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Pamela Kirkpatrick replied to the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoI apologize for that post! I’m not sure why it shows the code? Here’s the text:
CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment.
Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in The Song of Roland, characters use sarcasm to…[Read more]
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Pamela Kirkpatrick started the topic CFP for MLA 2018 in New York: Medieval and Renaissance Terms of Endearment. in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months ago<span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif; color: #333333;”>Seeking proposals to a non-guaranteed session about kinship terminology or terms of endearment used for friends and foes. For example, in <span style=”font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif;”>The Song of Roland</span>, characters use sarcasm to describe enemies as friends, and interestingly,…[Read more]
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Molly A. Martin replied to the topic Teaching Arthur in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThere were some great videos, quests for the holy grail of coffee during finals week, some Lancelot getting busted texting Guinevere, one Meleagant on trial, etc. I continue to tweak how I explain the goals of the assignment for the students, and am hoping to see results in May.
I love that you have students doing a creative assignment. I look…[Read more]
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Lisa Robeson replied to the topic Teaching Arthur in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoMolly, What an amazing activity. We have a lot of aspiring screenwriters at ONU, and they would love the course.
I’m thinking of teaching a course that combines reading Arthurian literature and creative writing. So–we read some of the major medieval and modern treatments, and then let the students design their own. That’s my ambitious plan,…[Read more]
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee posted an update in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNew Chaucer Society 2018 Congress CFP is live: http://newchaucersociety.org/pages/entry/2018-congress
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee posted an update in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoNew Chaucer Society 2018 Congress Call for Papers is live: http://newchaucersociety.org/pages/entry/2018-congress
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Matthew Davis deposited “As Above, So Below: Staging the Digby Mary Magdalene in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years agoWith thirty-seven named locations, the Digby Mary Magdalene is rightfully considered to require the most elaborate staging of the Middle English dramatic corpus. In this article, I re-examine the manuscript to find evidence of how the various locations in the play can be grouped into what I term staging complexes. Beginning with the division of…[Read more]
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Matthew Davis deposited Lydgate at Long Melford: Reassessing the Testament and “Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum” in Their Local Context in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years agoThe extracodical stanzas of John Lydgate’s Testament and “Quis Dabit Meo Capiti Fontem Lacrimarum” in the Clopton chantry chapel of the Great Church of Holy Trinity, Long Melford, not only are two intriguing witnesses differing in presentation and language from the manuscript copies but also can be considered as part of a rhetorical program where…[Read more]
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited “Forward,” Backward, or Somewhere in Between: Carrying Chaucer in Wisconsin in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years agoPaper given for the LLC Middle English Forum’s roundtable on “Campus Chaucer. ” See also separately uploaded PowerPoint slides (not strictly necessary; the bold in the text, however, refers to a change of slide). Contains many informational links. Accompanying PowerPoint: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6BW3B
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited “Forward,” Backward, or Somewhere in Between: Carrying Chaucer in Wisconsin in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years agoPaper given for the LLC Middle English Forum’s roundtable on “Campus Chaucer. ” See also separately uploaded PowerPoint slides (not strictly necessary; the bold in the text, however, refers to a change of slide). Contains many informational links. Accompanying PowerPoint: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6BW3B
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited Powerpoint for “‘Forward,’ Backward, or Somehwere in Between: Carrying Chaucer in Wisconsin” in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years agoPowerPoint to accompany paper (http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6GP71) given in #s280 at the 2017 MLA Convention.
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited Powerpoint for “‘Forward,’ Backward, or Somehwere in Between: Carrying Chaucer in Wisconsin” in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years agoPowerPoint to accompany paper (http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6GP71) given in #s280 at the 2017 MLA Convention.
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited The Poetics of Practicality in the group
LLC Middle English on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores insistently practical medieval texts—works whose explicit goal is to assist their readers to make something in the world beyond the page (a book, a culinary dish, an ointment, an object) and asks if they can be said to have a poetics. Drawing on Michel de Certeau and Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of practice as well as Gérard Gene…[Read more]
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Lisa H. Cooper deposited The Poetics of Practicality in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThis essay explores insistently practical medieval texts—works whose explicit goal is to assist their readers to make something in the world beyond the page (a book, a culinary dish, an ointment, an object) and asks if they can be said to have a poetics. Drawing on Michel de Certeau and Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of practice as well as Gérard Gene…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Fall 2017 Forum Delegate Election: Call for Suggestions in the discussion
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoWhen it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia, this forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for the fall 2017 election of a new Delegate Assembly representative. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to nominate at least one candidate who has been su…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Call for Membership Suggestions for 2017 Delegate Election in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoThe term of this forum’s current Delegate Assembly representative is due to expire in January 2018, so the election for a new representative will be held in the fall of 2017. The forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the Philadelphia convention in January. Though the exec…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Delegate Assembly representative election in the discussion
Arthurian Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe next election for this forum’s Delegate Assembly representative will be held in the fall of 2017, and the forum’s executive committee will take up the matter of nominations for this election when it meets during the January 2017 convention in Philadelphia. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to…[Read more]
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William A. Quinn posted an update in the group
LLC Chaucer on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThanks to whoever nominated me to stand for election to the Chaucer Forum’s Executive Committee. My own research interests include the implications of recital, the history of verse form and and the history of reading. I hope to provide enthusiastic support for a diversity of approaches to all medieval literature. I am particularly concerned…[Read more]
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David F. Johnson started the topic Candidate Intro in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoFollowing Nicole’s lead, I too have been nominated for election to the Executive Board of the Old English Forum of the Modern Language Association. Here’s my statement of interest in this important function:
Having attended several MLA conferences in a row over the past three or four years—after a brief hiatus—I was struck by the energy, vib…[Read more]
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Nicole Guenther Discenza started the topic Candidate introduction in the discussion
Old English Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoI am a candidate for the Old English forum and would like to introduce myself and my goals.
Old English has long had a strong presence at MLA. I want to continue the mix of panels and paper sessions we have had in recent years, with representation including all levels of the profession from graduate students through senior scholars.
I am a…[Read more]
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