ENGL 401 - Textual Scholarship

3 Credit(s)

This advanced experiential-learning course investigates how literary texts have come to be, how they have been, and how they ought to be transmitted. The primary goal of the course is for students to learn the principles behind the editions of literary texts that we read by putting them into practice. Students work closely with an instructor who is involved professionally in the editing, production, and/or representation of literary texts in print or in electronic form and thus gain experience working with literature and its transmission in academic publishing and digital humanities. The course is open only to English majors and may be repeated for free-elective credit. Students who complete 12 semester hours of ENGL 401 will receive a certificate in textual scholarship.
Satisfies a humanities general education requirement for non-majors.
Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level literature courses with grades of C or better.