Section 1: Theory Class 1 (January 8) — Introduction: Literature+ [Class 1 Notes] Class 2 (January 10) — Graph [Class 2 Notes] Class 3 (January 15) — Map [Class 3 Notes] Class 4 (January 17) — Model, Simulate, Demo Class 5 (January 22) — Text Model Class 6 (January 24) — Game Class 7 (January 29) — Game Class 8 (January 31) — Literature++ (Reprise) Section 2: Practice Class 9 (February 5) — Project Idea Presentations Class 10 (Februrary 7) — Project Idea Presentations (continued) Class 11 (February 12) — Workshop Class 12 (February 14) — Workshop Class 13 (February 19) — Workshop Class 14 (Feburary 21) — Workshop Class 15 (February 26) — Workshop Class 16 (February 28) — Workshop Class 17 (March 4) — Workshop Class 18 (March 6) — Workshop Class 19 (March 11) — Final Presentations Class 20 (March 13) — Final Presentations (continued) (March 17)

 

The first eight classes of the course focus on selected readings designed to start students thinking about the relation between literary interpretation and other paradigms of research. These classes will run in normal discussion mode. From Class 9 on, the course will enter full workshop mode where everything is geared toward facilitating–and keeping the rest of the class informed about--team projects. Some of the workshop classes will feature presentations of projects-in-progress; others will be "studio" sessions giving team members a chance to work side by side.

 

Section 1: Theory

 

Class 1 (January 8) — Introduction: Literature+ [Class 1 Notes]

•  Sir Thomas Wyatt, "They Flee From Me" (1557) [commentary by Ian Lancashire]
• John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (1819)
• Archibald MacLeish, "Ars Poetica" (1926)
• Cleanth Brooks, "The Heresy of Paraphrase" and "Keats's Sylvan Historian," from his Well Wrought Urn (1947)

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Class 2 (January 10) — Graph [Class 2 Notes]

• Franco Moretti, Graphs, Maps, Trees (Verso, 2005), pp. 1-33

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Class 3 (January 15) — Map [Class 3 Notes]

• Franco Moretti, Graphs, Maps, Trees, pp. 35-64, 91-92

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Class 4 (January 17) — Model, Simulate, Demo

• Willard McCarty, "Regularities in Law-less Practices" (posting to the Humanist list, 8 Dec. 2007)
• Willard McCarty, Humanities Computing (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005), pp. 20-37
• NetLogo (downloadable agent-based simulation-building program) [minimum assignment: browse the NetLogo site and learn about the concept] [maximum assignment: download and run the NetLogo program, which comes with many starter simulations]
• Shirley Shor and Aviv Eyal, "DEMOing: An Emerging Art Form or Just Another Digital Craft?" Intelligent Agent 4.1 (Winter 2004)

  [available online as .pdf file] 

Create a bio for the course wiki, including your intellectual interests. (For details, see Assignments)

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Class 5 (January 22) — Text Model

• Willard McCarty, Humanities Computing (Palgrave MacMillan, 2005), pp. 37-72
• Geoffrey Rockwell, "What is Text Analysis?"
• Explore text analysis tools in Toy Chest

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Class 6 (January 24) — Game

• Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press, 2004):
  • pp. 29-37
  • pp. 71-83
  • pp. 94-99
  • pp. 101-5
  • pp. 11-13
  • pp. 106-15

Teams to be formed in class on this date. 

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Class 7 (January 29) — Game

• Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman, Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (MIT Press, 2004):
  • pp. 363-419
  • pp. 490-501

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Class 8 (January 31) — Literature++ (Reprise)

• Sir Thomas Wyatt, "They Flee From Me" (1557) [commentary by Ian Lancashire]
• John Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn" (1819)
• Archibald MacLeish, "Ars Poetica" (1926)
• Cleanth Brooks, "The Heresy of Paraphrase" and "Keats's Sylvan Historian," from his Well Wrought Urn (1947)
• Jerome J. McGann and Lisa Samuels, "Deformance and Interpretation," New Literary History 30, No. 1 (Winter, 1999): 25-56 (access from UCSB campus or use Library Proxy server)
• Jerome J. McGann, Radiant Textuality: Literature After the World Wide Web (Palgrave, 2001): Chap. 5, "Rethinking Textuality," pp. 138-60

 At least one team-meeting outside class by this date to begin brainstorming. (For details, see Assignments)

 

Section 2: Practice

 

Class 9 (February 5) — Project Idea Presentations

Choose a literary work (or part of a work) that the team will "interpret."  Present to the class your team's rationale for choosing the work and at least two initial project ideas. (For details, see Assignments)

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Class 10 (Februrary 7) — Project Idea Presentations (continued)

 

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Class 11 (February 12) — Workshop

(continued from last class)

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Class 12 (February 14) — Workshop

Write annotated bibliography. (For details, see Assignments)

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Class 13 (February 19) — Workshop

 

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Class 14 (Feburary 21) — Workshop

Write 4-page research report on one of the items in your annotated bibliography. (For details, see Assignments)

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Class 15 (February 26) — Workshop

 

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Class 16 (February 28) — Workshop

 

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Class 17 (March 4) — Workshop

 

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Class 18 (March 6) — Workshop

 

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Class 19 (March 11) — Final Presentations

Formal presentations of team projects. (For details, see Assignments)

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Class 20 (March 13) — Final Presentations (continued)

 

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(March 17)

"Interpretive" essay due. (For details, see Assignments)

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