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Rewriting Dante: The Creation of an Author from the Middle Ages to Modernity
No full textRewriting Dante explores Dante’s reception and the construction of his figure as an author in early lyric anthologies and modern editions. While Dante’s reception and his transformation into a cultural authority have traditionally been investigated from the point of view of the Commedia, I argue that these lyric anthologies provide a new perspective for understanding how the physical act of rewriting Dante’s poems in various combinations and with other texts has shaped what I call after Foucault the "Dante-function” and consecrated Dante as an author from the Middle Ages to Modernity. The study of these lyric anthologies widens our understanding of the process of Dante’s canonization as an author and, thus, as an authority (auctor & auctoritas), advancing our awareness of authors both as entities that generate power and that are generated by power. By addressing the creation of his authoritative figure from its inception, this study sheds light on cultural production, both as a collective, almost anonymous, process and as a result of the intervention of prominent (and less prominent) individuals. By concentrating on the part of Dante’s oeuvre that may be considered less authoritative, that is, his lyric poetry, my study emphasizes aspects of the “Dante-function” that go unobserved when focusing exclusively on the Commedia. This research interweaves the critical discourses related to the emergence of the author in the Late Middle Ages (Minnis, Ascoli, Auctor et Auctoritas) and the birth of the songbook as a literary genre (Barolini, Bertolucci Pizzorusso, Galvez, Holmes), also touching on the twentieth-century alleged ‘death of the author’ (Barthes, Foucault, Benedetti). I concentrate on the crucial function of editors and anthologists as mediators in the canonization of Dante through the material construction of manuscripts and books. This question has led me to explore canon making as a structure of power and the interplay of cultural hegemonies in its creation. I approach this problem through the lens of material philology because it is a productive interdisciplinary methodology, as is seen in the work of historians of the book McKenzie and Petrucci, and literary critics Eisner, Storey, and Nichols.</p
FootForm Decomposed: Using primitive constraints in OT
No full textHayes (1995) gives a typology of the world's metrical stress systems, which is marked by several striking asymmetries (parametric gaps). Most work on metrical stress within Optimality Theory (OT) has adopted this typology without explaining the gaps. Moreover, the OT versions use uncomfortably non-local constraints (Align, FootForm, FtBin).
This paper presents a rather different and in some ways more explanatory typology of stress, couched in the restrictive framework of primitive Optimality Theory (OTP), which allows only primitive, radically local constraints. For example, Generalized Alignment is not allowed. The paper presents a single, coherent system of rerankable constraints that yields the basic facts about iambic and trochaic foot form, iambic lengthening, quantity sensitivity, unbounded feet, simple word-initial and word-final stress, directionality of footing, syllable (and foot) extrametricality, degenerate feet, and word-level stress.
The metrical part of the account rests on the following intuitions:
(a) iambs are special because syllable structure allows them to lengthen their strong ends;
(b) directionality of footing is really the result of local lapse avoidance;
(c) any lapses are forced by a (localist) generalization of right extrametricality;
(d) degenerate feet are absolutely banned, but primary stress does not require a foot in all languages.
An interesting prediction of (b) and (c) is that left-to-right trochees should be incompatible with extrametricality. This prediction is robustly confirmed in Hayes.The definitive version of this paper was published in the Proceedings of the 8th Student Conference in Linguistics (1997) and is available at http://mitwpl.mit.edu/catalog/mwpl31/Eisner, J. (1997). FootForm decomposed: Using primitive constraints in OT. In B. Bruening (Ed.) Proceedings of the 8th Student Conference in Linguistics (pp. 115-143). Cambridge, MA: Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.This material is based upon work supported under a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Artistry in eurhythmics teaching: Lasting impressions of fleeting moments
No full textThis article explores Dalcroze Eurhythmics pedagogy through two events central in the author's education: one, an enriched notion of improvisation in a Dalcroze context through the work of Medeleine Duret; and, two, an experience in a piano improvisation class taught by Marta Sanchez. The author considers how the experiences deepened his understanding through reflection over subsequent years, upending his shallow notions of music and movement. Ideas from John Dewey, Elliot Eisner, Lydia Goehr, and Christopher Small help to frame the experiences in a larger context.not peer reviewedSubmitted by Matthew Thibeault ([email protected]) on 2013-03-05T16:44:54Z
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Recuadros y ventanas: los ojos de la ciudad de WILL EISNER
