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Caitlin Duffy replied to the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThe deadline is approaching!
To participate in this year’s annual Stony Brook University English Graduate conference, please submit all abstracts to stonybrookenglishgradcon@gmail.com by December 18th, 2017.
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Hania Nashef deposited HOMO SACER DWELLS IN SARAMAGO’S LAND OF EXCEPTION in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoGiorgio Agamben defines the sacred man or Homo Sacer as one who is not worthy of sacrifice. Having lost all rights, the person is reduced to the non-human. In modern times, banishment or banning by the law occurs when a state of exception is sanctioned by a totalitarian supremacy that suspends judicial power. The state of exception does not lie…[Read more]
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Madhumita Lahiri deposited An Idiom for India: Hindustani and the Limits of the Language Concept in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores the cultural legacy of Hindustani, which names the intimate overlap between two South Asian languages, Hindi and Urdu. Hindi and Urdu have distinct religious identities, national associations and scripts, yet they are nearly identical in syntax, diverging to some extent in their vocabulary. Hindi and Urdu speakers,…[Read more]
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Hanan Elsayed posted an update in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoWe would like to send a letter of concern to the Editor of The French Review about a recent article in The French Review, “L’islamisme à la conquête de la République française” by S. Pascale Vergereau-Dewey. The letter explains how the article is a sub-scholarly exercise in Islamophobic discourse that has no place in an academic journal of any kin…[Read more]
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Kanika Batra deposited Polygamous Postcolonialism and Transnational Critique in Tess Onwueme’s The Reign of Wazobia in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoNigerian authors have consistently and effectively critiqued insidious connections between
masculinity, political power, religious fundamentalism, and capitalist interests. The unstable
political structures in Nigeria since the 1970s have led to such critiques. This essay deploys the
idea of polygamy in Chinua Achebe’s Anthills of the S…[Read more] -
Robert Troyer posted an update in the group
LSL Second-Language Teaching and Learning on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoDear Members of the MLA Second-Language Teaching and Learning Forum,
If you will be at the 2018 Convention, please join us at the Hilton Saturday evening 7:15-8:30 for a cash bar organized by the Linguistics Forums of the MLA. The event is listed on page 953 of the convention program.
710. Cash Bar Arranged by the Language Studies and…[Read more] -
Judy Bertonazzi deposited Fleur Pillager, Midewewinini: Food as the Source of Female Power in Louise Erdrich’s Novel Tracks in the group
TC Postcolonial Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 2 months agoFrom the original paper presentation: In this paper I discuss the figurative language used in Louise Erdrich’s novel Tracks with a particular focus on the figures and symbols associated with food and food practices. This paper performs a textual analysis of figurative language and symbols and the themes of food and food practices to reveal the…[Read more]
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Annabel Kim posted an update in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoHello everyone,
I’m honored to have been nominated to stand for election for the CLCS Forum Executive Committee this year. I am Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, where I teach 20th- and 21st-century French fiction.
My first book, Unbecoming Language: Anti-Identitarian French Feminist Fictions (…[Read more]
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Colleen M. Ryan posted an update in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoHello everyone!
My name is Colleen Ryan and I’ve been nominated to run for the CLCS Forum Executive Committee this year. I am really honored and wish to tell you just a bit about myself and ask you to consider me for your ballot.
Currently, I am Professor of Italian at Indiana University, where I teach courses on Italian and I…[Read more]
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Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Postcolonial Studies in Literature and Culture on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Marisa Verna deposited Art and poetry in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoTeaching material online course
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Steven Ridgely deposited Terayama’s “China Doll” (in Japanese) in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century French on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThis is an analysis of Terayama Shūji’s 1981 film “Shanhai ijin shōkan,” a French co-production which was marketed in the Anglosphere as “China Doll” and in France as “Les Fruits de la passion,” invoking both Ōshima Nagisa’s 1978 “L’Empire de la passion” (the sequel to his notorious “Empire of the Senses” / “L’Empire des sens,” 1976) as well as Ro…[Read more]
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Steven Ridgely deposited Terayama’s “China Doll” (in Japanese) in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThis is an analysis of Terayama Shūji’s 1981 film “Shanhai ijin shōkan,” a French co-production which was marketed in the Anglosphere as “China Doll” and in France as “Les Fruits de la passion,” invoking both Ōshima Nagisa’s 1978 “L’Empire de la passion” (the sequel to his notorious “Empire of the Senses” / “L’Empire des sens,” 1976) as well as Ro…[Read more]
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Suha Kudsieh started the topic A new group: in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoHello everyone,
Here is the link to a new MLA group on “Global Postmodern Literature and Culture”: https://mla.hcommons-staging.org/groups/global-postmodern-literature-and-culture/
Feel free to join it, post your announcements, discuss your research, or share your queries.
Regards,
Suha Kudsieh
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Jennifer R. Ballengee posted an update in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoCFP: ACLA 2018. Dangerous Passages (Benjamin 1940/2018).
As is well known, Walter Benjamin undertook a dangerous passage over the Pyrenees, a route taken by many refugees hoping to flee Nazi-occupied France. In the spirit of Walter Benjamin — his work and/or his life — this panel examines dangerous passages of all sorts. Papers might consider…[Read more] -
Francesco Ardolino deposited “Dinner Party”: una “tragedia discreta” di P. V. Tondelli in the group
CLCS 20th- and 21st-Century on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoAnalisi dell’unica opera teatrale di P. V. Tondelli come punto d’inflessione nel suo percorso ideologico e narrativo.
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