Course Schedule

*This schedule is dynamic and will evolve as the needs of the class evolve. I will tell you well in advance of shifts in deadlines, changes in readings, or other assignments. As always, if you have questions, please ask.

Media-Specific Analysis

In the article “The Importance of Media-Specific Analysis”, N. Katherine Hayles explains how literary analysis shifts based on new media…

Choose Your Own Adventure Analysis

The original Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) gamebooks were published between 1979 and 1998. The genre remains popular enough that variations are still being published, although many hardcore fans only recognize the first fifty or so books in the series as “true”…

Understanding Text Project

To the world outside, English Studies are about reading and writing texts — and that’s just about that. But over the past few decades the…

Examples of CYOA map

Curse of the Pirate Mist

The impact of writing

When has a piece of writing, something you wrote or read, made a significant impact on your life? What qualities or context made that piece of writing so significant?

I grew up a reader, a lover of words, lyrics and poems. Both of my parents are voracious readers…

Spring 2021 Syllabus

Syllabus | WRIT 502 | Digital English Studies: Technology, Text, Culture

Instructor Contact Information: Dr. Devon Ralston
email: ralstond@winthrop.edu
office hours: 5–6 M; 1–3 W & by appointment via Zoom

Working through a Media-Specific Analysis

I’ve gotten many questions about the media-specific analysis so I thought it might be useful for you to see how I would approach the assignment.

I’ve worked through how I would approach the assignment using Frankenstein film…

Course Policies

Course Policies:

Course Calendar: The daily course calendar and assignment prompts will be available on this Medium page as well as linked on Blackboard. Keep in mind, the course calendar is subject to change based on the needs and interests of the class. You are responsible…