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Jervette Ward started the topic 2021 MLA LLC African American Forum-Linked Virtual Panels in the discussion
LLC African American on MLA Commons 5 years agoThe attached documents provide a list with links to the 2021 MLA LLC African American Forum-Linked Virtual Panels.
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Lorena Gauthereau started the topic Call for applications: US Latino/a/x Digital Humanities Grants-in-Aid ($7,500) in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month agoUniversity of Houston
Recovering the US Hispanic Heritage Program / US Latino Digital Humanities (USLDH)
Call for Proposals
GRANTS-IN-AID funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
The University of Houston US Latino Digital Humanities (USLDH) program is a digital scholarship/research undertaking to provide training and research on US Latino…[Read more] -
Kate Pond deposited “Sapience” The (Attempted) Making of a Modern Myth: Storybuilding as a Component of Social Justice in the group
LLC African American Forum on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThis autoethnographic exploration, describes and reflects upon my attempt to crowdsource a modern myth on the origins of racism in America. It draws on my work in narrative studies with a special focus on stories and their role in human development. Part one is analysis of the ‘functions’ of story as both plot variables and sociological act…[Read more]
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Kate Pond deposited “Sapience” The (Attempted) Making of a Modern Myth: Storybuilding as a Component of Social Justice in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoThis autoethnographic exploration, describes and reflects upon my attempt to crowdsource a modern myth on the origins of racism in America. It draws on my work in narrative studies with a special focus on stories and their role in human development. Part one is analysis of the ‘functions’ of story as both plot variables and sociological act…[Read more]
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Jervette Ward started the topic MLA Elections Close TODAY!!! in the discussion
LLC African American on MLA Commons 5 years, 1 month agoDon’t forget that MLA elections close today!
Don’t forget to vote for the new member of the LLC African American Forum Executive Committee and for the MLA Executive Council among other elections.
https://www.mla.org/About-Us/Governance/Elections/Nominations-for-2020-MLA-Elections
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Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael deposited “Wild Nights”: Death and Humor in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoEmily Dickinson’s unique style of poetic composition is marked by ambiguity and open-endedness, leading to the genesis of a privileged space wherein reader and writer are able to meet as co-creators of meaning. As a poet, Dickinson addresses many themes in ways that are subject to countless layers of interpretation. This essay focuses p…[Read more]
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Jayashree Kamble replied to the topic seeking a NYC-area research assistant in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoI’d suggest emailing the American Studies department at the CUNY graduate center. They might have grad students who can take on your task. (Of course, the NYPL is closed for archival research at the moment.)
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Matthew Calihman started the topic seeking a NYC-area research assistant in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoHello American Literature Group:
I am looking for a research assistant to photograph some archival material for me at the New York Public Library. Do you know of any people doing this kind of work in the NYC area? Thank you very much, in advance, for any help you can offer.
Sincerely,
Matthew Calihman
Missouri State University
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Amin Nash deposited Romantic American Ideals and Disruptive Perceptions: Human and Character Disconnections in Nabokov’s Lolita with Observations from Kubrick’s Film in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 3 months agoVladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita” is known for its seductive writing despite its destructive subject matter. How does this novel accomplish such a juxtaposition? How does the novel keep the reader interested despite Humber blatantly attacking Dolores Haze? This essay explores critically explores the technical method which Nabokov uses in “Lolita.” The…[Read more]
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Lourdes Estrada-López started the topic CFP: From Manuscript to Digital (Virtual Conference) Deadline October, 31st in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoCFP: II International Conference From Manuscript to Digital: Worldwide English Literature and Worldwide Literatures in English
Organizers: University of Lincoln, Universidade de Lisboa, Universidad de Jaén
Location: Jaén, Spain (Virtual-Google Meet)
Dates: December 1-3, 2020
Deadline: 31st October 2020This second International Conference F…[Read more]
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Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael deposited “What Thoughts I Have of You Tonight, Walt Whitman” Continuity and Innovation in Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 4 months agoIn his essay “The Poet,” Emerson called for the poet who would sing the burgeoning nation of the United States of America. The answer to his request far exceeded all his expectations in the form of a ground-breaking volume of poems where Walt Whitman sang not only a nation, but the people who inhabited it as the people incarnated the values, str…[Read more]
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Kate Pond started the topic seeking participants for my thesis project in the discussion
LLC African American on MLA Commons 5 years, 4 months agoI’m attempting to collect a number of micro-stories in order to deconstruct them by their morphological functions and rebuild one story from the crowd-sourced content. I am hopeful for a diverse representation, but looking for more voices. I would really appreciate if you have 30 minutes or so, that you help contribute to my…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies Association in the discussion
LLC Italian American on MLA Commons 5 years, 5 months agoPlease see the announcement and call for papers for Diasporic Italy.
Diasporic Italy: Journal of the Italian American Studies AssociationInaugural Volume (2021) – Call for Papers Description:Diasporic Italy is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the interdisciplinary study of Italian American / Diaspora studies, focusing on timely and v…[Read more]
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Zélia Catarina Pedro Rafael deposited “What Thoughts I Have of You Tonight, Walt Whitman” Continuity and Innovation in Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoIn his essay “The Poet,” Emerson called for the poet who would sing the burgeoning nation of the United States of America. The answer to his request far exceeded all his expectations in the form of a ground-breaking volume of poems where Walt Whitman sang not only a nation, but the people who inhabited it as the people incarnated the values, str…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Bob Dylan in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoFree access: The Bob Dylan Review 2.1 (Summer 2020): https://www.dylanreview.org/vol-2-1-summer-2020
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Christopher Hill deposited Figures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form in the group
LLC Late-19th- and Early-20th-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoFigures of the World: The Naturalist Novel and Transnational Form overturns Eurocentric genealogies and globalizing generalizations about “world literature” by examining the complex, contradictory history of naturalist fiction. Christopher Laing Hill traces the history of naturalist fiction from its emergence in France in the 1860s through its spr…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA deposited ‘El Juego de Ender’: La realidad flojea in the group
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoSpanish abstract: ‘El juego de Ender’ (1977, 1985) es una de esas ficciones en las que la realidad flojea, donde se circula de modo inesperado o sorpresivo entre niveles de realidad y de representación, donde a veces no queda claro si la acción está transcurriendo en un mundo sólido o en uno virtual, y donde a veces creemos estar en uno y est…[Read more]
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José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Literary theory and Narratology blogs in the discussion
American Literature on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoYou’re also welcome to join or follow two groups if you’re interested in literary theory and in narratology, each of them with its attendant blog:
Literary theory group: https://hcommons-staging.org/groups/literary-theory/
Literary theory blog: https://literarytheory.hcommons-staging.org/
Narrative Theory and Narratology group:…[Read more]
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Ryan Calabretta-Sajder started the topic Lecture on The Sopranos – July 22, 2020 from 3-4EST in the discussion
LLC Italian American on MLA Commons 5 years, 6 months agoJoin Jon Cavallero’s for a lecture on family in The Sopranos. See the flyer for more information.
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Lisa L. Tyler deposited Ernest Hemingway, Global American Modernist in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century American on MLA Commons 5 years, 7 months agoA Companion to World Literature. John Wiley and Sons, 2020. Available in Wiley Online Library, https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118635193
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