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Brian Ganter | Courses Taught
SPRING 2014 | ENGL 109 | Romanticism Reloaded This course introduces students to the literature of the influential Romanticist movement (1789-1830), from the dissident art of William Blake to the key collection Lyrical Ballads. Our aim however will not be to appreciatively “read” the texts of the Romanticism but rather (with a reference here to the virtual universe of The Matrix) to “reload” them—to reassess their meaning in our contemporary digital culture. The course moves beyond the bounds of the book and examines the impact of computers, mobile networks, and new media on the creative process, the reading process, and on the process of scholarly inquiry. How can digital tools like Google Translator and Google Maps help us decipher lyrical poems? What does Mary Shelley’s Romanticist-Gothic novel Frankenstein have to teach us about bioengineered “frankenfoods” and sci-fi cyborgs? Students in this class should expect to submit traditional papers but will also engineer multimedia scholarly projects utilizing audio, video and mapping technologies.
SPRING 2015 | ENGL 335 | Electronic Literature (co-taught with Aurelea Mahood) [Course Website] Sound. Code. Animation. Interactive storytelling. Literature “born digital.” This course situates electronic literature–its narrative, poetic, dramatic and immersive forms–within histories of literature and new media. Readings in print and on screen will bring us into contact with computer-generated aesthetics that produce distinct literary effects while reconfiguring our reading and writing practices. Students will have an opportunity to author their own creative and critical works on digital platforms. No prior technical or computing expertise is required. Readings include selections from the Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 1 and 2 and the digital ‘pop up book’ Between Page and Screen.
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