Assignments

This section contains homework assignments and instructions for the papers required in the course.

Homework

LEC # ASSIGNMENTS
2 Homework 1: Ong, Orality and Literacy (PDF)
3 Homework 2: Was There a Printing Revolution? (PDF)
4 Homework 3: English Chapbooks (PDF)
5 Homework 4: Eisenstein's Printing Revolution Revisited (PDF)
8 Homework 5: Inkan Khipus (PDF)
9 Homework 6: Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines (PDF)
11 Homework 7: Book Clubs: Women and the Uses of Reading in Everyday Life (PDF)
12 Homework 8: Digitizing the News: Innovation in Online Newspapers (PDF)

Papers

Together these papers constitute 60% of the final grade. Editing suggestions are available in study materials.

First paper: Ten page paper (PDF)

Second paper: Five page paper (PDF)

The following document is an exemplary second paper written by David Proudfoot. The paper appears courtesy of the author and is used with permission. (PDF)