News from the Profession
Student Portfolios and Advisement
The portfolio approach builds a relationship that
allows the advisor to go beyond the typical advisement session...
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Creative Writing
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Short Fiction
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Literary Criticism
Is there a monkey in this class?
In previous essays and reviews, I have raised questions
about some of the paradoxes in the latest trends in literary analytical
theory and reader-oriented criticism. Suggesting that we become
involved in a "nouveau surréalisme," I have indicated that such
an acupunctural approach to literary criticism would have at its
foundation an orientation to the East which would necessitate the
acquisition of a new bibliography...
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News from Finland
Administrative Games: Who Pays?
Recently I asked my translation MA students to write
articles for AE Extra. Almost all chose the same theme: the current
plan to eliminate the Department of Translation Studies at the University
of Helsinki. I suppose it is because the subject weighs heavy on
their minds. The Finnish language is spoken by only about 5 million
people world-wide. With the emerging global community, the need
for competent translators is ever increasing.
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