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Hugh M. Richmond deposited John Milton: the First Modern in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoJohn Milton is a hero to Millennials: C. S. Lewis based Perelandra on Paradise Lost; Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy mirrors the epic; Mark Morris’s best ballet is “L’Allegro and Il Penseroso”; digital artist Terrance Lindall created virtual images of Paradise Lost for the Oxford U. Press; Comus is the originator and lead Krewe for…[Read more]
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Richard Menke deposited ENGL 4864: History and Theory of the Novel in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 9 months agoThis syllabus delineates the readings and assignments for an advanced undergraduate course on the history and theory of the novel taught in fall 2014 at the University of Georgia.
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Hania Nashef deposited "Let the Demon in: Death and Guilt in The Master of Petersburg." in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoUnlike his earlier novels, J.M. Coetzee’s The Master of Petersburg, has not received the attention that it deserves from the critics. The novel, which is set in Russia not only draws on real aspects of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s life but also on certain events in the Russian author’s novels, specifically The Devils. Coetzee’s Dostoevsky is an aging a…[Read more]
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Michelle R. Warren deposited Ar-ar-archive in the group
TC Translation Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 10 months agoA reflection on the state of the archive in the state of post-theory.
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Philip Goldstein replied to the topic MLA-Philadelphia. CFP: Form and The Public Intellectual in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoDear Professor Bahr:
Below is a proposal for the forum on the status of the public intellectual. It is titled “Critical Theory: From Ideological Critique to Cultural Practices.” I hope you will consider it acceptable.
Best,
Philip Goldstein
Emeritus Professor of English,
University of Delaware
Unlike Marxist theory, which has declined in…[Read more]
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Mark Bracher started the topic CFP: Morality, Moral Philosophy, and the Humanities in the Age of Neuroscience in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoAn international conference, Morality, Moral Philosophy, and the Humanities in the Age of Neuroscience, will be held at Kent State University, Kent, OH, November 17-20, 2016. Sponsored by KSU’s Neurocognitive Research Program for the Advancement of the Humanities (NRPAH), this conference will explore the implications for the humanities of cogn…[Read more]
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Nicky Agate started the topic Space to Discuss CORE Deposits in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months agoSome members of this group have sent insightful comments about CORE deposits shared with the TC Literary Criticism forum (see the left hand menu on this page) to the MLA Commons e-mail address. Please use this space to respond or discuss items uploaded to CORE so that everyone—including the author—can benefit from your insight.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "Cognitive Alternatives to Interiority" in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months ago[from pp. 151-52:]
“Not only do we ourselves treat fictional characters as if they were capable of a broad variety of mental states (as real people are) to make sense of the story when we first read it; not only do we casually refer to these characters’ and the author’s mental states in our subsequent discussions with students; not only do we…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "Cognitive Alternatives to Interiority" in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 11 months ago[from pp. 151-52:]
“Not only do we ourselves treat fictional characters as if they were capable of a broad variety of mental states (as real people are) to make sense of the story when we first read it; not only do we casually refer to these characters’ and the author’s mental states in our subsequent discussions with students; not only do we…[Read more]
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Thomas Lawrence Long started the topic MLA 2017 CFP: Environment, Illness, Literature, Health/care in the discussion
Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 9 years, 12 months agoThe Modern Language Association’s Transdisciplinary Conversations Medical Humanities and Health Studies Forum announces this call for proposals for its guaranteed session at MLA 2017 in Philadelphia:
Environment, Illness, Literature, Health/careLiterature of environmental illness, critical perspectives on health, policy, practice. Topics and t…[Read more]
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Ewa Lukaszyk deposited Is there Tunisian literature? Emergent writing and fractal proliferation of minor voices in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoIs There Tunisian Literature? Emergent Writing and Fractal Proliferation of Minor Voices.
The article presents the Tunisian literature from the non-local perspective of the global literary market and the circulation of translated literature. The minor status of the studied phenomenon becomes obvious even when the Tunisian literature is compared…[Read more] -
Phillip Lundberg started the topic Transl. the esoteric – Soul in Metamorphosis. in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years agoAnyone who is interested in digging DEEP into Kafka’s esoteric dimension and connecting his works of t r a n s f o r m a t i o n — to Plato, John the Evangelist and other romantics is encouraged to join the KAFKA group >> the proof, of course >> is in the pudding!
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Zahi A. Zalloua started the topic CFP Catastrophe: Special issue of The Comparatist in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoCFP Catastrophe: Special issue of The Comparatist
We welcome contributions that examine the notion of catastrophe in comparative studies and literary theory. Thinking catastrophe today raises multiple questions. What constitutes a catastrophe? How do we bear witness to a catastrophe? What historical catastrophes serve an exemplary or paradigmatic…[Read more] -
Patrick Colm Hogan started the topic CFP: MLA 2017, "Sexual Cognition" in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years ago2017 Modern Language Association Convention
Call for Papers
For a session on “Sexual Cognition”
Sponsored by the Forum on Cognitive and Affect Studies
Topics may include how cognitive study advances our understanding of sexualities and how LGBTQIA, gender, or feminist theories complicate cognitive approaches.
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "Culture of Greedy Mind Readers" in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis primer in “cognitive cultural studies” explores the cultural fantasy of perfect access to mind through body. It shows that different genres and media—movies, novels, classic Chinese operas, medieval ribald tales, musicals, paintings, documentaries, stand-up comedy, and photography—have different strategies for making us think that we have ju…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited "Culture of Greedy Mind Readers" in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoThis primer in “cognitive cultural studies” explores the cultural fantasy of perfect access to mind through body. It shows that different genres and media—movies, novels, classic Chinese operas, medieval ribald tales, musicals, paintings, documentaries, stand-up comedy, and photography—have different strategies for making us think that we have ju…[Read more]
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Gayle Rogers deposited Modernism: Evolution of an Idea (Introduction) in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 10 years agoIntroduction to Modernism: Evolution of an Idea, which traces the emergence and coherence of the term “modernism”, and the field of modernist studies, from the late 1800s to the present.
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Alexandra Berlina started the topic conference on Shklovsky's ostranenie: cognitive aspects in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 10 years agoDear all,
I’m organizing a conference at which I’d love to meet some of you:
A Hundred Years of Ostranenie: an International Conference
<u>University of Erfurt, December 15-17 2016</u>
A century ago, in 1916, a young student named Viktor Shklovsky self-published his precocious essay-cum-manifesto “Art as Device”. In it, he coined a term whi…[Read more]
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Thomas Mazanec started the topic CFP: "Machine Translation Before 1800" (MLA 2017) in the discussion
Translation on MLA Commons 10 years agoContributors are invited for a special session on “Machine Translation Before 1800” for the 2017 MLA Convention in Philadelphia (January 5–8, 2017).
Translation has usually been conceived as a relationship between individual persons or texts across languages. How does thinking in terms of systems, teams, and conditions instead of indiv…[Read more]
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Thomas Lawrence Long started the topic 2016 MLA Medical Humanities Executive Committee in the discussion
Medical Humanities and Health Studies on MLA Commons 10 years agoDuring the 2016 annual convention of the MLA, the new TC Medical Humanities and Health Studies Forum’s executive committee met to plan session proposals for the 2017 convention and other initiatives.
The forum’s executive committee leadership for 2016:
Rebecca Garden, president
Thomas Lawrence Long, secretary
Andrea Charise, member
Erin L…[Read more]
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