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Karen L. Raber uploaded the file: Animals in Literature syllabus to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’ve taught this syllabus twice, with remarkable results: it’s an upper-level undergraduate seminar that ranges through a variety of texts as well as a bunch of films and supplementary essays or articles. In practice, it also includes fairly extensive use of images in powerpoints (at least one whole unit on artistic representations of animals,…[Read more]
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Cristin Ellis uploaded the file: U.S. Lit and the Anthropocene, from 1800 (upper undergrad) to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThis is a new course (road-testing it this spring) for junior/senior-level undergraduates at the University of Mississippi. It asks students to think about how American authors have framed the problem of losing nature from 1800 forward. Its organized into four units which hinge on each of the four novels we’ll be reading: Child’s Hobomok and the…[Read more]
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThanks Jeffrey–Lowell’s thoughts are EXACTLY on target, and his suggestions in the discussion at the end are incredibly helpful even if we expand them to non-Shakespearean texts (although I feel the seductive pull of Lear and Prospero even as I say this . . .).
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoNot that it’s an EM syllabus, Karen, but one of my favorite blog posts on integrating early modern literature with ecocrit is this one by Lowell Duckert:
http://www.inthemedievalmiddle.com/2014/08/teaching-literature-in-west-virginian.html
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Karen L. Raber replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoYes indeed: I’m trying to come up with one for this coming fall for advanced undergrads on the nonhuman in early modern literature/culture. It’s proving more complicated to choose primary texts than I thought, since I’m trying to get away from my usual over-reliance on Shakespeare. Will check back in case anyone has suggestions . . . . and po…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoActually … I just placed a syllabus there. Here’s hoping others will follow!
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen uploaded the file: Contact Ecologies (grad seminar) to
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoSyllabus for a graduate seminar on “Ecologies of Conquest / Contact Ecologies” I taught at the George Washington University. The primary materials are mostly medieval.
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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoLOVE this idea! If you look to the left of this screen there is a button labeled “FILES.” We could use that as a repository for teaching materials that members are willing to share.
Jeffrey
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Pamela Herron replied to the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoThat sounds like a great idea! I am piloting a new course I’ve developed called Daoism and the Environment and I am combining the Daodejing with more traditional environmental writing including many Native American poets and writers. This grew out of a paper I did last year for an Ecocriticism panel. We’re in our second week of classes and the…[Read more]
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Cristin Ellis started the topic Syllabi in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’d love to see this forum become a place where we can brainstorm classes and resources for teaching. Would anyone else be interested in a syllabus exchange and teaching thread here?
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Cristin Ellis replied to the topic Suggestions for Sessions @ #MLA16 Austin in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 11 years agoI’d be interested to hear papers thinking through the affinities and tensions generated by the convergence of ecocriticism with posthumanism (new materialisms, eg.). This might incorporate the kind of questions Serpil Opperman is imagining…
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María Gil Poisa uploaded the file: CFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life to
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years agoCFP: Body Memory Trauma // Exhibition: Water, Art, Women, Life
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Masood Raja started the topic Pictures from our MLA Panel in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month ago
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Masood Raja started the topic MLA Panel Tomorrow in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoPlease join us for our MLA Panel tomorrow:
678. Politics of Difference and Poetics of Reconciliation
Sunday, 11 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 14, VCC EastProgram arranged by the Discussion Group on South Asian Languages and Literatures
Presiding: Masood Raja, Univ. of North Texas
1. “Cosmopolitan Aesthetics in Shakeel Adilzada’s Baazigar,” Masood R…[Read more]
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Masood Raja started the topic Executive Committee Meeting in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoWe held our annual Executive committee meeting yesterday and will soon share the news about new members for the next five year term.
Meanwhile, please do post your comments and suggestions to this forum so that we can make this into a viable place to generate ideas and to increase the visibility of our group.
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Leigh Anne Duck started the topic CfP: “Global García Márquez” in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoSalmon Rushdie recently wrote, “Gabo lives. The extraordinary worldwide attention paid to the death of Gabriel García Márquez, and the genuine sorrow felt by readers everywhere at his passing, tell us that his books are still very much alive” (New York Times Book Review, May 18, 2014, p.1). This issue of The Global South seeks to expand under…[Read more]
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Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Ghosh in a Creative Writing Class in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoDear Colleagues,
As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh’s works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be m…[Read more] -
Gaurav G. Desai started the topic Query on Teaching Amitav Ghosh in a Creative Writing Workshop in the forum
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 11 years, 6 months agoDear Colleagues,
As some of you may know, John Hawley and I are putting together a volume on Approaches to Teaching the Works of Amitav Ghosh. We have received a number of excellent proposals but are interested in a contribution from someone who teaches Ghosh’s works in a creative writing workshop. If you or anyone you know does so, I would be…[Read more]
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Laura E. Savu started the topic CFP: The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context in the forum
South Asian Languages and Literatures on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoDear colleagues,
I’m writing to invite you to submit proposals for a collection of essays that is tentatively titled The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context. Please take a look at the brief description of the topic and the research questions below. Feel free to add any other comments and questions and let me know if you are i…[Read more]
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I enjoyed looking at your syllabus. I am currently teaching a course called Daoism and the Environment which takes as it6s foundation the interconnectedness of all nature based in Chinese philosophy. Have you ever considered using articles from the Orion Journal? They have had some excellent articles on animals and human interaction with animals.
Thanks Pamela; I’ve never looked at that journal, but will check it out!
Here’s just one feature that stuck with me. Orion is primarily a nature/environmental journal with some great contributors. I often use their search function to look for articles relevant to whatever subject I’m dealing with. Thanks for sharing the syllabus!
Thanks Karen, very interesting.