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David Wacks started the topic [essay] "An interstitial history of Medieval Iberian poetry" in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoDear colleagues, here’s a link to a self-archived author’s postprint (Open Access) version of my contribution to the recently published The Routledge Companion to Iberian Studies (eds. Javier Múñoz-Basols, Laura Lonsdale, and Manuel Delgado).
For purposes of academic publication, please cite publisher’s version of record: Wacks, David A. “An Inter…[Read more]
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Isidro de Jesús Rivera started the topic La corónica Commons — Call for Papers Calendar in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months ago
If you would like to submit a Call for Papers or announce an upcoming conference on La corónica Commons (http://lcc.ku.edu/calendar/ ), please send the information to the Site Administrator(s) (lcc@ku.edu) or contact the Managing Editor (ijrivera@ku.edu).
On La corónica Commons, we invite collaboration to advance Ibero-m…[Read more]
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Isidro de Jesús Rivera started the topic Abstracts for "New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies" for #MLA18 in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoAbstracts available for <s>#</s><b>MLA18</b> session, “New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies”, now available at LcCommons
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Linda V Troost deposited Choose Your Own Jane Austen Adventure (slides only) in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoPDF of slides for a panel presentation on Jane-Austen and Regency-themed video games.
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David Wacks replied to the topic Rough equivalent of Zinn's 'People's History' for Medieval Iberia? in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoDo they like Reilly? Do you?
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Maria Willstedt replied to the topic Rough equivalent of Zinn's 'People's History' for Medieval Iberia? in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHi David,
I have never taught a gen ed course, but the book I use for my Hispanic Studies students is Bernard Reilly’s The Medieval Spains. Cambridge UP, 1993. There may be something newer out, though.
Saludos,
María W.
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David Wacks started the topic Rough equivalent of Zinn's 'People's History' for Medieval Iberia? in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoWhat would you assign in English to give 100-level gen ed students a broad yet critical (think Howard Zinn’s People’s History) overview of medieval Iberian cultural history? I have good material for Latin America and Modern Spain, but nothing for premodernity (or whatever you want to call it). Thanks! David
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David A. Wacks posted an update in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoblog post: “Ramon Llull’s Missionary Crusade in Blanquerna ca. 1280” http://davidwacks.uoregon.edu/2017/03/01/blanquerna/
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Isidro de Jesús Rivera started the topic Medieval Iberian LLC Sessions at MLA 2018, NYC in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoSessions organized by Medieval Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) at the 2018 MLA Convention.
Location: New York City, NY
Date: 4-7 January 2018New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies
Papers on new works, new methodologies or new critical approaches to Medieval Iberian literature or culture.
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Isidro de Jesús Rivera started the topic Medieval Iberian LLC Sessions at MLA 2018, NYC in the discussion
Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures, and Cultures on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoSessions organized by Medieval Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) at the 2018 MLA Convention.
Location: New York City, NY
Date: 4-7 January 2018<h4>New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies</h4>
Papers on new works, new methodologies or new critical approaches to Medieval Iberian literature or culture.
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Joanne Bernardi started the topic Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018) in the discussion
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoDigital Humanities Approaches to Japanese-Language Texts (CFP, NY 2018)
Papers on the application of DH techniques to pre-modern and modern Japanese literature. Challenges, possibilities, needs, and ideas. 250-word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017; Michael Emmerich (emmerich@humnet.ucla.edu).
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Joanne Bernardi posted an update in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoLLC Japanese since 1900 session CFP, MLA NY 2018 just posted:
Digital Humanities Approaches to Japanese Media
Papers on the application of DH techniques to nontextual materials from or concerning Japan, including film, art, sound. 250 word abstract and CV by 15 March 2017
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Amanda Licastro deposited The Problem of Multimodality: What Data-Driven Research Can Tell Us About Online Writing Practices in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis article investigates the writing mode, multimodal aspects, and folksonomic elements of digital composition gathered from a WordPress-based ePortfolio platform. Focusing on the student perspective, data was gathered through both surveys of first year students and text analysis of digital compositions in order to produce quantitative results…[Read more]
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David Wacks deposited Translation in Diaspora: Sephardic Spanish-Hebrew translations in the sixteenth century in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoIn this essay, I discuss three Hebrew translations made by Sephardic Jews writing in from a position of a double diaspora (from ‘Zion’ and from Sepharad, or Spain): Joseph Tsarfati’s Celestina by Fernando de Rojas, Jacob Algaba’s Amadís de Gaula by Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo, and Joseph Hakohen’s Historia general de las Indias by Francisco L…[Read more]
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Mark Sample deposited Interactive Digital Narratives Syllabus (Davidson College 2016) in the group
Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoSyllabus for FMS 321 (Interactive Digital Narratives) at Davidson College, Fall 2016.
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David Wacks deposited Popular Andalusi Literature and Castilian Fiction: Ziyad Ibn ‘Amir Al-Kinani, 101 Nights, and Caballero Zifar in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoZiyad ibn ‘Amir al-Kinani (Granada, ca. 1250) and the 101 Nights
(Granada, 1234) are two examples of Andalusi popular fiction that provide important
information for our understanding of works of early Castilian fiction such as the Libro del
Caballero Zifar. The two Andalusi works provide evidence of a bilingual culture of
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David Wacks deposited Crónica de Flores y Blancaflor: Romance, Conversion, and Internal Orientalism in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoCrónica de Flores y Blancaflor is a medieval romance interpolated into a thirteenthcentury
account of the struggles of the Kings of Asturias (eighth-ninth centuries)
with the Umayyad Caliphate in Cordova. In this essay I demonstrate how the
chronicler mapped political concerns onto courtly adventure narrative in order to
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David Wacks deposited Vernacular Anxiety and the Semitic Imaginary: Shem Tov Isaac ibn Ardutiel de Carrión and his Critics in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoShem Tov ibn Isaac Ardutiel (Santob de Carrión) lived in the fourteenth century, period of intense vernacularization of literary practice in Castile. Shem Tov has long been imagined as a model of multiculturality, and the lasting impact of his diglossic literary legacy is undeniable. He is a compelling case study of the role of Hebrew literature…[Read more]
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David Wacks deposited Toward a History of Hispano-Hebrew Literature in its Romance Context in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoWacks proposes a new, comprehensive look at the Romance context of the Hebrew Literature of Christian Iberia. He surveys the extant criticism and provides an overview of key texts and their relationship to vernacular literary and cultural practices. Along the way, he provides some explanation for the intellectual and institutional practices that,…[Read more]
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David Wacks deposited Is Spain's Hebrew Literature 'Spanish'? in the group
LLC Medieval Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoThe author surveys Spanish and Hebrew literary criticism to determine to what extent the Hebrew language production of medieval Iberian authors have been reflected or omitted from Spanish literary history and draws some conclusions as to the reasons why or why not.
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