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Marisa Verna deposited “Sacrificio, forza e debolezza ne La peste di Camus” in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 8 months agoIn this essay we reinterpret Camus’s novel The Plague in light of the urgency of history, that with Covid 19 pandemia made us face a real pestilence, thus allowing us to read reality and fiction as even. Our rereading relativizes the traditional allegoric interpretation of critics, while at the same time it widens its perspectives. It is in fact i…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited The Secret Life of Literature in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoAn innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited The Secret Life of Literature in the group
LLC Restoration and Early-18th-Century English on MLA Commons 3 years, 9 months agoAn innovative account that brings together cognitive science, ethnography, and literary history to examine patterns of “mindreading” in a wide range of literary works.
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Lara A. Dodds started the topic CFP for MLA 2023 17thC English in the discussion
LLC 17th-Century English on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoPlease consider submitting a proposal to one of the three panels sponsored by LLC 17th-Century English:
1. Open Topic Seventeenth-Century Literature
We seek new work on any topic in non-dramatic British literature of the seventeenth century. All approaches/methodologies are welcomed. 250-word abstracts. Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, 15…[Read more]
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Stephen E. Lewis deposited “Philosopher d’une manière ‘mariale’: Alentour du verset: Petite phénoménologie des Mystères de Marie-Aimée Manchon” in the group
TC Religion and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoA review article focused on phenomenological method and Christian thought in Marie-Aimée Manchon’s book _Alentour du verses: Petite phénoménologie des Mystère_ (Ad Solem, 2019).
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Stephen E. Lewis deposited “Philosopher d’une manière ‘mariale’: Alentour du verset: Petite phénoménologie des Mystères de Marie-Aimée Manchon” in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoA review article focused on phenomenological method and Christian thought in Marie-Aimée Manchon’s book _Alentour du verses: Petite phénoménologie des Mystère_ (Ad Solem, 2019).
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP: Special Issue of Comparative Literature Studies on Redesigning Modernities in the discussion
Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Society on MLA Commons 3 years, 10 months agoThe journal Comparative Literature Studies invites proposals for a special issue titled “Redesigning Modernities Part II,” edited by Waïl Hassan (U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Maria Truglio (Penn State U). The issue solicits inquiries into the divergences, inequalities, and commonalities that define “modernity” in different parts of the w…[Read more]
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Shashi Bhusan Nayak started the topic Call for Book Reviewers in the discussion
Connected Academics on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoiEnglish Journal is considering proposals for book reviews and review essays. iEnglish expects potential reviewers to have received their Ph.D. in English or a related field, or to have evidence of relevant publications or expertise.
All prospective reviewers must adhere to our ethics and conflict of interest policy: they are expected to not have…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo deposited Hitting the Mark. Projectile Motion and the ‘segno lieto’ in Dante’s Commedia in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis essay explores Dante Alighieri’s notion of projectile motion in relation to spiritual fulfillment in the first canto of Paradiso. The notion of impetus, or projectile motion, stood at the confluence of Greek philosophical rationality (mediated by a substantial Arabic corpus) and Christian thought, and it provides a unique window through…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo deposited Tutti i frutti. The Fruits of Treachery and the Roots of the Soul in Inferno 33 in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis chapter examines the plight of Fra’ Alberigo in light of philosophical questions of personal identity and embodiment. I argue that Fra’ Alberigo’s individuality and his punishment in Tolomea provides insight into Dante’s unique interpretation of the complex relationship between body and spirit and the issue of material continuity in the…[Read more]
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Rebecca Davis deposited Oops Token Example in the group
HEP Teaching as a Profession on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoExample of how to set up a policy of Oops Tokens to build flexibility into attendance policies. This idea comes from the book Specifications Grading by Linda Nilson via Flower Darby’s book Small Teaching Online.
