The next, 17th International Connotations Symposium on “Textual Reasons for Canonicity” will take place from 30 July to 3 August, 2023. For all announcements and updates regarding the conference, keep an eye on its dedicated page.
Subjects of earlier symposia sponsored by Connotations were:
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)