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Steven G. Kellman deposited "Alien autographs: how translators make their marks" in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoLike other forms of treachery, translation can be either concealed or exposed. Though most literary translators work in the dark and some embrace invisibility as an ideal, all translations can be situated along the continuum of illusionist-anti-illusionist or domesticating-foreignizing. A variety of paratexts lay bare the devices of translation.…[Read more]
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Marissa K. Lopez deposited Chicano Vibrations in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoThis article reads the smuggling of Aztec artifacts described in Lucha Corpi’s novel Black Widow’s Wardrobe in the context of new materialist philosophies of becoming.
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Doug Steward deposited Taking Liberties: Academic Freedom and the Humanities in the group
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoThe state of academic freedom today, the particular vulnerability of certain areas of study, and the special relevance of scholarship in the humanities to defenses of academic freedom.
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Luis Alvarez-Castro started the topic CFEssays – MLA Volume on Miguel de Unamuno in the discussion
Philosophical Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 9 months agoDear colleagues,
The volume Approaches to Teaching the Works of Miguel de Unamuno, which I am editing, is now in development in the MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. Instructors who have taught Unamuno’s works (from any academic or theoretical perspective) are encouraged to contribute to the volume by completing a survey about…[Read more]
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Merle Lyn Bachman started the topic CFP for Yiddish Forum Panel in Austin in the discussion
Yiddish Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoYiddish Literature’s Diverse “Publics”
Forum: LLC Yiddish
Translation of Yiddish texts and its effects on Jewish and non-Jewish audiences, on representation of the Jewish past, and construction of new Jewish identities. 250-word abstracts by 15 March 2015; Merle Lyn Bachman (mbachman@spalding.edu). -
Lauren J. Lacey started the topic CFP for 2016 MLA in the discussion
Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 10 years, 12 months agoThe cfp for our guaranteed MLA session is now available on the MLA website:
Theory Now
Where is theory in relation to posthumanism or the post-humanities, new materialisms, object-oriented ontology, the neural turn and other recent developments? 500 word abstracts by 8 March 2015; Lauren Lacey (llacey@edgewood.edu) and Tilottama Rajan (<…[Read more] -
Saul Zaritt started the topic Call for Submissions: In geveb, a Journal of Yiddish Studies in the forum
Yiddish Literature on MLA Commons 11 years agoCall for Submissions: In geveb, a Journal of Yiddish Studies
We are proud to announce In geveb, a new online journal of Yiddish Studies. In geveb is an open-access digital forum for the publication of peer-reviewed academic articles, the translation and annotation of Yiddish texts, the presentation of digitized archival documents, the exchange of…[Read more] -
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Philosophical Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoA new preface for Essential Kafka – in honor of Walter H. Sokel.
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Laura E. Savu started the topic The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
Philosophical Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. The essays need to focus on the discourses and practices of the good life, understood in all of its dimensions—material, psychological, ethical, spiritual, etc. –and appro…[Read more]
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