What's the Word? Poetry for Children
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April series | 00:28:58
The poetry we hear—and create—as children teaches us about the power of words.
What's the Word? Seeing 9/11
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Remembering 9/11 series | 00:28:58
Three representations of the events of September 11th.
What's the Word? Rhyme
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Celebrating Poetry series | 00:29:43
Rhyme in Arabic, English, and French poetry
What's the Word? "American Indian and Alaska-Native Tribal Traditions"
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Honors National American Indian and Alaska-Native Heritage Month series | 00:29:10
A celebration of American Indian and Alaska-Native tribal traditions
What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month series | 00:29:10
Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois had a profound effect on the way we talk about race.
What's the Word? Mystical Poets
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Celebrating National Poetry Month in April series | 00:28:58
How do those who have experienced the direct presence of God capture this heightened state in words?
WTW Texts of Resistance
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month series | 00:28:58
How did slaves resist their oppression? Three works explore what it means to resist and to survive.
What's the Word? Women Public Intellectuals
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March series | 00:29:43
While men of letters have traditionally achieved the influential position of public intellectual, in the twentieth century a number of important women took on the same role.
What's the Word? Women Warriors
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March series | 00:29:52
From Joan of Arc to GI Jane--a look at women warriors.
What's the Word? Elizabeth I and Victoria
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March series | 00:29:00
Literary portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria
What's the Word? Medieval Women
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March series | 00:29:29
A literary view of the lifestyles of medieval women.
What's the Word? Pride and Prejudice
From Modern Language Association | Part of the What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March series | 00:29:44
Jane Austen's _Pride and Prejudice_ continues to be popular nearly two hundred years after it was first published.
What's the Word? Returning Veterans
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
Three powerful films about American veterans returning home.
What's the Word? Puerto Rican Literature on the Island and in the United States
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
Explores issues of national and cultural identity central to Puerto Rican literature
What's the Word? Cosmopolitanism in Latin America
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
During the early and mid-twentieth century, many Latin American writers engaged with international literary and cultural movements.
What's the Word? American AIDS Drama
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
A look at three landmark Amercian plays dealing with the AIDs crisis
What's the Word? Hip-Hop in the World
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
Hip-Hop in Cuba, South Africa, and the Islamic world
What's the Word? Literary Roots of Opera
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
Carmen, Eugene Onegin, Falstaff, and their literary predecessors
What's the Word? On the Road, The American Road
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
American road trips in literature and film
What's the Word? Shakespearean Queens
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:58
Gertrude, Cleopatra, and Margaret--perspectives on women and power
What's the Word? Al Pacino's Shakespeare
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:56
Actor Al Pacino's mission to bring Shakespeare to a wider audience...
What's the Word? Taking Hip-Hop Seriously
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:07
Hip-hop culture's roots and influence
What's the Word? Rock and Roll
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:08
The evolution, influence, and energy of a genre
What's the Word? Images of the American Self
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:09
A look at the "American self," from Puritans to successful businessmen to changing roles for women.
What's the Word? Muslim Women Writers
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:10
Works by female writers from Muslim countries offer us important perspectives on questions of religion, nationalism, and the role of women in Islamic and Arab culture.
What's the Word? City of Ladies
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:07
In 1405 Christine de Pisan wrote a landmark book called _The Book of the City of Ladies _in response to works that attacked and slandered women.
What's the Word? Famous Love Letters
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:10
Love letters from some very famous couples
What's the Word? Petrarch and Love Poetry
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:17
A look at how many contemporary ideas about love come from the love sonnets of fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch
What's the Word? Poetry in Performance
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:48
From Homer to slam, the special appeal of poetry in performance.
What's the Word? Chinese Women's Poetry
From Modern Language Association | 00:30:03
A celebration of Chinese women poets.
What's the Word? Literature of the Holocaust
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:43
Memoirs, poetry, drama, and fiction about the Holocaust.
What's the Word? Literature by Child Survivors of the Holocaust
From Modern Language Association | 00:30:01
Fiction and a memoir by child survivors.
What's the Word? The Blues as Literature
From Modern Language Association | 00:29:10
Blues lyrics give us unique insight into the African American experience.
What's the Word? Cookbooks as Literature
From Modern Language Association | 00:30:02
Cookbooks can be more than just a source of recipes.
What's the Word? Literary Feasts
From Modern Language Association | 00:30:01
In literature, feasts often serve as central events in telling a story.
