ENGLIT 0355: Introduction to Digital Humanities
Week One
Monday
Introduction to Digital Humanities
Intro. to Digital Narratives: The Silent History
Dinty Moore’s “Mr. Plimpton's Revenge”
Original Works of e-Lit by former DH students:
"A Matter of Choice," Evan Gretok
"The New Earth Order," RJ Audu
"Letters Home," Caleb Brougher
"The Inexhaustible Gatsby," Molly Verostick
"Aged Sea-Shell Closing," Ian Jones
"Prometheus.exe," Ryan Bost
"A Pug's Life," Mary-Lynn Retassie
"Evidence," Toni Augustine
"Trope on a Rope," Patrick Stahl
"Eragrup," Sam Schmader
"The Family Business," Tony Gibson
"Knight's Challenge," Jeremy Barber
Wednesday
Read:
Spiro, "Getting Started in Digital Humanities"
Kirschenbaum, “What is digital humanities? And what’s it doing in English Departments?”
View: Digital Humanities Downfall
Recommended: Digital Humanities on Wikipedia
Svensson, “The Landscape of Digital Humanities”
Check out Google's My Maps Service
Read how to Get Started with Blogger
(But don't start a Blog yet, we'll do that in class together)
Friday
Read:
Duke University Definitions of DH
"Defining Digital Humanities," Gerald R. Lucas
Read/Skim:
Fitzpatrick, “The Humanities, Done Digitally”
Mullen, “Digital Humanities is a Spectrum”
Cordell, “How Not to Teach Digital Humanities”