{"id":2308,"date":"2026-04-22T11:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/alc-festival\/?page_id=2308"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:34:33","slug":"winter-2026-lpac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/alc-festival\/winter-2026-lpac\/","title":{"rendered":"Literature Profile Academic Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Arts, Literature, and Communication Festival, Literature Profile graduating students in Liana Bellon\u2019s Integrating Activity course present their end-of-term projects.<\/p>\n<h3>Monday, April 27, 2026, from 4 PM to 5:45 PM in 5B.13<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Welcome statement:<\/strong> Jade Bernier<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel One: Restraints and Freedoms<\/strong><br \/>\nThis first panel, moderated by Samantha Casciati, is concerned with poems, plays, and novels that centre on transformative experiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandrine C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/strong><br \/>\nEscapism in Coleridge\u2019s \u201cRime of the Ancient Mariner\u201d and Lewis\u2019 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dalia Chioda<\/strong><br \/>\nDuality in Shelley\u2019s Frankenstein and Wilde\u2019s The Importance of Being Earnest<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pascale McEwen<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Importance of Setting in Coming-of-Age Novels: A Comparative Analysis of Betty Smith\u2019s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and Armistead Maupin\u2019s Tales of the City<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel Two: The Individual and Society<\/strong><br \/>\nThis panel, moderated by Lola Leitao, is interested in how characters respond to external forces and ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angel Liwanag Morrison<\/strong><br \/>\nGothic Imagery and Social Class in Dickens\u2019 A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antoine Schmidt<\/strong><br \/>\nAn Analysis of Faith in Nathanael West\u2019s Miss Lonelyhearts<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Richard-Franks<\/strong><br \/>\nJapanese Imperialism in Yukio Mishima\u2019s \u201cPatriotism\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eva Chiaradia<\/strong><br \/>\nNotions of Art in Wilde\u2019s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Weir\u2019s Dead Poets Society<\/p>\n<h3>Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 4 PM to 5:45 PM in 5B.13<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Welcome statement:<\/strong> Malcolm Downer-Leslie<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel One: Framing the Future<\/strong><br \/>\nThis panel, moderated by Matthew Forget, explores dystopic and prophetic elements in literature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chiara Greco<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cSenseless Cruelty\u201d: A Comparative Analysis of Dostoyevsky\u2019s The House of the Dead and Bazterrica\u2019s Tender is the Flesh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eve Larocque<\/strong><br \/>\nProphecies in Homer\u2019s Odyssey and Eliot\u2019s The Waste Land<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aryan Narayanswamy<\/strong><br \/>\nArt and Capitalism: An Analysis of Wolff\u2019s \u201cBullet in the Brain\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panel Two: Female Characters<\/strong><br \/>\nThis panel, moderated by Amanda De Paola-Leclerc, focuses on female agency in classic and contemporary texts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie Steele<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Dangers of Idealizing the Beloved: An Analysis of Shakespeare\u2019s Othello<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zoe Savchenko<\/strong><br \/>\nSubverting Hysteria in Le Fanu\u2019s Carmilla and Plath\u2019s The Bell Jar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bianca Koppe<\/strong><br \/>\nFemale Agency in Austen\u2019s Pride and Prejudice and Maas\u2019 A Court of Mist and Fury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the Arts, Literature, and Communication Festival, Literature Profile graduating students in Liana Bellon\u2019s Integrating Activity course present their end-of-term projects. 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