ENGLISH 257

Seeing Writing

Please note: this is archived course information from 2016 for ENGLISH 257.

Description

Considers the graphic form of everyday signs of writing. Particular attention is paid to the social consensus that makes signs operative, the transgressive role of error and play in exposing norms, the digital codework through which we construct and maintain identities, and the structures that mediate and organise working life in the form of boxes, templates and diagrams. 

Availability 2016

Not taught in 2016

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Dr Stephen Turner

Reading/Texts

Diverse course materials include the film Helvetica, the book matter of Tristram Shandy, the tweets of novelist Teju Cole, graphic work by Emily Karaka and Thomas Hirschhorn, episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, and readings by Johanna Drucker, Vilém Flusser, Jan Jagodzinski, Anna Gibbs and Keith Hoskins.

Assessment

Coursework + exam

Points

ENGLISH 257: 15 points

Prerequisites

30 pts including ENGLISH 121 or ENGWRIT 101, or any 30 points in English, or any 45 points

Restrictions

ENGLISH 363