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Aurangzeb Alamgir Hashmi deposited Do we live in postmodern times? in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months agoThe discussion of postmodernism involving modernity and its ramifications requires contemporary and cross-cultural perspectives.
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Nicky Agate replied to the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoAs an NYC local, I’d like to recommend the following around the convention area (if you’re looking for recommendations beyond a mile radius of the convention, particularly in Brooklyn, send me a message here @terrainsvagues):
BAR: Valhalla NYC, for a really good selection of craft beers. It’s a 10-minute walk west from the Sheraton along 53rd…[Read more]
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Heather I. Sullivan posted an update in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 3 months agoI’m delighted to be a candidate for the Science and literature Group in the upcoming MLA Executive Committee Elections! My current work in the environmental humanities, the “DARK GREEN,” builds on interdisciplinary discussions of literature (English- and German-language) and ecological science. I’ve worked on such projects my entire career,…[Read more]
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Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Caitlin Duffy started the topic CFP: Literature as Activism, Stony Brook University English Graduate Conference in the discussion
Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoStony Brook University
30th Annual English Graduate Conference
February 23rd, 2018
Literature as Activism
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Lisa Duggan, NYU
Literature is a social act. Our encounters with literature, history, philosophy, and even science are informed by the world in which these encounters take place. No matter what text we choose, we are…[Read more] -
Lisa Zunshine deposited Bakhtin, Theory of Mind, and Pedagogy: Cognitive Construction of Social Class in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThis essay brings together cognitive literary theory and Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of dialogic imagination to illuminate the construction of social class in the eighteenth-century novel. It offers a close reading of selected passages from Frances Burney’s Evelina (1778), made possible by combining Bakhtinian and cognitive poetics. It also dis…[Read more]
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Lisa Zunshine deposited Bakhtin, Theory of Mind, and Pedagogy: Cognitive Construction of Social Class in the group
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThis essay brings together cognitive literary theory and Mikhail Bakhtin’s theory of dialogic imagination to illuminate the construction of social class in the eighteenth-century novel. It offers a close reading of selected passages from Frances Burney’s Evelina (1778), made possible by combining Bakhtinian and cognitive poetics. It also dis…[Read more]
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Farrah Lehman Den deposited History of Scholarship Project (MLA International Bibliography Teaching Tools) in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoObjective: Using the MLA International Bibliography, students will develop a presentation that demonstrates their understanding of how scholarship on a single work of literature changes over time.
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Gloria Lee McMillan uploaded the file: Ethnolinguistic Prelude to Gary, IN, "Land of Rust Belt Romance and Adventure" to
TM Literary and Cultural Theory on MLA Commons 8 years, 4 months agoThese previews are to contextualize the Calumet region of NW Indiana. These trips will include coffee hours at local Calumet Region libraries to call for fiction short stories by people who grew in steel mill / industrial towns across the US. I am limited to covering NW Indiana, but our dostribution list includes people from PA, OH, and other states.
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Karin Bagnall started the topic Restaurant Recommendations and More in the discussion
2018 MLA Convention on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoIf you’re a New York City local, please share your expertise by suggesting nearby restaurants, bars, or things to see or do. Provide as much information as you can: Distance from the convention venue, price range, URL, and what you like about a place are particularly useful.
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Karin Bagnall created the group
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Joela Jacobs posted an update in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCall for Papers
Living Matters: The Politics and Poetics of Neglected Life Forms
ACLA Seminar, 3/29-4/1, 2018 at UCLAThis American Comparative Literature Association seminar invites papers addressing life forms that have been largely neglected by the nonhuman turn, in its more immediate focus on animals, objects, and environmental forces or…[Read more]
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Janine M. Utell posted an update in the group
TC Women’s and Gender Studies on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSpecial Issue of The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914–1945: Call for Essays
Dada and Surrealism: Transatlantic Aliens on American Shores, 1914 – 1945 (essays examining the topic from the perspective of gender and sexuality would be most welcome)deadline for submissions: December 31, 2017
Please submit full essays of 6,000-7,500 wor…[Read more] -
Jennifer R. Ballengee posted an update in the group
TM Literary Criticism on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoCFP: ACLA 2018. Dangerous Passages (Benjamin 1940/2018).
As is well known, Walter Benjamin undertook a dangerous passage over the Pyrenees, a route taken by many refugees hoping to flee Nazi-occupied France. In the spirit of Walter Benjamin — his work and/or his life — this panel examines dangerous passages of all sorts. Papers might…[Read more]
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Matthew Kirschenbaum deposited The Speculative Situation in the group
TC Science and Literature on MLA Commons 8 years, 5 months agoSyllabus for ENGL 758D, The Speculative Situation, graduate seminar in the University of Maryland English department, Fall 2017.
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