V.—The Acadians of Louisiana and Their Dialect

PMLA ◽  
1891 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcee Fortier
Keyword(s):  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
French Louisiana

Everything concerning French Louisiana seems at this time to possess an interest for the public; and it has been my purpose in some measure, to give an account of its language, its literature, its dialects, its folklore and its inhabitants. My papers published in the Transactions of our Modern Language Association have been so kindly received that I feel encouraged to continue my labors in a field vast and fertile but difficult to explore. The work to be done is, to a great extent, one of original research and of patient investigation, and it will require several years to present a tolerably complete tableau of picturesque French Louisiana. I now desire to present another feature of the picture by giving a brief sketch of the Acadians and their dialect. It may not be amiss to begin this study by taking a bird's-eye view of the history of Acadia, from the settlement of the colony to the dispersion of the inhabitants. We shall then accompany Evangeline to the beautiful banks of the Teche and follow her canoe and that of Gabriel as they glide along its placid waters, leaving scarcely a ripple on the gentle stream which, the names of the unhappy lovers have rendered immortal.

Christianity and Literature: Covertly Public, Overtly Private

1998 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-283
Author(s):  
Martin E. Marty
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Annual Convention ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Job Description ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Religion ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Culture ◽  
Christian Century

This article is based upon an address to the Conference on Christianity and Literature at the Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association in Toronto on 29 December 1997. The invitation asked me to comment on the public/private distinction that I make as Director of the Public Religion Project and to accent the “cultural context,” which fits my History of Culture faculty assignment and three decades of writing Context, a newsletter relating religion to culture. I was to inform it theologically, which a divinity professor is supposed to be able to do, and to show some curiosity about the literary theme, as my decades-long stint as literary editor at The Christian Century should poise me to do. Under it all my limiting job description matches a badge provided me at a conference in Tübingen, where the hosts handed out identifications marked “Theologian of History,” “Theological Historian,” and “Historical Theologian.” Mine read simply, “Historical Historian.”—MEM

Responding to the Call(ing)

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayanna Jackson-Fowler
Keyword(s):  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Faculty Of Color ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Public ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
Black President ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Time And Energy

In an interview with Ayanna Jackson-Fowler, Houston Baker, Jr. reflects on the progress and challenges of diversity in and out of the academy—from his time a Yale in the 1960s to his current position as Distinguished Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Baker, the first Black president of the Modern Language Association, discusses the shifting role the idea of “community” has played in his career and how he answered colleagues who subtly undermine faculty of color he has championed over the years. The interview concludes with his thoughts about the role of the public intellectual during turbulent times, offering advice about how young scholars can, and should, conserve their time and energy.

The President's Address: Concerning the Unwritten History of the Modern Language Association of America

PMLA ◽  
1903 ◽  
Vol 18 (S1) ◽  
pp. xli-lxii
Author(s):  
James Wilson Bright
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conventional Unit

This is the twentieth annual meeting of our Association, and it has been thought of as a suitable event for marking off a first period of our history. A score of years is a sufficiently conventional unit of measure to assure the form and the significance of a celebration of that character, and the nearness to the hyphen of the centuries would also lend appropriateness to our first comprehensive retrospection. But these thoughts have not been ‘submitted’ regularly to the Association; they have, on the contrary, not spread much beyond the few individual minds of their spontaneous and coincident birth, and therefore no authorized historic sketch has been prepared, no tablet has been inscribed, no bronze is to be unveiled.

scholarly journals Slavery and Public History at the Big House

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-68
Author(s):  
Jessica Moody ◽  
Stephen Small
Keyword(s):  
Public History ◽  
Original Research ◽  
The Public ◽  
House Museums ◽  
Transatlantic Comparison ◽  
Country Houses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Big House ◽  
History Narratives ◽  
Made In

Abstract This article considers the public history of slavery at plantation museums in the US South and at country houses in Britain. Drawing on original research, the authors critique recent and current efforts to bring connections between these “Big Houses” and the history of slavery to the fore through different methods of interpretation. These elite residences are argued to have largely obscured such connections historically through distancing, distortion, and denial. However, some notable efforts have been made in recent years to diversify public history narratives and more fully represent histories of enslavement. Comparing these American and British house museums, this article contextualizes public history work at these sites and proposes possible lessons from this research, presenting some points to be taken forward which emerge from this transatlantic comparison.

On Grammatical Terminology and Aspect in Particular

1962 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-86
Author(s):  
K. C. Masterman
Keyword(s):  
High Time ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
Classical Association

It is over fifty years now since the formation of the Joint Committee on Grammatical Terminology, and the presentation of its Report and it seems to be high time that teachers of languages considered, first, how successful they have been in carrying out its recommendations, and secondly, what modifications are called for in the light of more recent knowledge. The Committee was a strong one, with E. A. Sonnenschein in the chair and R. S. Conway as the original secretary, both representing the Classical Association; the Modern Language Association, the English Association, and various educational bodies sent equally distinguished representatives. Their recommendations, apart from a few reservations by individuals on comparatively minor points, were unanimous, and have on the whole won fairly general neglect, not as a rule through disagreement with them, but simply because it was less trouble to go on using whatever terms one had been in the habit of using before, however inconvenient, confusing, or inexact they might be. Before discussing the recommendations it seems desirable to glance at the history of the ‘old’ terminology in order to see what was unsatisfactory about it and why it needed to be changed.

The Question of Free and Checked Vowels in Gallic Popular Latin

PMLA ◽  
1898 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-41
Author(s):  
John E. Matzke
Keyword(s):  
General Term ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Popular Speech

The problem of the nature of free and checked vowels in the gallo-roman popular speech has recently been made the subject of an article published by Dr. L. E. Menger, in Publications of the Modern Language Association, x, pp. 306-341. His conclusions are that vowels are free when ' they develop: a > e, ẉ > oi, e > ie, ọ > ou, o > ue;' that they are checked when 'they retain their original forms,' and that those cases which cannot be included in either category are neither free nor checked, and are to be grouped under the general term of 'secondary developments.' It is evident that such a division begs the question at issue. The solution offered must be rejected in toto and has already received a categorical answer by Behrens in Z. f. R. Ph., xxi, p. 304. The question is however of sufficient importance to merit new consideration, and I shall try to outline in the following pages the direction in which its solution must be sought. The history of the terms free and checked and of their grammatical signification will serve as a suitable basis for the argument.

Defoe's History of the Alphabet

PMLA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-789
Author(s):  
Basem L. Ra'ad ◽  
Paula McDowell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Modern Language Association ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Critical Interest

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