Welcome to the third Working Papers roundtable discussion. In this issue, devoted to myths, gods, and heroes, our contributing authors analyze the rewriting of religious myths, the confrontation of conflicting conceptions of nationality and belonging, and the intertextual nexus through which Greco-Roman mythology meets Modernism. To complement their analyses, we asked experienced scholars who have […]
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Heroes, Gods, and Myths: The Myths That We Create and How They Create Us
January 11, 2008 – 11:03 am
Roundtable - Rated R(epresentation): Violence in Romance Literatures and Cultures
May 14, 2007 – 2:59 am
Welcome to our second Working Papers roundtable discussion. In this issue our papers explore representations of violence and the violence of representation in literary media. The questions these papers propose, and the answers they venture, involve a complex nexus of issues. To what extent are textual practices violent acts? How are violent images deployed to […]
Roundtable: Wikidemia? Scholarly publishing on the World Wide Web
November 13, 2006 – 3:01 am
Welcome to the first Working Papers roundtable discussion. Our field of inquiry in the inaugural issue of our graduate journal is online publishing. A number of questions spring to mind when one considers the role of online publishing in academia. First, is it a relevant vehicle for academic writing? How will it affect […]