude 63° North: Proceedings of the 8th International
           Region and Nation Literature Conference. Ed. David Bell. Östersund, Sweden: Mid-Sweden University College, Fall 2002. 89-112.
Video Tape, “Moments with Ms. Cassandra Darden Bell, Local African American Author, The Color of Love.” Aired on ECU’s TV Nell Lewis’
           Diversity Moments, Fall 2002.
Video Tape, “Interracial, Intercultural, International, and Interdisciplinary Relationships: A Panel Discussion.” Aired on ECU’s TV Nell Lewis’
           Diversity Moments, Spring 2002.
Abstract, "The Centrality of Caribbean Literature Depicting Postcolonial and Multicultural
          Preoccupations." XXII Annual West Indian Literature Conference, Abstracts. Ed.
          Sandra Pouchet Paquet. Coral Gables, Florida: University of Miami, 2003. 5. Also at
          http://www.as.miami.edu/english/cls/ConferenceAbstracts.pdf
Abstract, “A Postcolonial and Feminist Perspective of the Role of Nature as an Instrument of Resistance in Caribbean Literature.”
           Association of Caribbean Studies 2001 Abstracts. Ed. O. R. Dathorne. Lexington, KY: ACS, 2002. 13-14.
Abstract, “Plenary lecture: ‘A Critical Overview of Caribbean Literature.’” Ninth International Conference on the Literature of Region and
           Nation Conference, Abstracts. Ed. Johan Jacobs. Durban, South Africa: University of Natal, 2002. 6-8. Also at:
           http://www.und.ac.za/rni/abdetails.html
“Colonialism and Capitalism: ‘The love of money is the root of all evil’ in Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea.” Ninth International Conference
           on the Literature of Region and Nation Conference, Abstracts. Ed. Johan Jacobs. Durban, South Africa: University of Natal, 2002,
           6-8. Also at http://www.und.ac.za/rni/abdetails.html
“Alice Walker’s Decolonization of Traditional Love in The Color Purple.” Indo-American Review 5 (2001): 20-35. Rpt. in Afro-American
           Literature. Ed. R. K. Dhawan. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 2001. 20-35. Rpt. in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple: A Reader’s
           Companion. Ed. Nandita Sinha. New Delhi: Asia Book Club, 2002. 40-55.
Canonization, Colonization, Decolonization: A Comparative Study of Political and Critical Works by Minority Writers. New York: Peter Lang            Publishing Inc., 2001.
"Urban Racism Causes Bigger's Irrationality." Readings on Native Son. Ed. Hayley R. Mitchell. San Diego: Greenhaven, 2000. 131-41.
Abstract, "Synonymy of Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism through Globalization." Eighth International Literature of Region and Nation
           Conference, Abstracts, 2000, www.hum.mh.se/rnla/
"Colonization and Canonization: Class Marginalization through Education." Terranglian Territories: Proceedings of the Seventh International           Conference on the Literature of Region and Nation. Ed. Susanne Hagemann. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2000. 527-40.
"Colonization and Canonization: Class Marginalization through Education." Journal of Caribbean Studies 14.3 (Summer 2000): 229-242.
Rev. of World within Reach, by Philip Mohabir. Connectoscope, Fall 1999.
"The Caribbean: Colonial and Postcolonial Representations of the Land and the Peoples' Relationships to Their Environment.           Environment and Literature: An International Sourcebook. Ed. Patrick D. Murphy. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishing, 1998. 366-73.
"Racism and Cultural Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness." UFAHAMU: Journal of the African Activist Association XXV.1 (Winter
          1997): 130-55.
"Progression from Single-Dimensional Incompetence to Multi-Dimensional Competence in Wrightís Native Son and Gaines' Of Love and Dust
          and A Lesson Before Dying." Working with Students: Proceedings: The 1998 Conference of the English Association of the
          Pennsylvania State Universities. Indiana, PA: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1999. 320-26.
"Colonization and Canonization: Class Marginalization through Education." Seventh International Literature of Region and Nation Conference
          Abstracts (Summer 1998): 16-17.
"An Overview of the Socio-Economic and Political Problems Facing Third World Writers." Proceedings of the 6th International Literature
          of Region and Nation Conference University of New Brunswick in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 2-7 August 1996. Ed. Winifred
          M. Bogaards. 2 vols. Saint John, Canada: University of New Brunswick in Saint John, 1998. 341-61.
"Derek Walcott." Issues and Identities in Literature. Ed. David Peck. Englewood Cliffs: Salem Press, 1997. 93-94.
"Another Life." Issues and Identities in Literature. Ed. David Peck. Englewood Cliffs: Salem Press, 1997. 1962-63.
"Language Implications Facing Caribbean Writers." Association of Caribbean Studies 1996 Abstracts (Summer 1996): 15.
"Colonization and Canonization: Marginalization on the Basis of Race." The Literary Griot 7.1 (April 1995): 17-26.
"Colonial and Canonical Marginalization on the Basis of Gender." College Language Association Journal XL.1 (Sept. 1996): 46-59.
"Colonial and Canonical Control Over Third World Writers." Commonwealth Review VII.2 (1995-96): 78-111. Rpt. Postcolonial Discourse: A
           Study of Contemporary Literature. Ed. R. K. Dhawan. New Delhi: Prestige Books, 1996. 78-111.
"The Irrationality of Bigger Thomas' World: A Frightening View for Twenty First Century Urban Population." College Language Association
          Journal 38.1 (Sept. 1994): 20-30.
"Alice Walker's Decolonization of Traditional Love in The Color Purple." Proceedings: The 1993 Conference of the English Association of the
          Pennsylvania State Universities. English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU), Mansfield, PA, Fall,1993, 95-101.
"Medieval Background (Cycles, Moralities, and Interludes)." Renaissance Drama. Ed. Ronald Shafer. Indiana: IUP, 1992 65- 76.

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