From Tablets to Tablets: Texts and Technology

Three credits · Undergraduate

This book history course examines how texts have been disseminated over time in order to demonstrate how material contexts affect textual meaning. Topics might include changing practices and ideas of authorship, publication, and reading. Evidence considered could span from early textual objects (clay tablets) to today’s technologies (computers, tablets, phones). Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111 or equivalent. Three credits.