Modern Language Association

The Modern Language Association of America (often abbreviated MLA) is the principal professional association in the United States for scholars of literature and literary criticism. It has about thirty thousand members, mostly professors, graduate students, and other academics, who study literature in English, comparative literature, and many foreign languages.

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United States - Literature - Literary criticism - Professor - Graduate student - English - Comparative literature

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The MLA was founded in 1883 as a discussion and advocacy group for the study of literature and modern languages (that is, all but the classical languages, most prominently Latin and Greek).

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1883 - Modern language - Classical language - Latin - Greek

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Its current President is Domna C. Stanton, Distinguished Professor of French at the City University of New York Graduate Center. Notable former presidents include Stephen Greenblatt, Edward Said, Wayne Booth, Northrop Frye, and Barbara Herrnstein Smith.

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Domna C. Stanton - French - City University of New York - Graduate Center - Stephen Greenblatt - Edward Said - Wayne Booth - Northrop Frye - Barbara Herrnstein Smith

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