Digital
media is increasingly finding its way into the
discussions of the humanities classroom. But while
we have a number of grand theoretical texts about
digital literature we as yet have little in the way
of resources for discussing the down-to-earth
practices of research, teaching, and curriculum
necessary for this work to mature.
The book
Reading
Moving Letters,
edited by Roberto Simanowski, Jörgen
Schäfer and Peter Gendolla, addresses this
need and provides examinations by nine scholars and
teachers from different national academic
backgrounds. While the first section of the book
provides definitions of digital literature as a
discipline of scholarly treatment in the
humanities, the second section asks how and why we
should teach digital literature and conduct close
readings in academia and discusses institutional
considerations necessary to take into account when
implementing digital literature into curricula. The
following text is the introduction to section
two.
1. Making Students
Fit for the 21st Century
2. Finding the Proper Institutional Home
3. The Practice of Discussing Digital
Literature
4. Works Cited