 OVERVIEW
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So Funny, They Forgot to
Laugh: British and American Women's Comedy, 1100-1998
("Women's comedy has frequently been ignored or disparaged. We seek to
change that. Our mission is to furnish scholars and teachers with information
about primary and critical sources, and a sample course, on women's comic
writing from 1100 to 1998") (Teresa Canosa & Diana Solomon, U.
California, Santa Barbara) |
Tracing
Relevance
("Instructors often attempt to demonstrate the way in which canonical
texts bear upon the matter at hand by using more current permutations, such as
filmed adaptations, to increase accessibility to the past. This project seeks
to add to this strategy of 'looking back' to relevance. We propose that the
vision of canonical study be directed forward as well as backward, to trace the
relevance of canonical texts as they are appropriated and retranslated into
today's world, to legitimize connections between these literary texts and
recent, innovative, reconfigurations of them in a variety of different
media.") (Caroline Brehm & Denee Pescarmona, U. California, Santa
Barbara) |
Author(iz)ing
Modern Readers
("Author(iz)ing Modern Readers asserts that readers, rather than specific
authors or text, should be brought to the center of contemporary canon debates
about literature. . . . locating value in specific literary
texts, rather than specific readers in historical and institutional locations
elides how academic institutions and privileged readers control, shape and
transmit reading practices, tastes and responses to texts.") (Sara Gerend
& Will Scilacci, U. California, Santa Barbara) |
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