The below is the text of an article on fanfic by Edward M. Eveld, published in the Kansas City Star on July 13th, 2012 and briefly available online at < http://www.kansascity.com/2012/07/13/3703722/thanks-to-fan-fiction- ( Read more... )

SHERLOCK, JAMES, and HARRY"Sherlock, James, and Harry" will examine the texts and contexts surrounding three icons of British masculinity: Sherlock Holmes, James Bond, and Harry Potter. While each of these figures was born in text, all three rapidly went "transmedia," appearing in film, television, comics, video games, theme parks, and other ( Read more... )

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WRITING ABOUT REMIXThe artistic practices collected under the umbrella term of remix - rewrites, mashups, transformations, juxtapositions, edits, collages, pastiches, and parodies - are both very old ways of making art and central to a vibrant and emerging digital culture. In this course, we will survey a broad array of multimedia remix practices ( Read more... )