Reflections
New Directions in Modern Languages and Cultures
Published on 26. September 2008
Book
Hardback
180 pages
978-1-84718-836-6 (ISBN)
Description
Mirroring, doubling, imitation, parody, intertextuality. The contributors to this volume - all postgraduate researchers at the time of writing - engage with some of these familiar words to produce articles that deal with the concept of "reflections" in literary and visual culture. Ranging from Italian Golden Age theatre to contemporary French literature and from Cuban film to German fiction, the twelve essays in this volume provide a fresh look at Modern Language Studies, highlighting in particular, the interdisciplinary nature of this field.On one level, the volume speaks to those exploring Modern Language Studies for the first time, for example, undergraduate students, who seek a greater understanding of the dialogue between language and culture. However, the individual essays also have the potential to attract experienced scholars either looking for new knowledge on specialist subjects, or ways of approaching research in Modern Languages. Through its central theme, Reflections: New Perspectives in Modern Languages and Cultures makes some suggestions about the way forward for Modern Language Studies.
Reviews / Votes
'The conference covered a broad variety of periods, languages and cultures. The overarching theme of 'Reflections' meant that many contributions were interrelated and stimulated fruitful questions and discussions. 'Reflections: New Directions in Modern Languages and Cultures' is a coherent and tightly-focused volume.'Dr Alison Fell, senior lecturer in French, University of Leeds "Great thought has gone into the composition of this volume, particularly its division into constituent but coherent sections. Although initially springing from a Durham Modern Languages initiative, the articles included here, ranging as they do from Medieval to the modern and dealing with such diverse forms as the textual, theatrical, cinematic and artistic, are sure to interest students and scholars with an interest in cultural production and cultural studies more generally". Professor Jan Clarke, Department of French, Durham UniversityMore details
Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84718-836-6 (9781847188366)
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Persons
Sarah BuxtonSarah Buxton completed a BA (Hons) in Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Spanish) in 2005, graduating from Queens' College, Cambridge University. She then undertook a Masters by Research at Durham University with Andrew M. Beresford, which she completed in autumn 2006. She is currently on a doctoral programme funded by the AHRC. Her research interests focus on the literature, history and culture of medieval Spain, particularly hagiography.Laura CampbellLaura Campbell graduated from Durham University in 2003 with a BA (Hons) in Modern European Languages (Spanish), and again in January 2006 on completing the MA in The Photographic Image. Laura is now undertaking an AHRC-funded doctoral research programme on the photographic representation of architecture in the Mexican illustrated press, 1910 to the 1940s. Tracey DaweTracey Dawe studied German Literature, Political Science and Sociology at the Humboldt University, Berlin. After graduating in 2002, she moved to Durham to write her M.A. thesis Time and the Other in Late Nineteenth-Century German Travel Writing. Tracey is currently an AHRC-funded PhD student at Durham researching themes of identity and colonialism in German travel writing on Africa 1849-1914. Elise Hugueny-LegerElise Hugueny-Leger is a lecturer in French at St Andrews University. Her main teaching and research interest lie around modern French literature and culture, with an emphasis on autobiography, women's writing and contemporary literature. Before coming to St Andrews, she completed a PhD on the works of Annie Ernaux at Durham University. She has written several articles and essays on Ernaux, as well as a monograph: Annie Ernaux, une poetique de la transgression (Peter Lang, forthcoming).