A recent trend in literary studies is balancing our consideration of the textual and discursive elements of literature with attention to various aspects of its materiality, as well as its relationship to questions of ontology, embodiment, and lived experience. An exciting part of this development is increased integration of interdisciplinary methodologies, especially archival work and ethnography, into literary research. In this course, we'll learn about the scholarly movements and theoretical conversations shaping this turn, while learning practical ways to engage the material and embodied in our own scholarship. We will be inspired by work in various fields, including book history, childhood studies, Black studies, gender studies, global/postcolonial studies, and American studies.
Number of Credits
3
Shaundra Myers