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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Escoptofilias terminales: ‘Peeping Tom’, artefacto reflexivo in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoSpanish Abstract: ´Peeping Tom´ (dir. Michael Powell, 1960), un clásico del cine de culto, nos sumerge en una intensa experiencia metafílmica. A base de acumulación mediática, repetición, inserción semiótico-perceptual, marcos dentro de marcos, y reflexividad casi hasta el infinito, saca la película un partido extraordinario a la semiótica…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Escoptofilias terminales: ‘Peeping Tom’, artefacto reflexivo in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoSpanish Abstract: ´Peeping Tom´ (dir. Michael Powell, 1960), un clásico del cine de culto, nos sumerge en una intensa experiencia metafílmica. A base de acumulación mediática, repetición, inserción semiótico-perceptual, marcos dentro de marcos, y reflexividad casi hasta el infinito, saca la película un partido extraordinario a la semiótica…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited Impresión de realidad: La percepción intelectiva en la epistemología de Zubiri in the group
Narrative theory and Narratology on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months agoSegún la epistemología de Xavier Zubiri, nuestra sensación de la realidad, la organización misma de nuestra percepción tanto del mundo externo como del mundo interno, no es “pura sensación”, sino que está mediatizada por esquemas de representación y por relaciones semióticas importadas de actos cognitivos anteriores (y así más que conocer, r…[Read more]
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Derek Johnston deposited The Folk of Folk Horror in the group
Film Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years, 11 months ago‘Folk horror’ has often been considered, following Mark Gatiss’ description of the genre, as centrally focused on a particular ‘obsession with the British landscape, its folklore, and superstitions’. While these elements are clearly significant, they become more problematic when opening up the genre to include texts from beyond Britain. Not only…[Read more]
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Lisa A. Freeman started the topic CFP Drama and Performance Forum and Sound Studies Joint Session in the discussion
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 3 years, 11 months agoThe Sounds of Humor
The Drama and Performance Forum and the Sound Studies Forum of the Modern Language Association (MLA) announce a co-sponsored session entitled “The Sounds of Humor” to be held at the MLA Convention in San Francisco, CA from January 5-8, 2023. What does humor sound like? Sounds tend to play an important role in performances inte…[Read more]
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Lisa A. Freeman started the topic CFP Drama and Performance Forum in the discussion
GS Drama and Performance on MLA Commons 3 years, 12 months agoThe Drama and Performance Forum solicits paper proposals for two guaranteed sessions at MLA 2023 in San Francisco:
Humor and Humorlessness before 1900 From the medieval period to the nineteenth century the concept of humor shifted from an aspect of human physiology, to the eccentric qualities of individuals or comic characters, to a mode of…[Read more]
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Jonathan Hiller started the topic CFPs for MLA 2023 San Francisco: 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Italian in the discussion
LLC 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Italian on MLA Commons 4 years agoDear Colleagues,
The LLC 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Italian Forum is pleased to invite submissions for two guaranteed panels and one non-guaranteed roundtable for the 2023 MLA Conference (San Francisco, CA, January 5-8).
The deadline to send your abstracts to the panel organizers is March 15, 2022.
“Interpretation and Expression Under…[Read more]
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Carol Chiodo deposited De nostri temporis studiorum ratione and the Digital Humanities in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Italian on MLA Commons 4 years agoTaking a page from eighteenth century philosopher Gianbattista Vico, this is a brief reflection on how Italian Studies scholars might view their work differently in light of the digital turn.
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Carol Chiodo deposited De nostri temporis studiorum ratione and the Digital Humanities in the group
LLC 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century Italian on MLA Commons 4 years agoTaking a page from eighteenth century philosopher Gianbattista Vico, this is a brief reflection on how Italian Studies scholars might view their work differently in light of the digital turn.
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Behnam M. Fomeshi deposited Roger Sedarat. Emerson in Iran: The American Appropriation of Persian Poetry in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 4 years agoThrough the case of Emerson’s appropriation of Persian poetry this volume provides a thought-provoking example of how the literary founding father of a nation is cosmopolitan and receptive of foreign cultures in what might seem a purely “nationalistic” agenda. It will appeal to those in the field of Persian literature, comparative liter…[Read more]
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Aldon Lynn Nielsen deposited Of Dr. Shelby Steele and Others in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 4 years agoA sharply critical response to Shelby Steele’s first book, The Content of Our Character.
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Rielle Navitski started the topic Call for Session Proposals in the discussion
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 4 years agoThe Screen Arts and Culture Forum Committee is seeking proposals from the membership for two of our yearly panel slots (one guaranteed, one non-guaranteed).
If you are posting a CFP for your session on the MLA site, the deadline is February 28.
We will consider proposals for sessions up through March 15. Please email your proposals, including…[Read more]
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