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Murat Öğütcü deposited THE COURT, THE NOBILITY AND THE MONARCH S RESPONSIBILITIES IN SHAKESPEARE S ELIZABETHAN HISTORY PLAYS in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoAbstract
After 1588, several socio-political and economic problems appeared in the Elizabethan society. These problems were
aggravated by Elizabeth I’s desire to live royally without responsibility. The correlation between good government and the
responsibility of monarchs was emphasised in the literature of the period, as well. Particularly, t…[Read more] -
Murat Öğütcü deposited Shakespeare in Animation in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoShakespeare in Animation
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Kanika Batra deposited City Botany: Reading Urban Ecologies in China through Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCity Botany: Reading Urban Ecologies in China through Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke
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Hatem Akil replied to the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoCorrection to the above post.
GAAM’s CFPs are for the following panels:
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.Teaching Global Arab Comics in the U.S.
This panel seeks papers that address graphic narratives by/about Arabs, and how they are taught or not taught today in the US. Some of…[Read more]
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Hatem Akil started the topic Reminder re. Global Arab and Arab American Forum MLA 2018 CFPs in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months ago<div class=”bbp-reply-content”>
Dear Friends,
Time is closing on submissions to the MLA 2018 convention panels organized by the Forum on Global Arab and Arab American Literature (GAAM). Please review and circulate as may be necessary.
Environmental Insecurities and Global Arab Humanities
Beyond Bounds: The Refugee in Global Arab/Arab…[Read more] -
Cynthia Wu deposited A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Displacement and the World War II Japanese American Internment in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoArticle in special issue of Amerasia Journal on “Carceral States”
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Hugh M. Richmond deposited Proto-Feminism: Seductions in Shakespeare and Milton in the group
LLC Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoOne of the most familiar literary topics is the seduction scene. Both Shakespeare and Milton enhance this tradition by shifting the motives offered by the seducer to ones fitting increasingly autonomous and ambitious women, foreshadowing many of the concerns of modern feminism.
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Hugh M. Richmond deposited Proto-Feminism: Seductions in Shakespeare and Milton in the group
LLC 17th-Century English on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoOne of the most familiar literary topics is the seduction scene. Both Shakespeare and Milton enhance this tradition by shifting the motives offered by the seducer to ones fitting increasingly autonomous and ambitious women, foreshadowing many of the concerns of modern feminism.
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John Charles Hawley uploaded the file: CFP special issue African Literature Today: Queer Theory in Film and Fiction to
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow are African literatures and cultures mediating globalizing frameworks for gender and sexuality and shifting understandings of “queer”? From Woubi Cheri and Dakan, to Stories of Our Lives, African film has begun this conversation. From K. Sello Duiker, to Chinelo Okparanta and Diriye Osman, new voices have invited national debates on these top…[Read more]
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Lucinda Newns started the topic CFP UPDATE: PSA Convention 2017 on Globalisation – NEW KEYNOTES (Deadline: 2/28) in the discussion
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>Postcolonial Studies Association Convention</b>
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<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″><b>School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London (UK), 18–20 September 2017</b>
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<p class=”p1″><span class=”s1″>We are pleased to announce that the 2017 PSA Convention will be held at the School of…[Read more] -
Richard A. Strier started the topic DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEAR SEMINAR in the discussion
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoTHE DEADLINE FOR THE NEH SUMMER SEMINAR ON KING LEAR DIRECTED BY RICHARD STRIER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THIS SUMMER (JULY 10-28) IS MARCH 1. NON-TENURE TRACK AS WELL AS TENURED AND TENURE-TRACK INSTRUCTORS ARE WELCOME TO APPLY. STIPEND IS $2700. DETAILS ON THE SEMINAR AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS CAN BE FOUND AT: [Read more]
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Richard A. Strier started the topic DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR LEAR SEMINAR in the discussion
Shakespeare on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p style=”background: white;”><span style=”font-family: Georgia; color: #333333;”>DEAR FOLKS,</span></p>
<p style=”background: white; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;”><span style=”font-family: Georgia; color: #333333;”>THE…[Read more] -
Nicholas Rinehart deposited Native Sons; Or, How “Bigger” Was Born Again in the group
CLCS Global Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThis article reconsiders Richard Wright’s Native Son by comparing divergences between the published novel and an earlier typeset manuscript. It argues that such revisions render protagonist Bigger Thomas an icon of global class conflict rather than a national figure of racial tension. By revealing the continuities among critical essays that…[Read more]
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Pamela Thoma replied to the topic MLA 2017 Sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoThanks so much for posting these, Crystal! What a great group of sessions. Looking forward to later today and to the other panels later in the convention!
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Crystal Parikh started the topic MLA 2017 Sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American in the discussion
Asian American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoIf you’re attending the 2017 MLA convention, please check out the following sessions arranged by the Forum in LLC Asian American:
Boundary Conditions and Complexities in Teaching the Works of Karen Tei Yamashita
Thursday, 5 January, 5:15–6:30 p.m., 110A, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Program arranged by the forum LLC Asian A…[Read more]
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David C. Lloyd started the topic Jeff Sacks responds to Anthony Appiah in the discussion
English Literature Other Than British and American on MLA Commons 9 years agoThis open letter by Jeff Sacks, in response to Anthony Apia’s recent blog on the Commons, appeared in the online journal Jadaliyya: http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/25811/an-open-letter-to-kwame-anthony-appiah-president-o
Sacks writes:
With all of the talk about academic freedom, what is this “freedom” that we are talking about, if it i…[Read more]
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Ruth Yvonne Hsu deposited “Mapping Los Angeles: Yamashita’s Tropic of Orange, GIS, and Cartographic Pedagogy” in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 9 years agoDigital technology in teaching the work of Karen Tei Yamashita
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Ruth Yvonne Hsu deposited “Memory as Lucid Dreams: Experimenting with Yamashita’s I Hotel in Shanghai, China” in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 9 years agoOn the teaching of Karen Tei Yamashita’s I Hotel in the People’s Republic of China
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Ruth Yvonne Hsu deposited “The Multiple Racial Subjects of Japanese Immigrants: Brazil-Maru and Diversity Training in Japan” in the group
LLC Asian American on MLA Commons 9 years agoOn the teaching of Karen Tei Yamahita’s Brazil-Maru
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