ENGL 261

Spring 2015 All Classes

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Topics in Lit and Culture

Credit: 3 hours.

Introductory study of variety of topics in literature and culture, including those that bridge traditional historical periods, focus on themes or movements, and cross disciplinary boundaries.

May be repeated up to 6 hours in same or separate terms if topics vary. Prerequisite: Completion of the Composition I requirement.

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ENGL 261 class schedule data for spring 2015
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	62181	Lecture-Discussion	M	9:30AM -10:45AM	TR	G17 Foreign Languages Building	Underwood, W	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/15-05/06/15 Section Title: Hacking the Library Section Info: Topic Section M: Hacking the Library: Computational Methods in the Humanities By making it possible to analyze language and culture on a larger scale, information technology is adding a new dimension to the humanities. Instead of reading texts one at a time, we can ask how literary language changed across the course of a century?or test assumptions about audience and genre by asking, say, which movies tend to be enjoyed by the same viewers. These are interesting questions, but also admittedly challenging ones, because they require a mixture of methods drawn from different disciplines. This course will introduce basic techniques of data analysis using Rstudio, and enough programming to allow you to get the data you need. We?ll also discuss the historical and linguistic premises needed to guide this kind of exploration, so we?re not just counting things at random but posing meaningful interpretive questions. Our primary textbook will be Text Analysis with R for Students of Literature. Evaluation will be based on problem sets, short papers, and group projects that try to shed new light on real-world questions.