Herman Melville - Close Reading | Distant Reading - Einzelansicht

This seminar will introduce students to the work and life of Herman Melville, one of the most canonical authors of 19th century American Literature. As the year 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, this seminar will approach the author from a renewed perspective of both traditional and contemporary methods of scholarly work.

We will study the historical, philosophical and aesthetic context(s) of Melville’s origins on land and at sea by combining classical and analog approaches to literature (close readings) with the novel methods and tools from the Digital Humanities (DH). Previous experience in dealing with Digital Humanities methods is not required. However, a basic affinity for digital and computational tools is expected.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to business and pubic holidays THIS SEMINAR WILL BEGINN IN THE 2nd WEEK OF THE SEMESTER ON 26.04. !