ENG5117 Reading and Writing Literature In the Digital Age
This course investigates what it means to read and write literature in a moment of history that is dominated by forms of aesthetic experience that mix the verbal, visual, and aural (TV, film, internet, comics, apps). We will study how recent authors have responded to the dynamic social effects of digital media, including new ways of reading, forms of attention, collaborative modes of creativity, styles of social interaction, and methods of gathering information. These themes will be pursued across a range of literary fiction, graphic novels, essays, and works of scholarship in the digital humanities. The course will culminate in a research paper. Prerequisite: completion of one 2000-level course in English or permission of instructor.