Volumes
Our writers this issue have written papers that deal with movements across space: within texts, by texts, and by writers. So we asked our Roundtable panelists to query the geographical notions (spaces, sites, boundaries and frontiers) that often orient the work of literary critics and literary historians. How to we attend to differences that are geographical? And how can we think about the spatial element in our work?
Past Volumes
In this issue, we are pleased to broaden the scope of relevant, rigorous work we publish. We are adding a Portuguese string to our bow with papers by Amanda Rios Herane, Laíse Ribas Bastos, and Aaron Lorenz, while Antoine Traisnel's theoretico-fictional piece, which aptly addresses our featured theme through a reflection on the plight of the mole, allows for a creative take on critical discourse. Additionally, we are delighted to give the site a new creative touch by incorporating Adam Foto's work to illustrate this issue, and are equally pleased to publish an article from our peer here at Penn, Lucy Swanson.
Volume 2, Number 1
In our current issue, “Heroes, Gods, and Myths,” three young scholars explore our contemporary understanding of these notions as they are manifested vis-a-vis the lenses of nation, religion, fantasy and culture. Similarly, our roundtable respondents debate these issues from the perspective of nation, yet also address them as if they were the product of a social inheritance.
Volume 1, Number 2
The topic of our current issue, “Representations of Violence/Violence of Representation,’ invites reflection on the chiasmic relationship between violent acts and textual practices in Romance Language literatures, culture and cinema. The papers published in this issue address the duality of representation and violence, viewing this problematic through the lens of politics, aesthetics, and the tensions between “art” and “action.” Our roundtable respondents speak to the difficulty of defining the function of violence in representation, and vice versa.
Volume 1, Number 1
In its revival issue, Working Papers publishes the Selected Proceedings of the 2006 Graduate Romanic Association Conference at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Toni Espòsito's introductory piece on "Transgressive Literacies and the Birth of Romance Textuality" opens this series of papers revolving around the notion of "Last Words." In addition, our first roundtable contributors share their views regarding the future of academic online publication.
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Working Papers was originally published in a printed version and then published online from 1998-2002 before going on hiatus for several years. You can follow this link to its previous incarnation.