This course is an introduction to the use of information technology in literary and humanistic study. We will survey the field of digital humanities, or humanities computing as it is sometimes called, from electronic scholarly editing, to the computational analysis of style, theme, and structure, to considerations of the cultural impact of information technology on scholarly discourse, publishing, and the academy. We will also study several specific technologies in detail, including eXtensible Markup Language (XML) and the Text Encoding Initiative. Students will be expected to generate critical work on subjects related to digital humanities and to conduct and in-depth review of an existing digital humanities project.

The above text will be supplemented by online and reserve readings.

Your grade will be based on 1000 points, distributed as follows:

Students are expected to attend and participate in class discussions, and turn in assignments on time. One absence or one late assignment is permitted during the course of the semester. In this first instance, no explanation is required; on the other hand, no excuses will be accepted for subsequent absences or late assignments, and a half-grade penalty will be assessed for each absence or late assignment after the first, on the grade for the semester.

All grades will be assigned according to the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science Definitions of Letter Grades.