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Marcos Wasem deposited Barroso y sublime. Poética para Perlongher in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoLa reflexión crítica que opera en torno al concepto de neobarroco recupera la categoría estética de lo sublime, expropiándola de los márgenes que ha ocupado en el pensamiento estético-filosófico de Occidente. Si bien se ha escrito bastante sobre la relación entre el barroco del siglo XVII y el neobarroco hispaoamericano, son pocos, sin embargo,…[Read more]
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Luis I. Pradanos started the topic Call for Submissions in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoCall for Papers: 2017 Special Section of Letras Hispanas on
“Contemporary Iberian Ecocriticism and New Materialisms”
Editor: Luis I. Prádanos, Miami University
Deadline: June 1, 2017
The global proliferation of ecocriticism and environmental humanities is significantly enriching the depth and scope of literary and cultural studies worl…[Read more]
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Claudia Cabello-Hutt started the topic 20th- and 21st- century LatAm panels @MLA Philly 2017 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoHere are the panels organized by the forum LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American. Feel free to share info about related panels at the upcoming MLA.
The Autonomy of Poetry Revisited
Friday, 6 January, 8:30–9:45 a.m., 305-306, Philadelphia Marriott
Program arranged by the forum LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Latin Ameri…[Read more]
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Zachary Ludington started the topic Call for Submissions: Poéticas in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoPoéticas, Revista de Estudios Literarios, a new journal published in English and Spanish, invites submissions of scholarly work related to all aspects of poetry, in any language or period. In addition to scholarly studies, and book reviews, the journal publishes new work from recognized poets like Charles Simic and Yusef Komunyakaa. See the…[Read more]
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Zachary Ludington started the topic Call for Submissions: Poéticas in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoPoéticas, Revista de Estudios Literarios, a new journal published in English and Spanish, invites submissions of scholarly work related to all aspects of poetry, in any language or period. In addition to scholarly studies and book reviews, the journal publishes new work from recognized poets like Charles Simic and Yusef Komunyakaa. See the…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Suggestions for This Forum's Fall 2017 Delegate Election in the discussion
Film on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoMS Screen Arts and Culture will elect a new Delegate Assembly representative in an election that is scheduled for the fall of 2017. 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 n…[Read more]
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Carol Zuses started the topic Membership Suggestions for Next Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoSince the term of this forum’s current Delegate Assembly representative will expire in January 2018, the next forum delegate election is scheduled for the fall of 2017. 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 com…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell started the topic REMINDER: The Comics of Alison Bechdel (12/1/16) in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoJust a reminder…
The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In
“The Comics of Alison Bechdel: From the Outside In” is a proposed volume in the series Critical Approaches to Comics Artists at the University Press of Mississippi. This volume will contain an array of critical essays on the comics of Alison Bechdel, offering new exami…[Read more]
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Debra Ann Castillo deposited The bad boy antihero and contemporary politics: Scarface and Gunday in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoIn this short piece I look at media creations of the contemporary political landscape by way of popular history as accessed through films. I suggest that one of the ways figures like Donald Trump or Narendra Modi access a certain violent masculinity is through a shared understanding of this repertoire of images.
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Eloy Eduardo Merino started the topic Convocatoria / call for papers in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoSe solicitan contribuciones / propuestas:
“Aula lírica. Revista sobre poesía ibérica e iberoamericana” invites submissions for its issue number 9 (2017). “Aula lírica” is an electronic peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the study of Iberian and Ibero-American poetry.
It publishes essays, notes, and reviews, in Spanish, English, and Por…[Read more] -
Kathleen Fitzpatrick deposited The Future History of the Book: Time, Attention, Convention in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoAnxieties abound regarding the ostensible obsolescence of the book. Exploring whether the book is in fact becoming obsolete — and what it might mean if it were — requires thinking distinctly about the specific material form of the book (the codex) and about the content that it has long carried. If the form were to change — becoming digital, for i…[Read more]
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Margaret C. Flinn started the topic New M.A. Program in Film Studies in the discussion
Film on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe Ohio State University Master of Arts in Film Studies
The Ohio State University announces a new Master of Arts degree in Film Studies. Film Studies at Ohio State (https://film-studies.osu.edu) is a multicultural, international, and interdisciplinary program, which approaches cinema as both art and as international social practice. The M.A.…[Read more]
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Francesco Ardolino deposited L’urlo. Del furor destructor a la afirmación de sí in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century Spanish and Iberian on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoThe “Urlo”. From the deconstructive rage/fury to the ‘yes’ assertion.
In this article we offer a series of tableaux belonging to contemporary Romance literatures written by women, through a focus on a common feature which is that of the “urlo” (scream). Based on a selection of works mainly Italian, but also taken from other literatures of the Rom…[Read more] -
Debra Ann Castillo started the topic CFP/Convocatoria: Latin American Speculative Fiction in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Latin American Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoCall for Papers (anticipated publication date early 2018; español sigue abajo)
Volume 31 Latin American Speculative Fiction (www.paradoxa.com)
Editors: Debra Ann Castillo (debra.castillo@gmail.com) and Liliana Colanzi (lc566@cornell.edu)
Speculative fiction provides complex perspectives on the changes that technological advances produce in…[Read more]
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Donna Kornhaber started the topic CFP: The Films of Wes Anderson in the discussion
Film on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe Films of Wes Anderson
A special issue of Texas Studies in Literature and Language (TSLL)
Wes Anderson is among the most recognized and recognizable writer-directors working today: the recipient of six Academy Award nominations, the subject of countless magazine profiles, the topic of several recent books, and the object of an…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Bibliography for Cognitive Literary Studies in the group
MS Screen Arts and Culture on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoa bibliography-in-progress for cognitive literary, film, theater, and media studies
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Jorge Calderón started the topic Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling International Conference University of Toronto, C in the discussion
Gay Studies in Language and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoCall for Papers
Feeling Queer / Queer Feeling
International Conference
University of Toronto, Canada
May 24–26, 2017
How can one begin to apprehend that which is not of the order of representation, that which cannot be communicated in any way whatsoever, and that which cannot be rendered immanent through literature, cinema, painting, or by a…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic New Rust Belt Literature Group at the Commmons in the discussion
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Rust Belt Literature
Public Group active 5 hours, 52 minutes ago
<div id=”item-meta”>We welcome your participation as screen writers and students of film in the Rust Belt Literature group. NOTE: We are looking for hosts for a Rust Belt Literature panel at the next national MLA convention.
This group will host…[Read more]
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Vicente Gomis-Izquierdo posted an update in the group
LLC Cuban and Cuban Diasporic on MLA Commons 9 years, 4 months agoThe editors of Hispanic Journal invite submissions of unpublished studies all year around. Hispanic Journal is published twice annually by the Department of Foreign Languages and the Graduate School of Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Its purpose is to publish research and criticism of the highest quality in the areas of Spanish, Spanish…[Read more]
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Esther Sánchez-Pardo started the topic CFP: Crossing the Anglo-Hispanic Divide Seminar at ACLA 2017, Utrecht, July 2017 in the discussion
Twentieth-Century Spanish Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 5 months agoCrossing the Anglo-Hispanic Divide: Modernist Women Writers and Artists beyond Frontiers
A Seminar at ACLA 2017 (6th-9th July, Utrecht)
Organizers: Esther Sánchez-Pardo (esanchez_pardo@filol.ucm.es) & Renee Silverman (silvermr@fiu.edu)
Proposals due Sept. 23, 2016
Apply online: http://www.acla.org/crossing-anglo-hispanic-divide-modernist-women-…[Read more]
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