ISSN: 2186-2281 – The Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2014 – Official Conference Proceedings

LibrAsia2014, Osaka, Japan
Conference Theme 2014: Individual, Community & Society: Conflict, Resolution & Synergy
Rihga Royal Hotel, Osaka, Japan
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - Sunday, April 6, 2014
ISSN:2186-2281

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Proceedings Contents

Utopian Individuals, Dystopian Societies: Two Communal Imaginations in Meiji Japan
Enrique Galvan, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, Spain

Protest Literature: Deconstruction of Antebellum Proslavery Ideology in Toni Morrison’s Beloved
Ka Chi Cheuk, HKU SPACE Community College, Hong Kong

Requiem for a Beast: A Case Study in Controversy
Erica Hateley, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Feminism and the Nigerian Female Question: A Feminist Appraisal of Zaynab Alkali’s Stillborn
Harry Omilonye Ogbu, College of Education, Nigeria

Developing Reading Culture for the Challenges of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria
Clement Ajidahun, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria 

Challenging Childhoods: Representations of Conflict in Australian Junior Historical Fiction Since 1945
Kylie Flack, Macquarie University, Australia

The Recuperation of African History in African Fiction
Nasreddin Bushra Ahmed, Al-Jouf University, Saudi Arabia

Atomic Bomb’s Survivors’ Personal Narratives in Contemporary and Intercultural Contexts: Lessons Yet to Be Learned
Gloria R Montebruno Saller, University of La Verne, United States

Yearning for Identity through Magical realism: Female Protagonists of Girish  Karnad
Solomon P. Surendra Bondla, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia 

Challenges and Opportunities for Chinese Library to Face SCOAP3’s Development
Shuyi He, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ren Wer, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

When The Whale Talks Back: An Interspecies Cultural Dialogue in Zakes Mda’s The Whale Caller (2005)
Weeraya Donsomsakulkij, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Flood Management Handling in Malaysia and Indonesia
Fachri Bey Jamaris, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia 
Maheran Makhtar, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia 

Interference of Arts in the Saudi Literature (Narrative and Formative Model)
Hamed AlBelayhed, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

Collaboration: Negotiations in Publishing and Project Management
Rachel Franks, State Library of NSW, Australia
Ellen Forsyth, State Library of NSW, Australia

Unacknowledged Matricide in T. S. Eliot’s The Family Reunion
Ken Chang, National Cheng-Chi University, Taiwan

Language of Religious and Secular Text: A Comparative Study
Bushra Siddiqui, Punjab University, Pakistan 
Muhammad Inam-ur-Rehman Sajid, Punjab University, Pakistan

Mario Vargas Llosa’s Conversacion en la Catedral: A Paradigm of Corruption
Adelaida Lucero, University of the Phillipines, Phillipines

Conquering the Winds (A Deliberation on the Psychological Aspect of the Windcatchers, Decorative Elements in Loft harbor)
Somayeh Noorinezhad, Payamenoor University, Iran 
Marziyeh Bagheriyannezhad, Payamenoor University, Iran  
Seyyedeh Roqieh Ghasemi, Payamenoor University, Iran 

Terrible Beauty: the Aesthetics of Death in Polish and Japanese War Literature
Olga Bogdanska, University of Lodz, Poland

The Potential of the Museum Collection Management Systems (MCMS) Development in Hong Kong Museum of History (HKMH)
Elaine W.S. Kong, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Dickson K.W. Chiu, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Patrick Lo, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Considerations on Finnish and Romanian Literary and Cultural Relations within European Context
Paul Nanu, University of Turku, Finland

The Effects of Emotion Regulation on the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Job Satisfaction of University Librarians: An Empirical Study in Taiwan
Yu-Ping Peng, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan

Death Drive: Vampires in Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles
Chi Tsai, National Normal Taiwan University, Taiwan

Cultural Colonization in Poems by Wallace Stevens
Erik Thompson, The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea

Game for None, Game for All: Verbal Contentions and Life Affirmation in De Turkey and De Law
Jungman Park, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea