This course explores what is happening to literature, and its study, in the digital age. Digital technologies are profoundly affecting how literature is produced, read, and analysed. This course explores new theoretical perspectives on literature arising from this context: from innovative conceptions of textuality, authorship, and reading, to changing understandings of the book, publishing, and the library. These theoretical paradigms provide a framework for students to read new digital literary works as well as literary works about digital technology, and to employ new digital approaches to literary studies. Students will develop analytical skills for engaging with literary documents, in and about digital forms and/or with digital methods, and for exploring a range of issues relevant to our increasingly digital textual world, including authority, originality, and reproducibility. No technical background is required.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will have the knowledge and skills to:- Analyse and discuss the impact of digital technologies on literature, literary studies, and literary theory;
- Evaluate and apply digital methods to research questions in literary studies;
- Interpret and analyse digital literary texts and literary texts about digital technology in the context of theoretical perspectives on digital literature and digital media.
Indicative Assessment
Online tutorial activities (1000 words) (20%) [LO 1, 2, 3]Method application and analysis (1500 words) (40%) [LO 1, 2, 3]
Essay (2500 words) (40%) [LO 1, 2, 3]
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Workload
130 hours of total student learning time made up from:a) 36 hours of contact comprised of: 1x2 hour lecture and 1x1 hour tutorial over 8 weeks; and 1x1 hour lecture and 1x2 hour tutorial over 4 weeks;
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
A Companion to Digital Literary Studies, edited by Ray Simens and Susan Schreibman. Blackwell Publishing, 2008. [Freely available: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companionDLS/]Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Evolving Anthology, edited by Kenneth Price and Ray Siemens. MLA Commons, 2013 [Freely available: https://dlsanthology.commons.mla.org/]
Further readings will be available from the course Wattle site.
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 1
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2022 | $4980 |
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