Sponsored by
THE LITERATURE RESEARCH UNIT OF THE ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
(AT.IN.E.R.)
Conference Venue: Titania Hotel, 52 Panepistimiou Avenue, Athens.
Organized by: ATINEP A.E. ([email protected])
Administration: Fani Balaska, Stavroula Kiritsi, Eirini Lentzou, Konstantinos Manolidis, Katerina Maraki, Sylia Sakka
ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE 1. Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President and Director, ATINER.
2. Dr. Gilda Socarras, Assistant Professor, Auburn University, USA.
3. Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.
4. Dr. Peter Yannopoulos, Associate Professor, Brock University, Canada & Academic Member, Marketing Research Unit, ATINER.
5. Dr. Chris Sakellariou, Treasurer, ATINER & Associate Professor, Nanyang University, Singapore.
6. Dr. John Roufagalas, Head, Economics Research Unit of ATINER and Professor, Troy University, USA.
7. Dr. Stephen Bay, Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, USA.
8. Ms. Nicoleta Calina, Lecturer, University of Craiova, Romania.
9. Dr. Bahman Gorjian, Assistant Professor, TEFL Dept., Islamic Azad University, Science & Research Center, Ahvaz Branch, Iran.
10. Ms Raluka-Eugenia Iliou, Lecturer, Ploiesti University, Romania.
11. Ms. Vasso Kondou Watson, English Teacher, University of Sunderland, U.K.
12. Dr. Hala Tawfik Sorour Maklad, Lecturer, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Egypt.
13. Dr. Ioanna Papadopoulou, Lecturer, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.
14. Dr. Alina-Stela Resceanu, Lecturer, University of Craiova, Romania.
15. Dr. John Spiridakis, Professor, St. John University, USA.
16. Dr. German Westphal, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, USA.
17. Dr. Katherine Wright (Tsatas), Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, USA.
18. Dr. Margarita Kefalaki, Instructor, ATEI Athens & Researcher, ATINER.
19. Mr. Christos Frantzeskakis, Researcher, ATINER.
C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M (The time for each session includes at least 10 minutes coffee break) Monday, July 12th, 2010
08:00 - 08:30 Registration
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
• Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, Director, ATINER.
• Dr. Gilda Socarras, Assistant Professor, Auburn University, USA.
• Dr. Nicholas Pappas, Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.
09:00-10:30 Session I (Room A) - Linguistics
Chair: Socarras, G., Assistant Professor, Auburn University, USA.
1. Ou, S.-J., Associate Professor, Hsuan Chuang University, Taiwan. Complex System for Second Language Acquisition..
2. Chan, Y.H.C., Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Phonological Awareness in L1 And L2 Acquisitions: A Study on the Phonological Substitution of Syllable Initial /N-/ By /N-/L-/N-/ In L1 Cantonese and L2 English of Hong Kong Students. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
3. Chen, Y.T., Assistant Professor, Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages, Taiwan. Complement Construction of Believe Verb in 1Amis. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
4. Miconi, H., Lecturer, University of Gjirokaster, Albania. Bilingual Children with a Greek Parent and an Albanian Parent in Albania.
09:00-10:30 Session II (Room B) - Hellenic Issues
Chair: Pappas, N., Vice-President, ATINER & Professor, Sam Houston University, USA.
1. Mota, M., Head of Department, University of Brasilia, Brazil & Nepomuceno, C., Ph.D. Student, University of Brasilia, Brazil. Homeric Steps: A Comparison between Ancient Greek and Brazilian Traditional Dances. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
2. Pappas, Z., Independent Scholar, Columbia University, USA. Tribal Designations and Ancestral Origins: A Fresh Look at Greek Ethnic Eponymous Names.
3. Pollatou, E., Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, UK. Spicy Minds: Examining Audience Participation in Teasing Events in Cephalonia.
09:00-10:30 Session III (Room C) - Literary Analysis
Chair: Kefalaki, M., Instructor, ATEI Athens & Researcher, ATINER.
1. Suzuki, S., Professor, Graduate School of Nagoya University, Japan. Divine Empire Further Divided: Representations of the New Worlds in Paradise Lost.
2. Saeed, Y., Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Iran. Concept of Absurd Hero in Kafka’s Works.
3. Tailanga, S., Associate Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand. In Search of Women's Voices:
A Study of Dorothy Richardson's Short Stories.
4. Moradi, N., Researcher, University of Social Welfare &Rehabilitation Sciences (USWRS), UAE. Iranian Women Situation in Sadegh Hedayat’s Stories.
5. Houston, C., Ph.D. Student in Literary Studies, Purdue University, USA. Collection and Collaboration: Leanne Howe’s Miko Kings as Tribalography.
6. Kaluzna, A., Assistant Professor, University of Zielona Gora, Poland. The Bible for Children:
Transaltion Analysis.
7. Chen, Q., Ph.D. Student, Scuola Normale Superior di Pisa, Italy. A Study on the Physical Descriptions in the Vita of Benvenuto Cellini from the Perspective of Physiognomy.
