The global anti-sexual violence movements of the past decade—#MeToo, #KuToo, #WithYou, #MiPrimerAcoso, #BalanceTonPorc—have renewed the relationship between literature and feminist activism. Works such as Lin Yi-han's Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, Cho Nam-joo's Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, and Chanel Miller's Know My Name have circulated as testimony, evidence, and catalyst—read individually and communally in moments of feminist reckoning, and translated, quoted, and hashtagged across the social-media discussions of anti-sexual violence movements.

This seminar asks how anti-sexual violence movements have transformed the way literature is read and participates in society. We welcome papers on any literary tradition, period, or language, and we especially encourage comparative and transnational approaches, including movements that precede, exceed, or resist the Anglophone framing of #MeToo. Possible topics include:

• A specific literary work's participation in social discussions of sexual violence
• Changing modes of reading canonical texts that depict sexual violence
• Translation, circulation, and the transnational reception of #MeToo texts
• Sexual justice and the politics of censorship
• Content warnings and platform-mediated reception
• The porous boundary between literature and other texts and media, including social-media testimony
• Digital textuality and literary activism

Following the ACLA seminar format, panelists will present 15–20-minute papers across three sessions, allowing sustained, cumulative conversation among participants.  please contact Yuhan Huang ([email protected]) and Miya Xie ([email protected]) for inquiries.