Schedule


English 197: "Hacking Literary Interpretation" (Spring 2015)

 

Solo assignment = Solo assignment  Team assignment = Team assignment

Class 1 Notes
 Class 1 (Mar. 31) — Introduction
I. Reading Literature with a Computer
For each class, please read the assigned texts and other works prior to class.
Class 2 Notes
 Class 2 (Apr. 2) — Text in the Digital Age (1) --
What Is Text Anyway?
Class 3 Notes
 Class 3 (Apr. 7)
 Text in the Digital Age (2) --
How is Text "Encoded" For Computers?

Course "practicums" are hands-on, small-scale exercises that ask students to experiment at a beginner's level with the tools of the digital humanities.  Each practicum should be completed before class, resulting in a "souvenir" of the exercise left on the Student Work site. (General instructions for practicums)

Class 4 Notes
 Class 4 (Apr. 9)
"Distant Reading" --
Why Use Computers to Read a Zillion Texts?
Class 5 Notes
 Class 5 (Apr. 14) Text Analysis (1) --
How Use Computers to Read One to a Zillion Texts?
Class 6 Notes
 Class 6 (Apr. 16) Text Analysis (2) --
How to Think Like a Concordance?
Class 7 Notes
 Class 7 (Apr. 21) Text Analysis (3) --
What is Topic Modeling?
Class 8 Notes
 Class 8 (Apr. 23) Social Network Analysis (also: Mapping) --
Who "Friends" Whom in Literature?
(also: Why Map Literature?)

* [No class April 28th]

 

II. Project-Building Workshops
Workshops are in-class sessions when students work individually or in their teams on the collaborative class project due at the end of the quarter. The instructor will supervise and advise as project facilitator.
Class 9 Notes
 Class 9 (Apr. 30) Workshop

 

Solo Assignment "Thought" Essay #1 due. (See Assignments)

Solo Assignment In-progress Portfolio preview due. (See Assignments)

Class 10 Notes
 Class 10 (May 5) Workshop
 
Class 11 Notes
  Class 11 (May 7) Workshop
 

 

 
Class 12 Notes
 Class 12 (May 12) Workshop
Class 13 Notes
 Class 13 (May 14) Workshop

* [No class May 19]

 

Class 14 Notes
 Class 14 (May 21) Workshop
Class 15 Notes
 Class 15 (May 26) Workshop
Class 16 Notes
 Class 16 (May 28) Workshop
Class 17 Notes
 Class 17 (June 2) Workshop
Class 18 Notes
 Class 18 (June 4) Workshop

 

Team Assignment Collective Class Project due. (See Assignments)

(June 5) Solo Assignment Portfolio due. (See Assignments)

(June 8) Solo Assignment "Thought" Essay #2 due. (See Assignments)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Getting Digital Texts & Plain Text
* Text Encoding Intro