2nd In-House Seminar on

Women and Gender in Literature and Linguistics

College of ArtsDepartment of English Language and Literature

Date: Monday May 13 2013Place: Conference Room, building 26

Program First session: 9-11.30 am

Negation, Selection and Substitution: Charlotte Bronte’s Feminist PoeticsProf. Ebtisam Sadiq

The Art of Reference: Gender Bias and Stereotypes among SaudisDr. Normala Othman

Gradient Hybridized Identities in the Code-switching of Arabic/English Bilinguals Dr. Maimoonah Alkhalil

The Voice of SilenceMs. Ahlam Ruwaili

Txtng: Do Gurlz Do It Better?Ms. Mashael M. Al Amr

Second session: 12-2 pm

The Rise of Early American Women as Parallel to the Rise of America as a NationMs. Mishael Bin-Alameer

The Speech Act of Refusal: Strategies by Saudi WomenWejdan Alzaid

"Women cannot write": Virginia Woolf and the Inferiority of Women in Modern Literature

Mashael Alhammad

The Functions of English versus Arabic among Saudi Female StudentsWafa Al-Jaithen and Somiah Al-AbdulKareem

Organizers: Dr. Manal Ismail and Dr. Haifa Alfaisal