09:00-10:30 Session IV (Room D) - Language Education
Chair: Roufagalas, J., Head, Economics Research Unit of ATINER and Professor, Troy University, USA.
1. Chan, A.Y.W., Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Hong Kong Cantonese ESL Learners’ Perception of the Usefulness of a Monolingual or Bilingual/Bilingualized Dictionary. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
2. Lee, J.F.K., Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong. Australian English Language Textbooks –Is there Gender Equality? (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
3. Tsimeni, M., Lecturer, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada. Academic Service Learning:
Beyond the Artificial Boundaries of the Language Classroom.
4. Duarte, R., Ph.D. Student, University of Minho, Portugal & de Castro, R.V., Professor, University of Minho, Portugal. The Teaching of Literature: Integration or Atomization?
10:30-12:00 Session V (Room A) - Literary Analysis
Chair: Tailanga, S., Associate Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand.
1. Yeo, D., Teaching-Fellow, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Gothic Carnivalesque and the Language of Laughter in Nolan’s The Dark Knight.
2. Ao, Y., Ph.D. Student, University of Otago, New Zealand. A Case Study on Structuralist-Narrative Analysis: Toward a Narratology of Injustices to Dou’e—a Variety Play from Yuan China.
3. Bagheri Mollahassanali, N., Ph.D. Student, Tehran University, Iran, Hamidi, S., Tehran University, Iran. Characterization of Women in the Fictional Works of Iranian Women.
10:30-12:00 Session VI (Room B) - Language and Technology
Chair: Tsimeni, M., Lecturer, University of Toronto at Scarborough, Canada.
1. Shirley, C.D., Head, Dawne Lingnan University, Hong Kong. Could Facebook Facilitate Student Feedback.
2. Hammoud, D.E., Associate Professor, Alexandria University, Egypt. Use of SMS by Egyptian Educated Youth.
3. Turner, J.S., Assistant Professor, Merrimack College, USA. An Investigation of the Relationships among Socially Interactive Technologies, Communication Competence, Social Cognition, and Formal Written Discourse.
4.
Christodoulidou, M., Lecturer, Frederick University, Cyprus. Language Style as Audience Design in Greek and Cypriot Interactions.5. Parkson, S., Doctoral Student, University of Tartu, Estonia. Wizard of Oz Experiments in Estonian Language Communication Problems and Patterns of Communication in Web.
10:30-12:00 Session VII (Room C) - Classics
Chair: Pappas, Z., Independent Scholar, Columbia University, USA.
1. Hughes, L., Associate Professor, The Colorado College, USA. Pergraecare in Comedy:
Greeking it up from Ancient Rome to the American Cinema.
2. Peek, C.M., Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, USA. The Last Defense of Athens: Rhetoric as Weapon in Herodotus’ History.
3. Hughes, S., Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, USA. Hawthorne on Empedocles on Aetna: Rewriting Greek Legend in Short Fiction.
10:30-12:00 Session VIII (Room D) - Language Education
Chair: Chan, A.Y.W., Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
1. Kwan, B.S.C., Assistant Professor, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Closing the Empirical-Pedagogical Gap: In Search of an Empirically Informed Citation Pedagogy. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
2. Evripidou, D., English Language Lecturer: Frederick University, Cyprus. Attitudes towards the Cypriot- and Modern Standard varieties of Greek of three different age groups of Greek Cypriots in Cyprus.
3. Li, V.W.K., Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Western Ontario, Canada. Marching on a Long Road: A Review of the Effectiveness of the Mother -Tongue Education Policy in Post-Colonial Hong Kong.
12:00-13:30 Session IX (Room A) - Poetry and Writing
Chair: Peek, C.M., Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, USA.
1. Chen, S.-C., Assistant Professor, Asia University, Taiwan. Body Politics and Self-Identity on Cyborgs: Comparison among Asian Women Artists.
2. Janssen, T., Researcher, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Effects of Creative Writing on Students’ Literary Response to Short Stories.
3. Ferrari, P., Ph.D. Student, University of Lisboa, Portugal. Rhythm and Meter: A Formal Approach to Fernando Pessoa’s Early English Poetry. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
4. Fotouhi, S., PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales, Australia. Re-Writing Iran:
Iranians Representing Themselves through Literature.
5. Rezai Dasht Arzhaneh, M., Assistant Professor, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvat, Iran.
When Nietzsche Wept, a psychological Critique.
12:00-13:30 Session X (Room B) - Literary Analysis Chair: Pollatou, E., Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, UK.
1. Kelly, K., Professor, Babson College, USA. Strindberg’s Miss Julie and the Democratization of Personal Life.
2. Nishijima, Y., Professor, Kanazawa University, Japan. Seeing-Through Utterances” in the Work of Franz Kafka: A Functional Analysis.
3. Kiss, T.Z., Assistant Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary. Dilemmas in writing a history of Spanish literature during the first decade of 21 century in Hungary.
4. Ferrer, C., Assistant Professor, University of Quebec, Canada. Magic Realism: The Trajectory of a Concept.
12:00-13:30 Session XI (Room C) - Translation
Chair: Hughes, L., Associate Professor, The Colorado College, USA.
