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Carol DeGrasse deposited Creating a Strong Thesis Statement in the group
TC Digital Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThis handout explains in clear and simple terms what a strong thesis statement should–and should not be. Examples of the four main types of ‘weak’ thesis statements are given, along with four corresponding ‘strong’ thesis statements. I have successfully used this handout in workshopping students’ thesis ideas.
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Kaitlin Mondello started the topic CFP MLA 2018: "Dark Ecology" in 19th-century British Literature in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>In </span><i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>The Ecological Thought</span></i><span style=”font-weight: 400;”>, Timothy Morton defines his eponymous title as “the thinking of interconnectedness” (1,7), with the recognition that this interconnection also “has a dark side” (EWN 184). This idea of “dark ecology”…[Read more]
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Jeffrey Cohen started the topic MLA 2018, NYC–Call for Working Group Participants in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPosted on behalf of Sophia Dawn Christman-Lavin.
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Our working group seeks participants whose scholarship reflects on the notion of ecological citizenship.
The goals of the group include (1) contemplating the diverse ways in which ecological citizenship is revealed in literary works (any period), as well as through its various modes of pu…[Read more]
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Élika Ortega started the topic MLA 2018 CFP Archive Activism: Shadow Libraries and Vulnerable Collections in the discussion
Methods of Literary Research on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoThe collection, preservation, study, and dissemination of the human record, scholarly and otherwise, are basic principles of all humanities work. Undeniably, the affordances of digital technologies and the human networks they weave increasingly offer viable and valuable approaches to these needs. However, the vulnerabilities of technological…[Read more]
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Lucinda Newns started the topic Deadline Tomorrow: Postcolonial Studies Association Convention on Globalisation in the discussion
Twentieth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPostcolonial Studies Association Convention
School of Advanced Study, Senate House, University of London
18–20 September 2017Special Topic: Globalisation
Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Aamir Mufti (University of California, LA), Prof. Nandini Gooptu (University of Oxford), Dr. Sharae Deckard (University College Dublin)
A reminder that the…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Murphy in the group
LLC Irish on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Samuel Beckett’s Murphy. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Murphy in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Samuel Beckett’s Murphy. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Modernism in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Modernism. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES Keep the Aspidistra Flying in the group
Late-Nineteenth- and Early-Twentieth-Century English Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on George Orwell’s Keep the Aspidistra Flying. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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James Gifford deposited NOTES The Handmaid’s Tale in the group
LLC 20th- and 21st-Century English and Anglophone on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoLecture/class notes on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. I’m sharing my teaching notes (rough) for works that may be helpful to others and are widely taught.
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP MLA '18: Comparatively Perfect: Guided Tours of Essential Essays in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoA Panel Sponsored by the Association of Departments and Programs in Comparative Literature
What is the “tipping point” that makes a scholarly argument persuasive? This panel combines the sharing of scholarly interests and discoveries that are the purpose of conventions with a pragmatic aspect of rehearsing the mechanics of comparative persuasion.…[Read more]
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James Gifford deposited NOTES 1984 in the group
TM The Teaching of Literature 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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Jeffrey Cohen started the topic CFPs for THREE ecological panels for MLA 18 NYC in the discussion
Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoPlease follow this link to access all three, or see below.
<b>SITE SPECIFICS</b>
How does place <i>matter</i> and <i>insist</i>, even at a hotel-centric MLA conference? The main focus of this roundtable is upon its NYC environs (at any point in time, and widely constructed: the Hudson, urban parks and ecosystems, tectonics, superstorm impacts,…[Read more] -
Laurie Rodrigues started the topic CFP MLA '18: Literary Studies in the Post-Truth Age in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoCall for papers, Special Session to be proposed for the MLA’s 2018 Annual Convention. This session invites papers concerned with the stakes and importance of literary study in an era of misinformation and American cultural uncertainty. Areas of inquiry for discussion may include, but are not limited to:
– New (and/ or necessary) approaches to l…[Read more]
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John Young deposited How to Revise a True War Story: Tim O’Brien’s Processes of Textual Production in the group
TC Philosophy and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months agoHow to Revise a True War Story is the first book-length study of O’Brien’s archival papers at the University of Texas’s Harry Ransom Center. Drawing on extensive study of drafts and other prepublication materials, as well as the multiple published versions of O’Brien’s works, John K. Young tells the untold stories behind the production of such k…[Read more]
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Thomas Oliver Beebee started the topic CFP MLA '18: Comparatively Perfect: Guided Tours of Essential Essays in the discussion
The Teaching of Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 11 months ago<p style=”margin: 0in; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.5pt; color: black;”><span style=”font-style: italic;”>Comparatively Perfect: Guided Tours of Essential Essays</span></p>
<p style=”margin: 0in; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11.5pt; color: black;”>A Panel Sponsored by the Association of Departments and Programs in Comparative…[Read more] -
Lisa Zunshine deposited Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture. What kind of behavior do we expect from such conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible in the group
TC Cognitive and Affect Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoFantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture. What kind of behavior do we expect from such conceptual hybrids in science fiction, nonsense poetry, and surrealist art?
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Nicky Agate started the topic Lisa Zunshine's book, "Strange Concepts," available open access in CORE in the discussion
Cognitive Approaches to Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 12 months agoHello!
I wanted to let members of this group know that Lisa Zunshine has made her 2008 book, “Strange Concepts and the Stories They Make Possible” available open access in CORE at http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6904F. Here’s the abstract: “Fantastic tales of rebellious robots and animated artifacts are a permanent fixture in popular culture and have…[Read more]
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Misty G. Anderson started the topic Religion in American Public Discourse in the discussion
Literature and Religion on MLA Commons 9 years agoCompetitive session co-sponsored by the Religion and Literature Forum and the Forum on Nonfiction Prose. Religion has long figured in the public discourse of the United States. During election season in particular, religious issues figure in campaign and more generally political discourse. President Donald Trump has recently declared the U.…[Read more]
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