Class1notes

From English 194 Wiki

Contents 1 Preliminary Class Business 2 The Idea of the Course 3 The Format of the Course 4 Toy Chest 5 Next Time

Preliminary Class Business

• Handouts
  • Syllabus
  • first chapter of Franco Moretti's ~~Graphs, Maps, and Trees~~

• Enrollment & Sign-Up Sheet

The Idea of the Course

• Literary interpretation and other paradigms of knowledge
  • "Close Reading" / Representation / Interpretation
  • Experiment / Phenomenon / Hypothesis
  • Data collection / Phenomenon / Model
  • Simulation / Phenomenon / ?
  • Blog / Phenomenon / ?
  • Game / Phenomenon / ?

• Schedule

The Format of the Course

• Example: last spring's English 194
• Assignments

Toy Chest

Next Time

• Discussion of first chapter of Franco Moretti's book
• Assigning "respondents" for future readings
• Getting started with the class wiki