ENGL 693 (01) - Special Topics in Literature

Special Topics in Literature

Durham Liberal Arts :: English

Credits: 4.0
Term: Spring 2020 - Full Term (01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 14
CRN: 56541

A) Old English Literature, B) Medieval Literature, C) 16th Century, D) 17th Century, E) 18th Century, F) English Romantic Period, G) Victorian Period, H) 20th Century, I) Drama, J) Novel, K) Poetry, L) Nonfiction, M) American Literature, N) A Literary Problem, O) Literature of the Renaissance, R) Race and Racial Theories. The precise topics and methods of each section vary. Barring duplication of subject, course may be repeated for credit. For details, see course descriptions available in the English department. (Not offered every year.) Special fee on some topics. Writing intensive.

Section Comments: Topic: Digital Literature This course satisfies the DH requirement for ENGL/TBD majors in Spring 2020.

Repeat Rule: May be repeated up to 2 times.

Only listed campus in section: Durham, Manchester

Classes not allowed in section: Freshman

Attributes: Writing Intensive Course

Instructors: STAFF

Times & Locations

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
1/21/2020	5/4/2020	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	HS 336

Additional Course Details:

Digital Literature As literature and literary analysis move into the digital age, we look to apply traditional literary components and analysis, as well as expand and shift these to fit electronic literature and other multimodal texts. This course will bring together theory, analysis, and production through the in-depth study of multimodal literacies, digital rhetoric, and electronic literature. Students will gain an understanding of multimodal affordances, media theory, and the analysis of more complex digital works, including immersive and embodied narrative spaces, such as installation art and augmented and virtual realities. The course will center around the medium as message, and how “digital born” texts rely on multimodal affordances to convey their meaning; students will discuss and consider how and why author/composers utilize multiple modes, informing their own media choices. This course would allow for more advanced projects: in-depth video essays, map projects, hypertext pieces, potentially even off-screen projects like projected installation or virtual reality work.

In Spring 2020 this course fulfills a "DH"/Digital Humanities requirement for English/TBD Majors.