What does It Matter Who Writes?: Literary Studies in the Age of Web 2.0

Brian A. Bremen is an Associate Professor in the English department, specializing in American Literature, Modernism, and Literary Theory. He also incorporates various information technologies in his "Masterworks of Literature" course.

In this talk, he will discuss the state of Literary Studies in an increasingly participatory culture. Moving from Wordsworth and Arnold to Eliot and Frost, he will explore the "function of criticism" in the 21st century. Looking at sites like the Electronic Literature Collection, Poems that GO, Wikipedia, and TextArc, he will talk about the ways in which electronic environments have altered -- if not dissolved -- both the objects and the subjects of literary studies. Participants are invited to bring in their own favorite (transformative) examples.

Location: FAC 9
Time: 5:00pm