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Nicky Agate started the topic Introductions? in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 10 years, 7 months agoHello!
As managing editor of the Commons, I’d like to invite you, the members of this forum, to introduce yourselves and take a moment to tell us which particular methods of literary research you employ or explore.
Remember that this forum is not just a place to share calls for papers, but also syllabi and teaching ideas, reviews of research sit…[Read more]
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Alexander L. Kaufman started the topic CFP: "Greenwood Fashion," SEMA 2015 in the discussion
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 10 years, 8 months agoCFP: Southeastern Medieval Association (SEMA) Conference. October 22-24, 2015, Little Rock, Arkansas
International Association for Robin Hood Studies Sponsored Session:
“Greenwood Fashion: Clothing, Textiles, Skins, and Furs in the Ongoing Robin Hood Legend”
The Robin Hood ballads and other Robin Hood tellings, from the past through the…[Read more]
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Lynn Ramey started the topic CFP Austin 2016 in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoWe’re still looking for a few good abstracts! Please consider sending an abstract if you work on any aspect of space, geography, or place in medieval literature.
The Spatial Turn
How and why do medieval and modern notions of space differ? Papers on
aspects of medieval space and mapping, including use of GIS or technology.250-word abstracts by M…[Read more]
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP MLA 2016, Special Session Comparing Literary Historiography in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoOrganizers: Thomas Beebee (Penn State – University Park) & Bhavya Tiwari (U of Houston)
Papers that theorize a construction of polylingual literary history in local, national, and global contexts are invited to imagine a manifesto for a transnational and transregional comparative literary historiography for this special session of MLA 2016 at…[Read more]
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Eve Salisbury replied to the topic Rethinking the Place of the Author in the discussion
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years agoCurrent status: Four of five presentations have now been posted, along with the letter from the New Chaucer Society. See “files.”
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Eve Salisbury replied to the topic Rethinking the Place of the Author in the forum
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years agofour more papers are expected to follow.
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Eve Salisbury replied to the topic Rethinking the Place of the Author in the forum
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years agoThe NCS letter written in response to the MLA proposal may be read by clicking on “files”; also available there is Seth Lerer’s paper, one of five in the session.
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Eve Salisbury started the topic Rethinking the Place of the Author in the forum
Middle English Language and Literature, Excluding Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years agoThis roundtable reopened a longstanding debate on the place of the author, the function of authorship, and the challenge of competing literatures in an expanding literary canon, one that seeks to include global Englishes, world literatures, and multiple perspectives (animal studies, ecological studies, disability studies, etc). Prompted in large…[Read more]
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Maria Teresa Ramos-Garcia replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoThe Passionate Muse: Exploring Emotion in Stories byKeith Oatley (2012). About the psychology and emotions of fiction.
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Sabina Knight replied to the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 11 years, 1 month agoI would recommend the following books for your worthwhile list:
Jonathan Culler, _Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction_ (OUP, 1998 and updated).
Sabina Knight, _Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction_ (OUP, 2012)
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Alexandra Berlina started the topic literary scholarship for non-academic pleasure in the forum
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 11 years, 2 months agoDear all,
I’m sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but style and method are closely connected, after all.
Could you recommend me works of literary scholarship which book-loving non-academic might enjoy? I don’t mean book reviews, but texts like Brodsky’s and Nabokov’s essays, or Greenblatt’sWill in the World. Thank you very much! I hope I’m not…[Read more]
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Betsy Dahms started the topic CFP: U of West Georgia Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities in the forum
Chaucer on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoCall for Papers
WORLDS and WORDS
29th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference in the Humanities
Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
University of West Georgia, College of Arts and Humanities
Carrollton, Georgia
October 30-November 1, 2014
Deadline Extended until July 22nd
We welcome submissions from across…[Read more]
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Sarah G. Wenzel started the topic Review & Comment on Draft Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Ed. in the forum
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoThe Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education in 2000. Frequently, as you know, information literacy has been combined with English or writing courses. The ACRL Board of Directors has appointed a task force to significantly revise the standards in order to…[Read more]
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