CFP: Sport and Drama

Call for Papers - Sport and Drama

In his essay “Athletes of the Heart,” John Larh suggests that “Playwrights and theatre aestheticians have always envied the articulate energy and popularity that sport enjoys.” He further clarifies his views following the work of Antonin Artaud, who saw actors as “athletes of the heart” and searched for a new kind of theatre that called for “affective athleticism.” Since Larh’s essay was published in 1982, there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between sport and art generally and, more recently, in sport and drama specifically. Following this interest, a forthcoming issue of Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature will be devoted to sport and drama. Papers could include, but are not limited to, the following:

An original play
Critical analysis concerning drama
Critical analysis of work by a single playwright
Critical analysis of athletes in drama
Critical analysis of a play
Comparisons and contrasts of work by playwrights

Papers should follow MLA format and conform to acceptable format concerning font, margins, etc. For further information concerning guidelines for submission, please refer to: http://www.uta.edu/english/sla/aethlon.html

Papers should be submitted by November 21, 2010, to Dr. Susan J. Bandy, guest editor of this issue, which will be published early in 2011.

Inquiries and papers should be sent to: susanjbandy@yahoo.com