1. Verbeeck, S., Researcher, Artesis University College, Belgium. Cultural Specificity in Translation.
2. Hu, C.Y., Ph.D. Student, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. Chinese and English Purposive Constructions: A Case Study of the English Translation of Cao Xueqin’s Hong Lou Meng.
3. Stoica, G., Ph.D. Candidate, University of Bucharest, Romania. The Creative Nature of Translating Children’s Literature.
4. Ahmadian, M., Assistant Professor, Arak University, Iran. The Effects of Intertextuality Awareness on Literacy Text Translation: A Case Study.
5. Nowicka, K., Ph.D. student, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. Romancing the Masses – Problems of Light Romantic Fiction Translation in Poland
6. Yang, J-K, MA Student, Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan. How Words and Pictures work in the Translation of Maurice Sendak;’s Picture Book..
12:00-13:30 Session XII (Room D) - Language Education
Chair: Demirkol, T., Lecturer, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey.
1. Can, C., Assistant Professor, Cukurova University, Turkey. Resultive Connectors in Turkish International Corpus of Learner English (TICLE)
2. *Bhela, A., Associate Professor, University of Delhi, India. Lınguistic Human Rights and Mother – Tongue Education in India.
3. Antonova Unlu, E., Ph.D. Student at Birkbeck, University of London, UK & Hatipoglu, C., Associate Professor, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Influence of Russian as L1 on the Learning of Verb ‘To Be’ In Present Simple Tense in English.
4. Gencoglu, G., Lecturer, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey & Akbana, Y.E., Lecturer, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Turkey. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) of English Reflexive and Referring Pronouns by Turkish University Prep-Class Students.
5. Chang, C.-W., Graduate Student, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan. Exploring the Relationship between Taiwanese College Students’ Perceived Instructional Styles and their Self-Determination.
13:30 - 14:30 LUNCH
14:30-16:00 Session XIII (Room A) - Sociolinguistics
Chair: Verbeeck, S., Researcher, Artesis University College, Belgium..
1. da Hora Oliveira, D., Professor, University Federal of Paraiba, Brazil. Brazilian Portuguese Lateral /L/ Vocalization: Social and Structural Constraints.
2. Bartha, C., Associate Professor, Eötvös Lorand University, Hungary & Borbély, A., Senior Research Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary. Sociolinguistic Aspect of Language Shift Cross-Community Differences Analysis in Six Linguistic Minorities in Hungary.
3. Estaji, A., Member of Academic Staff, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran & Akhlaghi, E., Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. Your Eyes Are Beautiful; a Study of Compliment Responses in Persian.
4. Abolhassani, Z., Associate Professor, A member of scientific board of Research Center of SAMT, Iran A Sociolinguistic Approach to Analysis of Brand Names in Advertisements. (Monday, July 12th, 2010, morning)
14:30-16:00 Session XIV (Room B) - Classics
Chair: Hughes, S., Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University, USA.
1. Lauriola, R., Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, USA. Heracles Alexikakos and Heracles Opsophagos: Multiple Symbolism of an Aristophanic Image.
2. Berzina, G., Lecturer, University of Latvia, Latvia. Parenthesis in Ancient Greek Dialogue.
3. Verdejo Manchado, J., Ph.D. Student, University of Oviedo, Spain. Magic and Superstition in the Fragments of Sophron of Syracuse.
4. Smoluk, M., Assistant Professor, Zielona Dora University, Poland. Criticisms of Higher Education during the Cromwellian period in Britain. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
16:00-17:30 Session XV (Room A) - Communication Issues Chair: Lauriola, R., Assistant Professor, University of Idaho, USA.
1. Trckova, D., Ph.D. Student, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. Metaphoric Representation of Natural Catastrophes in Newspaper Discourse.
2. Tsarsitalidis, G., MA in American Literature and Culture, Uppsala University, Sweden. Disability in Literature: Hearing Authors and Deaf Characters. (Monday, 12th of July 2010)
3. Chan, Y.C., Instructor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Portrayals of Family in Japanese Films. (Monday, July 12th, 2010)
4. Tseng, S-L, MA Student, Taipei Municipal University of Education, Taiwan. Communication Strategies used by Successful and Less Successful Adults.
16:00-17:30 Session XVI (Room B) - Historical and Social Aspects
Chair: Ismail, D.A., Lecturer, Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, Egypt
1. Bay, S., Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University, USA. The Reliability of the Pirate: Piracy as Consistent Mechanism of Alienation and Dehumanization in the Ancient Novel.
2. Botez, C., Ph.D. Student, University of Constance, Germany. Exploring the Edge of Trauma in W.G. Sebald’s Novel Austerlitz.
3. Wehrmeyer, E., Lecturer, University of South Africa, South Africa. Explicit and Implicit Affirmation of Animal Characteristics in Children’s Literature.
4. Al-Mousa, N., Professor, Arab Open University, Jordan. The Role of Universities in Promoting Dialogue among Cultures, Civilizations and People.