ENG 326 - Digital Victorians

Do digital tools present a new way of reading and understanding Victorian literature and culture? In this course, we examine a series of user-friendly tools to explore Victorian novels, poetry, and graphics culture (such as maps, cartoons, graphs, and more). Working with texts by Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, and others, we consider the “digital turn” in literary studies to blur the line between what counts as information and what counts as art. The course culminates in a final project of “information artistry” – you’ll turn one of your critical essays into digital art. Together, we will push the bounds of what it means to be a literary scholar.

Prerequisites
ENG 290 or Permission of Instructor

Credits 1

Area
Humanities

Connection
21004

Division
Arts and Humanities

Compass Attributes
Global Honors, Humanities