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Clara Iwasaki replied to the topic Petition in the discussion
Prospective Forum: LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoI support the creation of this forum.
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Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Please help endorse the formation of an early & medieval Chinese lit forum! in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoDear Colleagues,
As many of you may be aware, while the MLA forums on modern Chinese lit and Ming-Qing lit were successfully established in 2014, a third forum, on pre-14th century literature, never quite got off the ground. I’ve been encouraged to try to change this, and I need your help!
Could you please go to the prospective forum en…[Read more]
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Daniel Alan Fried started the topic Please help endorse the formation of an early & medieval Chinese lit forum! in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 9 months agoDear Colleagues,
As many of you may be aware, while the MLA forums on modern Chinese lit and Ming-Qing lit were successfully established in 2014, a third forum, on pre-14th century literature, never quite got off the ground. I’ve been encouraged to try to change this, and I need your help!
Could you please go to the prospective forum…[Read more]
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Lee Skallerup Bessette deposited Re-Evaluating Suvin: Brown Girl in the Ring as Effective Magical Dystopia in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 8 years, 10 months agoThis paper will begin by looking at the historical theoretical relationship between science fiction and dystopia. It will then proceed to demonstrate how recent theorists have failed to adequately incorporate the practical changes authors have introduced to the genre, which includes the incorporation of aspects of magical realism. Brown Girl in…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited NOTES 1984 in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on George Orwell’s Nineteen Eigthy-Four. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Jiwei Xiao started the topic Jia Pingwa MLA 2018 Roundtable cfp in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe “Arrival” of Jia Pingwa in World Literature: Translation and Interpretation
A Roundtable sponsored by the LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese Forum for the MLA Annual Meeting in New York, Jan. 4-7, 2018.
Jia Pingwa is considered one of the most original and influential novelists in contemporary China. A prolific writer, he has non…[Read more]
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Richard Menke deposited Telegraphic Realism: Henry James’s In the Cage in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoIn setting his 1898 tale In the Cage in a telegraph office, Henry James was adapting and investigating a metaphor that earlier novelists had used for the workings of fiction. As invoked by writers such as Elizabeth Gaskell and Charles Dickens, the idealized image of the electric telegraph hints at some of the formal and ideological properties of…[Read more]
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Gloria Lee McMillan started the topic Story in NW Times of Children of Steel unity in diversity lit. project in the discussion
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 9 years agoHello, and happy new year all!
Our writers have diverse roots. For instance, one such industrial community, East Chicago, Indiana (host to Arcelor-Mittal’s current flagship and largest US full process steel mill) was listed on censuses in the 1940s and 1960s as having 82 nationalities. As times have changed people have moved to suburbs s…[Read more]
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Nathan Faries started the topic Ming/Qing LLC Forum Meeting Notes (Jan. 6, 2017) in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoMing/Qing China LLC Forum
MLA 2017 Meeting Notes, Philadelphia
January 6, 7:30-8:45 p.m.
Chair, Prof. Tina Lu presiding, started at 7:35 p.m.
12 colleagues in attendance (attendance/e-mail sign-up page passed around)
How do we increase representation and build community of Chinese scholars at MLA?
Encourage panel proposals, direct…[Read more]
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Nathan Faries started the topic Ming/Qing China Forum Meeting Tonight: ALL WELCOME! in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoThe Ming/Qing China Forum is meeting tonight, Friday, 7:30 p.m. in Marriott 303.
ALL ARE WELCOME, whether you are officially in the Forum or not!
If you are interested in seeing more China sessions at the MLA please come contribute to the conversation. Thanks!
Here are some topics we’ll discuss:
What is the ideal schedule for Asia/China…[Read more]
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Jiwei Xiao replied to the topic East Asian Languages and Literatures — Reception — ALL WELCOME in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoWill be there Chris!
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Christopher M. Lupke started the topic East Asian Languages and Literatures — Reception — ALL WELCOME in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoPlease come to the East Asian Languages and Literatures Reception on Saturday night at 8:45 pm in Marriott 411-412. There will be food and drink! I hope to see you there.
Christopher Lupke
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Nathan Faries started the topic I second Charlotte's post! Hope to see you all Saturday night! in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoYou are invited! Social Gathering and Networking Event Arranged by the Forums LLC Asian American, LLC East Asian, LLC Korean, LLC Ming and Qing Chinese, LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese, and LLC Japanese to 1900
<span class=”aBn” tabindex=”0″ data-term=”goog_1575449218″><span class=”aQJ”>Saturday, 7 January, 8:45–10:00 p.m.</span></span>, 4…[Read more] -
Nathan Faries started the topic Invitation: Ming/Qing LLC Forum Meeting FRIDAY in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoDear Colleagues,
Thank you very much for supporting the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum!
We hope to see you all at our second forum meeting on
Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, room 303.
Please join us to talk about plans for promoting more China scholarship at the MLA.
Because of your participation in this forum, this year…[Read more]
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Nathan Faries started the topic Invitation: Ming/Qing LLC Forum Meeting FRIDAY in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years agoDear Colleagues,
Thank you very much for supporting the LLC Ming/Qing Chinese forum!
We hope to see you all at our second forum meeting on
Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, room 303.
Please join us to talk about plans for promoting more China scholarship at the MLA.
Because of your participation in this forum, this year we will…[Read more]
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André Carrington deposited Blackness & Utopia in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoPilot for a modular course in-person, hybrid, or online format. Texts and other materials available in digital and streaming formats.
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Carl Gelderloos deposited Das Ich über der Natur (1927) in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 9 years, 1 month agoEntry on Alfred Döblin’s book, Das Ich über der Natur, in the 2016 Alfred Döblin Handbuch.
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Carol Zuses started the topic Solilcitation of Membership Suggestions for First Forum Delegate Election in the discussion
Modern and Contemporary Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years, 2 months agoWhen this forum’s executive committee meets during the Philadelphia convention in January, it will take up the matter of nominations for the first election of a Delegate Assembly representative for the forum; the election will be held in the fall of 2017. Though the executive committee is responsible for making nominations, it is required to no…[Read more]
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Li Guo started the topic Candidate Statement for Ming and Qing Forum Executive Committee Member Election in the discussion
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoDear Members of the Executive Committee of MLA Ming and Qing LLC Forum,
My name is Li Guo. I am an associate professor of Chinese at Utah State University and a candidate running for the MLA Ming and Qing Chinese Studies Executive Committee. Below I offer a brief review of my research interests, my previous and ongoing organizational work for MLA…[Read more]
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Karl Steel deposited Logsex in Hell: What a Body Can't Do in the group
GS Speculative Fiction on MLA Commons 9 years, 3 months agoMy paper concerns two radically distinct portrayals of genital injury. The first examples, drawn from legal and doctrinal narrative, describe the cultural norm of meaningful castration. The other, which provides my paper with its title, is from Peter of Cornwall’s Book of Revelations. This set of one is an analogous injury that may mean nothing: n…[Read more]
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