Category: Conference Papers

“Metanarrative Polyvocality, New Historical Fiction, and Discourses of Violence: Towards a Narratology of Xue Mo’s Spiritual Realism” by David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2026. A presentation and interactive dialogue with Xue Mo delivered at the weekly Xue Mo Zoom Dialogue…

“Geography and History in Xue Mo’s Spiritual Realism: Mystery and the Emergence of Chinese Literary Postsecularism” by David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2026. A presentation delivered at the Fourth International Forum on Xue Mo’s Works, International Book Fair, Beijing, China,…

“Engaging Neuroscience to Explore the Interpretive Claims of Cognitive Literary Studies: A Call for Innovative Interdisciplinary Research” by David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2026. A presentation delivered at the International Symposium on Language Science, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong,…

“John Kemp’s Epistolary Fantasy: Failed Escapism in Philip Larkin’s Jill” by David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2026. A presentation delivered at the Philip Larkin Society Conference, University of Hull, Hull, UK, March 2026.

The Mythopoeic Function of Fantasy in The Lord of the Rings and Journey to the West By David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2022 An invited lecture given to students and faculty at Wenzhou Polytechnic University, May 2022.

Cultural Fluidity in Global Literary Pedagogy: Teaching Hamlet in China with The Banquet By David S. Hogsette, Ph.D. © 2021 Conference paper delivered at the College English Association of Ohio annual conference, April 2021 Paper: Slide Show: