Course Description

Significant developments in Spanish and Latin American Digital Arts, with a focus on electronic literature and cyberculture. Discussion will consider writers/designers and genres, literary theory, theory of media, cyber-cultural studies, and digital humanities. Course given in Spanish.

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Athena Title

Hispanic Digital Culture

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Non-Traditional Format

This course counts towards the completion of the undergraduate certificate program in Digital Humanities Research and Innovation. The course also counts as an elective for Spanish majors and minors. No computer or online skills required.

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Prerequisite

SPAN 3030 or SPAN 3030E or SPAN 3030H

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Semester Course Offered

Not offered on a regular basis.

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Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

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Student Learning Outcomes

• By the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate their ability to relate required readings to primary and/or secondary texts.
• By the end of this course, students will be able to demonstrate digital literacy by producing digital humanities projects, including hyper-papers/presentations, video and/or written presentations, and preservation and referencing of a collection of born-digital arts.
• By the end of this course, students will be able to investigate specific aspects of the required material in conjunction with secondary sources from literary studies, new media studies, and digital humanities.

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Topical Outline

• A. Forerunners of E-Lit
• B. Hypertext Fiction
• C. Hypermedia Fiction
• D. Kinetic Poetry
• E. Animated Poetry
• F. Generative Poetry
• G. Net-Art (such as Twitter literature)

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