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Alexander Gil deposited Bridging the Middle Passage: The textual (r)evolution of Césaire’s Cahier d’un retour au pays natal on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months ago
The paper represents an up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate account of the history of The Cahier d’ un retour au pays natal in English today. I use the early productions and reproductions of the poem to argue that Césaire’s early work is meant for an American (in the broad sense of the word) audience. Using textual evidence and archival…[Read more]
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Alexander Gil deposited Découverte de l'Ur-texte de Et les chiens se taisaient in the group
Francophone Literatures and Cultures on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoThis brief piece tells the story of my discovery of the Saint-Dié Typescript of Et les chiens se taisaient. The text also provides a preliminary description of the typescript, a summary of the plot of the historical drama, as well as a brief comparison with the published version of 1946.
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Alexander Gil deposited Découverte de l'Ur-texte de Et les chiens se taisaient on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months ago
This brief piece tells the story of my discovery of the Saint-Dié Typescript of Et les chiens se taisaient. The text also provides a preliminary description of the typescript, a summary of the plot of the historical drama, as well as a brief comparison with the published version of 1946.
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Alexander Gil deposited Migrant Textuality: On the fields of Aimé Césaire's Et les chiens se taisaient in the group
Bibliography and Textual Studies on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoWith the discovery of the earliest known manuscript version of Et les chiens se taisaient, we learn that Césaire had started thinking about the theater earlier than had been assumed, and most important, that he had originally envisioned this work as a historical drama based on the Haitian Revolution. “Migrant Textuality” explores the several vers…[Read more]
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Alexander Gil deposited Migrant Textuality: On the fields of Aimé Césaire's Et les chiens se taisaient on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months ago
With the discovery of the earliest known manuscript version of Et les chiens se taisaient, we learn that Césaire had started thinking about the theater earlier than had been assumed, and most important, that he had originally envisioned this work as a historical drama based on the Haitian Revolution. “Migrant Textuality” explores the several vers…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThank you Simon Richter for uploading the latest syllabus. Your course on Waterworlds looks terrific!
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic CFP — Transgender Studies, Ecology, and the Environmental Humanities in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoThis session looks terrifically good — what a timely and important topic. Thanks for posting the CFP here.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoThank you Heather and Ted! This site is becoming quite a trove of teaching resources — what could be better?
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoStephen, that’s GREAT — thank you for sharing both the syllabus and the link to the blog. I’m a fan of asking students in environmental courses to practice at being public intellectuals!
Here’s a blog my own students did for a grad course with some ecological leanings a few years back: http://eboveer.blogspot.com/
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen uploaded the file: Scale of Catastrophe: Ecology and Transition, Medieval to Early Modern to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoHere’s the syllabus I put together for a graduate and postdoctoral seminar I’m currently teaching at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Given the setting, it is quite primary source heavy! But I tried to integrate contemporary ecotheory with the medieval and early modern texts.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoNot that it’s an EM syllabus, Karen, but one of my favorite blog posts on integrating early modern literature with ecocrit is this one by Lowell Duckert:
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2014/08/teaching-literature-in-west-virginian.html
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoActually … I just placed a syllabus there. Here’s hoping others will follow!
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen uploaded the file: Contact Ecologies (grad seminar) to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoSyllabus for a graduate seminar on “Ecologies of Conquest / Contact Ecologies” I taught at the George Washington University. The primary materials are mostly medieval.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoLOVE this idea! If you look to the left of this screen there is a button labeled “FILES.” We could use that as a repository for teaching materials that members are willing to share.
Jeffrey
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