The University of Illinois Department of English is offering English 582: Technologies and Words this upcoming spring semester. Students will examine reading, writing, literacy and technology from a historical point of view, from the dawn of writing to the age of the computer, exploring the different theories of orality and literacy, and looking at the spread of the written word through various communities. Students will examine earlier communication technologies (the manuscript, clay tablet, print, typing, and the telephone) as well as the ways in which present-day reading and writing practices are affected by the computer revolution and new technologies. Seminar students will produce a semester project and be responsible for a presentation.

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