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21L.355 Literature in the Digital Age
Prereq: None
Acad Year 2025-2026: U (Spring; second half of term)
Acad Year 2026-2027: Not offered
6 Units
Examines how emerging computational methods and tools are transforming practices of reading and writing in the present. Topics may include the exploration of experimental literary forms and digital media practices (hypertext, Twitter fiction, etc.) or focus on the use of digital tools for analyzing literature (GIS mapping, data mining, etc.). May be repeated once for credit if content differs. Confirm start and end dates on Literature website.
W. Kelley
Can be repeated for credit.
Literature
https://catalog.mit.edu/schools/humanities-arts-social-sciences/literature/
The Literature Section's mission is to maintain a level of excellence and innovation consistent with the best universities while remaining responsive to MIT's distinctive intellectual environment. The curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to literary texts as well as theoretical, generic, and thematic subjects that range across geographical and historical boundaries.
