LFU:online

Skills for critical examination and presentation of essential methods and strategies in Media Studies applied to a concrete example

More and more frequently literary texts can be read on the internet, yet we have to realize that not any offer (especially a free one) is high-quality. It is the task of scholarly editing to examine the principal sources of the humanities and make them available to the public. More and more scholarly editions of a high level are freely accessible. Frequently they offer a view at manuscripts or link with external information.

In this exclusive course, which is part of a guest professorship, we learn about scholarly editing, participate in an editing exercise and explore its specific benefit in a world of digitized knowledge. We deal with characteristic examples of digital editions (e.g. Vincent van Gogh’s letters and Goethe’s Faust) and prepare transcriptions of letters from the 19^th century in the context of a currently emerging edition (cf. www.august-wilhelm-schlegel.de).

Collaborative work in groups, discussions, editing exercise

Presentation, term paper

Will be discussed in the first lesson.

This course is offered as part of a LFUI-Guest-Professorship.