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Readings and Assignments for English 197:

"Hacking Literary Interpretation" (Spring 2015)

 

Solo assignment = Solo assignment  Team assignment = Team assignment

 Class 1 (Mar. 31) — Introduction
1. Reading Literature with a Computer
For each class, please read the assigned texts and other works prior to class.
 Class 2 (Apr. 2) — Text in the Digital Age (1) --
What Is Text Anyway?
 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 (Apr. 9)
"Distant Reading" --
Why Use Computers to Read a Zillion Texts?
 Class 5 (Apr. 14) Text Analysis (1) --
How Use Computers to Read One to a Zillion Texts?
 Class 6 (Apr. 16) Text Analysis (2) --
How to Think Like a Concordance?
Team Assignment Teams to be formed in class on this date. (See Assignments: Team Preparatory Tasks)

 

 Class 7 (Apr. 21) Text Analysis (3) --
What is Topic Modeling?
 Class 8 (Apr. 23) Social Network Analysis (also: Mapping) --
Who "Friends" Whom in Literature?
(also: Why Map Literature?)

Team AssignmentAt least one team-meeting outside class by this date to begin brainstorming.  (See Assignments: Team Preparatory Tasks)

* [No class April 28th (instructor away).]

 

2. Project-Building Workshops
Workshops are in-class team collaboration sessions when students work on their projects while the instructor circulates among the teams to consult.
 Class 9 (Apr. 30) T?

 

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

 Class 10 (May 5) T?
 
  Class 11 (May 7) T?
 

 

 
 Class 12 (May 12) T?
 Class 13 (May 14) T?

* [No class May 19 (instructor away).]

 

 Class 14 (May 21) T?
 Class 15 (May 26) T?
 Class 16 (May 28) T?
 Class 17 (June 2) T?
 Class 18 (June 4) T?

 

Team AssignmentFormal presentations of team projects. (See Assignments: Team Final Tasks) [12-minute presentations; presentation schedule]

(June 8) Solo AssignmentFinal Essay due. (See Assignments: Solo Assignments: Final Essay)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Getting Digital Texts & Plain Text
* Text Encoding Intro

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