CFP (Conference Session): MLA 2025, “Prompt Engineering as Rhetoric, Literary Criticism, and Creative Writing” (Proposals due 03/10/24)

The call for proposals to a special session at MLA 2025, "Prompt Engineering as Rhetoric, Literary Criticism, and Creative Writing", is now open. The session invites submissions that engage with how the deliberate design of prompts can serve as a critical and creative intervention in reconfiguring the relationship between AI and humans. Proposals are due by March 10, 2024. MLA 2025 is scheduled for January 9-12, 2025 in New Orleans.

Greetings,

I am organizing a special session for the MLA Convention to be held in New Orleans from 9th to 12th January 2025. Please share and apply to my CFP. The CFP titled “Prompt Engineering as Rhetoric, Literary Criticism, and Creative Writing” invites submissions that engage with how the deliberate design of prompts can serve as a critical and creative intervention in reconfiguring the relationship between AI and humans. Submit your abstract (250 words) and a short bio by Sunday, 10 March, to jongkeyong.kim@tcu.edu. If you have a link to your ChatGPT or Bing conversation or digital products that illustrate your proposal, please include the link in the abstract. To access my CFP posted on the official MLA site, click here.

By framing prompt engineering within the contexts of rhetoric (the art of persuasion), literary criticism (the study of literature and its interpretation), and creative writing (the art of creating original compositions), the session aims to delve into the nuanced ways in which language and AI interact. Rhetorically, prompt engineering can be seen as a form of persuasion where the prompter intends to influence the AI’s “response” in a specific direction. From a literary criticism perspective, it might involve analyzing how different prompts can lead to varied interpretations or creations by the AI, akin to different readings of a text. In creative writing, prompt engineering could be about using prompts as a starting point for generating innovative and artistic content. This CFP is an invitation to critically and creatively engage with AI, exploring how thoughtfully designed prompts can reshape our interaction with technology, opening new avenues for artistic and intellectual exploration.

To read about the MLA presidential theme Visibility, click here. All panelists will need to be members of the MLA by April 7th to be accepted.

Much appreciated,

Jong-Keyong

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