Digitale Lehre
This semester, our project seminar deals with experiments on current fan fiction. These are texts published in online portals that continue real or fictional, historical or current characters and plot contexts in their own unique way. Often it is about popular series from the fantasy area. But there are also Jane Austen, Karl May or Schiller fans who continue or rewrite their favorite works in this way. And there is fan fiction about celebrities of our time, from Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama to right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik.
In the seminar we will deal with empirical questions about fan fiction. Who writes and reads such texts? How and where are they read? At home on the sofa or on the way to university? How do you find your way around the respective websites? What role do teasers and the seriality of fan-fiction texts play and how is the self-presentation of the authors perceived. Does one read and write fan fiction differently from conventional literature?
In the first part of the seminar we will look at the state of research on such questions. In the second part, we will design our own experiments. Online surveys and online tests can be done by the students themselves. For the application of eye-tracking in reading itself, staff members of the LitLab are available to conduct pilot studies on corresponding concepts.
In terms of teaching methods, we want to build on the digital interaction we developed in the summer. We don't want to just stare at each other via zoom tiles, but use a variety of digital preparation methods for small groups to make the meetings exciting and entertaining. You can find out how this works in the first session!
Moodle is our central platform for the whole semester. For all tasks you can start from here! We start each session as a video conference with the whole seminar.
Please note that the seminar takes place every 14 days. The students' presentations at the end of the semester are held as a video conference with all participants.
This semester, our project seminar deals with experiments on current fan fiction. These are texts published in online portals that continue real or fictional, historical or current characters and plot contexts in their own unique way. Often it is about popular series from the fantasy area. But there are also Jane Austen, Karl May or Schiller fans who continue or rewrite their favorite works in this way. And there is fan fiction about celebrities of our time, from Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack Obama to right-wing terrorist Anders Breivik.
In the seminar we will deal with empirical questions about fan fiction. Who writes and reads such texts? How and where are they read? At home on the sofa or on the way to university? How do you find your way around the respective websites? What role do teasers and the seriality of fan-fiction texts play and how is the self-presentation of the authors perceived. Does one read and write fan fiction differently from conventional literature?
In the first part of the seminar we will look at the state of research on such questions. In the second part, we will design our own experiments. Online surveys and online tests can be done by the students themselves. For the application of eye-tracking in reading itself, staff members of the LitLab are available to conduct pilot studies on corresponding concepts.
In terms of teaching methods, we want to build on the digital interaction we developed in the summer. We don't want to just stare at each other via zoom tiles, but use a variety of digital preparation methods for small groups to make the meetings exciting and entertaining. You can find out how this works in the first session!
Moodle is our central platform for the whole semester. For all tasks you can start from here! We start each session as a video conference with the whole seminar.
Please note that the seminar takes place every 14 days. The students' presentations at the end of the semester are held as a video conference with all participants.
- Lehrende: Thomas Weitin
Semester: Inverno 2020/21