ENGL 55493 Digital Approaches to Textual Problems
Students will explore the methods and theories that underlie big data in the humanities. Students will examine how we can better ask and answer research questions in rhetoric, culture, and literature through the use of digital tools such as R and/or Python. Students will work independently and collaboratively to perform humanities research using these tools. Through a series of close reading, distant reading, writing, and programming assignments, students will also examine issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Students will learn to think critically about the uses and limitations of digital methods and theories. Student cannot receive credit for ENGL 55493 and ENGL 30873.