2nd In-House Seminar on Women and Gender in Literature and Linguistics College of Arts Department of English Language and Literature Date: Monday May 13 2013 Place: Conference Room, building 26 Program First session: 9-11.30 am Negation, Selection and Substitution: Charlotte Bronte’s Feminist Poetics Prof. Ebtisam Sadiq The Art of Reference: Gender Bias and Stereotypes among Saudis Dr. Normala Othman Gradient Hybridized Identities in the Code-switching of Arabic/English Bilinguals Dr. Maimoonah Alkhalil The Voice of Silence Ms. 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 Nation Ms. Mishael Bin-Alameer The Speech Act of Refusal: Strategies by Saudi Women Wejdan 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 Students Wafa Al-Jaithen and Somiah Al-AbdulKareem Organizers: Dr. Manal Ismail and Dr. Haifa Alfaisal