MATLIT: International Summer School in Materialities of Literature

General Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to develop an emerging area of research focused on analyzing the materialities of literature, that is, the relation between literary meaning and the materialities of language, sound, voice, performance, codex, image, and digital writing. The MATLIT International Summer School has been designed as a general introduction to this field of research, covering different perspectives on the intersections between literature and mediation. How do the materialities of communication affect our notion of literature? Did typewriting and word processing change writing practices? How does a codex work? How does a digital literary archive relate to a book? Can a poem exist without ever being written? What is an audiotext? Can a novel exist as an endless series of hyperlinks? In what sense is the computer a literary machine? These questions will form the basis of the Summer School, which is structured into three major topics: “Ex Machina: Inscription and Literature”; “Vox Media: Sound in Literature” and “ReCodex: Forms and Transformations of the Book”.

Admission Requirements

Applicants must be aged 18 years or older and must be proficient in English at level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFRL).

Candidates should check the admission requirements available on this site, in addition to the information provided here.

Mode of Study

Face-to-face

Teaching / Evaluation language(s)

English language

Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

Grading scale: 0-20. The final grade will result from the average between workshop assignments (50%) and the final report (50%).

Learning Objectives and Intended Skills

By the end of the course, students should be able to (a) describe literary works and practices on the basis of their material processes of inscription, mediation and communication; (b) recognize and analyze the expressive uses of graphicality, digitality, aurality and intermediality in literary signification.

Qualification Requirements and Regulations

Rules of creation and operation of non-degree courses at the University of Coimbra

Study Programme

MATLIT: International Summer School in Materialities of Literature

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Course Type
Non Degree Course

Qualification Awarded: Diploma/Certificate

Duration: 5 DIARIA

ECTS Credits: 1.0

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