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Megan Peiser deposited Syllabus: ENG 4980 Studies in Major Authors: Anonymous in the group
LLC Restoration and Early-18th-Century English on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThis syllabus for Major Authors: Anonymous serves as one of the capstone seminar options for our English Majors and Minors. In overhauling our curriculum to make the English BA represent more literature, we removed Single-Author-Named courses & replaced them with Major Authors. Each faculty who teach this course make an argument for the various…[Read more]
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Sujata Iyengar started the topic LLC Shax at MLA 2023 CfP (1 of 3-4) in the discussion
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoGuaranteed Session: Infinite Variety? Antony and Cleopatra, Then and Now
This is a call for papers on Antony and Cleopatra. we are open to a diverse array of critical interests, including but not limited to: premodern critical race studies, histories of empire and racial capitalism, early modern trans and sexuality studies, disability studies,…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Scarlett started the topic CfP MLA 2023: Religio-Visual Cultures in the Digital Age in the discussion
TC Religion and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoHow are various new media forms (e.g. apps, memes, gaming avatars, Webcast rites) creating performative representations of religion? 200-word proposals by March 15. Manisha Basu, U of Illinois, Urbana (mbasu@illinois.edu ) Adrienne Brown, U of Chicago (adrienneb@uchicago.edu ).
More information: How have visual digital forms supplemented r…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Scarlett started the topic CfP MLA 2023: Detective Fiction and Religious Imaginaries in the discussion
TC Religion and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoHow do cleric-sleuths or other religious detective figures (e.g., Cadfael, Granchester, Father Brown, etc.) navigate/challenge religion alongside police or state-sponsored will-to-knowledge? 200-word proposal to mbasu@illinois.edu by March 10.
More information: From G.K. Chesterton’s ‘Father Brown’ to Ellis Peters’ Brother Cadfael, from Harry…[Read more]
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Elizabeth Scarlett started the topic CfP MLA 2023: Making Sacred, Making Holy: the Canonization of People and Texts in the discussion
TC Religion and Literature on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoMemorialization, “entering the canon,” and the influence of politics, race, class, or gender. Who decides on the people, texts, places, dates, etc. selected to be commemorated, studied, and/or enshrined? Theorists such as Lonergan, Bourdieu, Girard, and Agamben have explored “sacralization” as a process of making holy or sacred that can inv…[Read more]
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Dustin Friedman deposited “Sinister Exile”: Dionysus and the Aesthetics of Race in Walter Pater and Vernon Lee in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe aestheticism of Walter Pater and Vernon Lee participated in a late-nineteenth-century discourse devoted to exploring the aesthetic’s role in producing and sustaining, as well as undermining, notions of racial difference. Pater’s “A Study of Dionysus: The Spiritual Form of Fire and Dew” (1876) and Lee’s “Dionea” (1890) partake of Immanue…[Read more]
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Ted Laros started the topic CFP for MLA 2023: World Literature from the Global South and Human Rights in the discussion
TC Law and the Humanities on MLA Commons 4 years agoWorld Literature from the Global South and Human Rights
In light of recent studies on the topic (e.g. Parikh 2019, McClennen and Moore 2016), this panel explores the relations between world literature from the Global South and human rights. 250-500 word abstracts plus CV.Deadline for submissions: Friday, 4 March 2022
Ted Laros, Open Univ of the…[Read more]
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Jessica Winston started the topic Suggestions Requested: LLC 16th-Century English Forum Executive Committee in the discussion
LLC 16th-Century English on MLA Commons 4 years agoDear Members of the LLC 16th-Century English Forum:
The members of the current Executive Committee for the LLC 16th-Century English Forum invite nominations/suggestions of names of people serve on the Executive Committee. This is a great opportunity to shape panels at MLA and the field generally Please send questions or suggestions to committee…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine started the topic “Cognitive” sessions at the MLA! (527, 645) in the discussion
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 4 years agoDon’t miss these two online sessions on cognitive literary theory! Session “Sadness” (527, Saturday, January 8) features papers by Haiyan Lee and Lisa Zunshine, while “Life-Writing and Cognition” (645, Sunday, January 9) features papers by Laura Otis, Ralph James Savarese, Ellen Spolsky, and Lisa Zunshine.
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