No full textNa cidade vemos o mundo enquadrado e nosso horizonte, muitas vezes, assemelham-se a uma linha tracejada. Na Novela Gráfica de Will Eisner, os requadros não só são utilizados para representar as estruturas que recortam a vida urbana, mas também são um convite para que o próprio leitor conecte as cenas. Assim, o autor constrói aos poucos, com palavras e desenhos, um olhar crítico às formas que a cidade nos impõe e como nos afeta.En la ciudad vemos el mundo en recuadros y el horizonte a menudo se asemeja a una línea discontinua. En la novela gráfica de Will Eisner, los recuadros no solo son para representar las estructuras que dan forma a la vida urbana, sino que también son una invitación para que el lector conecte las escenas. Así, el autor construye, con palabras y dibujos, un visón crítico de las formas que nos impone la urbanidad y cómo ella nos afecta.In the city, life is seen as a square frame and we can often contemplate a dashed line as the horizon. In Will Eisner\u27s Graphic Novel, the frames are not just a reproduction of structures that are cutting the urban life, but also as an invitation to connect the scenes. Therefore, the author composes a critical view, through words and drawings, concerning the shapes that the city imposes on us and how it affects us
Dancing music: Music and movement in a sculpture class
No full text"This article explores four important considerations in asking, “what happens when we ‘look’ at a work of art?"" from a Dalcroze eurhytmics perspective. These are: one, we construct our experiences in concert with the world; two, time is involved in important ways in shaping human experience; three, experience integrates all of the senses in ways we don’t often acknowledge; and, four, movement affords fresh and unique views of the world. The author bases the exploration of these considerations in his experience integrating movement exercises into a sculpture class. The explorations are linked to ideas and theories of Eric Bredo, John Dewey, Elliot Eisner, Nelson Goodman, Emile Jacques-Dalcroze, as well as to reflections from students in the class."is peer reviewedSubmitted by Matthew Thibeault ([email protected]) on 2013-03-05T17:07:18Z
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From 'garden city precursors' to 'cemeteries for the living': contemporary discourse on Krupp housing and "Besucherpolitik" in Wilhelmine Germany
No full textIn the Wilhelmine era (1871-1918) the Krupp steel company developed into Germany's largest industrial establishment and most famous armaments manufacturer. While the firm further cultivated its reputation as 'Cannon Kings', it claimed to be a leader in an entirely different area: the provision of housing. Extensively marketed through company publications, displays at international exhibitions and its Besucherpolitik (visitor policy), Krupp's housing developments in Essen generated considerable domestic and international interest. During a period when the housing question increasingly entered the political realm, high-profile individuals such as Kurt Eisner, Hannes Meyer and Alfred von Tirpitz all passionately expressed their views on Krupp's housing developments. This article assesses their historically neglected first-hand observations against the quantitative and qualitative housing achievements of the steel giant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Peer reviewedfinal article publishe
Highlights in Jazz Concert 012 - Gala First Anniversary
No full textJack Kleinsinger presents Highlights in Jazz. The concert was held at NYU Loeb Student Center, Eisner and Lubin Auditorium, Monday, February 11th, 1974 at 8:00pm in cooperation with the NYU program board. Jack served as producer and master of ceremonies for the monthly series of concerts. Artists for the Gala First Anniversary concert include Jackie Cain, Roy Kral, Chuck Wayne, Joe Puma, Brooks Kerr, Matthew Gee, and Sam Woodyard. Special guest: Paul Quinichette and Cecil Payne.https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/kleinsinger/1013/thumbnail.jp
Arts-based instructional leadership: Crafting a supervisory practice that supports the art of teaching
No full textIf teaching at its best is an art (Davis, 2005; Sarason, 1999; Grumet, 1993; Eisner, 1985; Barone, 1983; Greene, 1971; Smith 1971), then instructional leadership of teaching, done best, must also be based in art (Behar-Horenstein, 2004; Klein, 1999; Eisner, 1983 & 1998a; Blumberg, 1989; Barone, 1998). The author examines possible applications of an arts-based approach to instructional leadership (Blumberg, 1989; Pajak, 2003; Barone, 1998). Building on the research base regarding instructional leadership as art form, the author combines the Feldman Method (Feldman, 1995) of critique, Eisner’s (1998) notion of connoisseurship, and Ragans’ (2005) articulation of the elements of art and the principles of design to construct a practice that captures both the technical craft of teaching and the aesthetic dimensions evident in artistic pedagogy (Eisner, 1983; Sarason, 1999). Preliminary results of an ongoing implementation study are presented
Barone, Tom, Aesthetics, Politics, and Educational Inquiry: Essays and Examples. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.
No full textReprints 14 essays by the author (organized around the influences of Eisner, Dewey, Rorty, Sarte, and Bakhtin) describing and demonstrating the use of narrative inquiry in education
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