In class: Presentations and discussion on joining the academic network, based on the Joining the Network assignment (reposted below). The academic job market: The Chronicle of Higher Education Jobs MLA Job List Assignment: Joining the Network The goal of this assignment is to explore ways in which you connect and engage with the field. Here… Continue reading Week 14: Joining the Network
Week 13: Formalism 2.0
In class Discussion of: Critical Code Studies “Seattle Drift” by Jim Andrews First Screening by bpNichol Platform Studies A Slow Year by Ian Bogost Instagram as a platform: Rupi Kaur Kinetic Typography Filter Cow Clicker by Ian Bogost Explore Ben Grosser’s projects page, with special attention to Safebook and Go Rando. Minus I Am Rich… Continue reading Week 13: Formalism 2.0
Week 12: Electronic Literature
In class Discussion and exploration of electronic literature. Assignments Read Introduction to Critical Code Studies by Mark C. Marino Read “Seattle Drift” by Jim Andrews, including its code (right click and view page source to access code) Write a brief discussion of how the code contributes to your understanding of the work. Introduction to Racing… Continue reading Week 12: Electronic Literature
Week 11: Digital Humanities
In Class Assigned exploration and readings: Debates in the Digital Humanities (2011) Read Chapter 1: “What Is Digital Humanities and What’s It Doing in English Departments?” by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum. Debates in the Digital Humanities (2016) Debates in the Digital Humanities (2019) Guides: WCU Digital Humanities Wikipedia entry on DH Text Processing & Analysis: Markov… Continue reading Week 11: Digital Humanities
Week 10: Intersectionality
In class Discussion of decolonization and feminist disability studies Assignment Explore Debates in the Digital Humanities (2011) Read Chapter 1: “What Is Digital Humanities and What’s It Doing in English Departments?” by Matthew G. Kirschenbaum. Debates in the Digital Humanities (2016) Debates in the Digital Humanities (2019) Write 1+ page response to Kirschenbaum’s chapter including… Continue reading Week 10: Intersectionality
Week 9: Decolonizing the Field
In class Discussion of Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorti Spivak, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Bell Hooks. “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Orientalism in Film M. Butterfly clip “An Agony. As Now” Amiri Baraka “Primer for Blacks” Gwendolyn Brooks Assignment Explore Decolonization Theory and Practice Read “Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor“ Read at least one resource,… Continue reading Week 9: Decolonizing the Field
Week 8: Dismantling Power Structures
In class Discussion of Feminism and Queer Theory Laura Mulvey Judith Butler Michel Foucault Anita Sarkeesian Upcoming writing assignment: Theoretical Framework Assignments Readings: Edward Said (1986-2011) Gayatri Chakravorti Spivak (2193-2207) Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2421-2431) Bell Hooks (2475-2484) Write a 1-2 page response to the readings and post before next class. Write a brief proposal… Continue reading Week 8: Dismantling Power Structures
Week 7: Is everything a Text?
In class Rethinking the Annotated Bibliography Discussion of The Matrix and cultural studies concepts Assignment Readings (and viewings): Feminism and Queer Theory (23-25) Laura Mulvey (2179-2193) Judith Butler (2485-2501) “The waves of feminism, and why people keep fighting over them, explained“ Michel Foucault, the History of Sexuality (1648-1666) Michael Behrent, “The True Foucault“ Assignment: Watch… Continue reading Week 7: Is everything a Text?
Week 6: Ideology and the Unconscious
In class Discussion of Psychoanalytic Theories and Criticism: Freud – model of the mind, mechanisms (repression, suppression, condensation, displacement), manifest and latent content – Adrienne Rich “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers“ Lacan – the mirror stage, the imaginary, the symbolic, and the real – Jorge Luis Borges, “On Exactitude in Science“ Kristeva – chora, semiotic, symbolic –… Continue reading Week 6: Ideology and the Unconscious
Week 5: Assessing Materials
In class Exploration of W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection Conversation with Greta Browning and Sandra Ballard Break Class reconvenes in Sanford Hall 506 Discussion of bibliography and editorial theory: Key concepts: authorial intent, work, version, texts of works vs. texts of documents, textual performances Versions of Leaves of Grass, “Poetry“, Variorum Editions of Shakespeare, and… Continue reading Week 5: Assessing Materials