In 2020 he was elected to the american philosophical society. The concept has become vague, either meaning almost nothing, or being used with more precise, but rather different, meanings in different contexts. Kittler s discussion of learning to read in his discourse networks 18001900 1990, and particularly his history of the university as a changing media system in universities. All of these subsystems, in their specific dispersion and paths of connection, are. The role of qualitative interviews in discourse theory. At the zurich seminar symposium coorganizer moritz gleich used the phrase processual research to characterize a mode of inquiry that shifts from discourse analysis to discursive techniques. The literary project envisioned by derrida is one taken up in large measure by friedrich kittler in discourse networks 18001900. These aspects of the romantic discourse network are described in great detail in kittlers study. The term discourse network 2000 refers to friedrich kittlers aufschreibesystem 1800 en 1900. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of discourse around 1850, just before things got going with the second industrial revolution and the expansion of media technologiestypewriter, gramophone, and film each contributing to a medial turn foucault does not. The afterlife of friedrich kittlers discourse networks the cresting wave of digital humanities. Discourse networks and friedrich kittler s theory of media materialism. Friedrich kittlers book discourse networks, 18001900 is particularly propitious. Notes 5 pdf notes on extract from elementary structures notes 6 pdf notes on structure, sign and play.
Friedrich adolf kittler was born in 1943 in rochlitz in saxony. Stanford university press, 1990 further reference bernhard siegert, relays. Kittler has his own idiosyncratic and original notions of letters alphabetical, writing and drugs derridas pharmakondissemination, desemennation, data storage, hermeneutics, translation, and the archive the last term seemingly indebted to foucaults the archaeology of knowledge vintage. While these currents may differ in disciplinary lineage, they converge in the belief that there is no transcendent meaning or informational. Discourse networks 1800 1900 hermeneutics discourse. His family fled with him to west germany in 1958, where from 1958 to 1963 he went to a natural sciences and modern languages gymnasium in lahr in the black forest, and thereafter, until 1972, he studied german studies, romance philology and philosophy at the albert ludwigs university of freiburg in freiburg im breisgau. Kittler s linking of media with the technique of time axis manipulation. This discussion will hopefully reveal what a discourse theoretical study can contribute to academia and society, and what kind of knowledge this tradition necessarily fails to grasp. Poststructuralism is particularly concerned with the role of language and discourse in the construction of social reality. Indeed it is characteristic of manual writing under normal circum. Because hard stuff to read likes to make think that you feel better about you. Pdf silicon sociology, or, two kings on hegels throne. Friedrich kittler 19432011 combined the study of literature, cinema, technology, and philosophy in a manner sufficiently novel to be recognized as a new field of academic endeavor in his native germany. Zhang yuchen is a phd student at the school of journalism, fudan university.
Luhmann and the posthuman merger of german media theory. Gramophone, film, typewriter is, among other things, a continuation as well as a detailed elaboration of the second part of the authors discourse networks. Discourse networks is, imo, kittler s, most subtle, original, and difficult book. And because the study of discourse manifests itself in virtually all. The role of the development of discourse markers in a theory o. Discourse analysis the study of spoken and written language in its social and psychological context can provide important insights for the language teacher. A sociolinguistic cda of biafra online discourses article pdf available in discourse and society 233. Buy discourse networks, 18001900 reprint by kittler, friedrich isbn. Jan 18, 2014 kittler, discourse networks kittler, friedrich. The section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the typewritten page and the crisis that these caused for literary production. Friedrich kittler, discourse networks, 18001900 monoskop. However, the focus of the interview is on the core concepts of discourse networks, the militaryindustrial complex, and technology, arguably the three central themes of kittler s work to date.
Geoffrey winthropyoung and michael wutz stanford, ca. Friedrich adolf kittler was born in in rochlitz in saxony. Discourse analysis can, naturally, mean analysis of discourse in any of the above senses of the term. Kittlers work from the 1980s onwards, and in particular discourse networks. Like foucault, kittler diagnosed the present through what he called discourse analysis the excavation of the underlying structure of human practices.
Kittler s premises are that literature is a form of data processing, storage, and transmission, and that writing is a channel of information transmitted through a discourse network of institutions, such as schools. Discourse networks 18001900 is like a technologyfocused sequel to foucaults the order of things. The 1900 section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the typewritten page and the crisis that these caused for literary production. Among the writers and works kittler analyzes in addition to goethes faust are schlegel, hegel, e. They follow the logic of escalation that leaves a written history behind it. Discourse networks, 18001900 friedrich kittler translated. Pdf social media networks and the discourse of resistance. Sidner attention, intentions, and the structure of discourse the theory is a further development and integration of two lines of research. Literature as an epoch of the postal system, trans. Discourse explains the relevant theory and applies it to classroom activities designed to improve students discourse skills. Kittler, luhmann, and the posthuman merger of german media theory article pdf available in the yale journal of criticism 2. Oct 21, 2011 like foucault, kittler diagnosed the present through what he called discourse analysis the excavation of the underlying structure of human practices. At one point kittler cites the dissertation of the postal inspector and expressionist poet august stramm on the empirical law of the. Social media networks and the discourse of resistance.
The main aim of this paper is to discuss the role of qualitative interviews in discourse theoretical studies. Discourse networks is, imo, kittlers, most subtle, original, and difficult book. What people know about what they can see around them physical, social, linguistic. Trivia about discourse network kittler sees an autonomy in technology and therefore disagrees with marshall mcluhans reading of the media as extensions of man. Kittler has his own idiosyncratic and original notions of letters alphabetical, writing and drugs derridas pharmakondissemination, desemennation, data storage, hermeneutics, translation, and the archive the last term seemingly indebted to foucaults the. Following widdowson, we use discourse to refer to the pretextual process of thinking and text to the surface manifestation of the discourse process. His historical study of media becomes the heir of discourse analysis, but only in. Kittler and the media offers students of media theory an introduction to kittler s basic ideas. What people know about each other and the world cultural knowledge, interpersonal knowledge, knowledge. Kittlers theory shies away from the frankfurt school and hermeneutics of gadamer and. Optical media berlin lectures 1999 polity 2012 see other formats. Kittler now by stephen sale overdrive rakuten overdrive. Friedrich kittler was one of the worlds most influential, provocative and misunderstood media theorists.
The role of the development of discourse markers in a theory of grammaticalization elizabeth c. Although debates carry on regarding the relative in. This is a highly original book about the connections b. Discourse networks 1800 1900 is like a technologyfocused sequel to foucaults the order of things. The discourse analytical theory that forms the background of this study presupposes, but also extends, my earlier work on discourse e. As such, it bridges the gap between kittler s discourse analysis of the 1980s and his increasingly computeroriented work of. Kittlers discussion of learning to read in his discourse networks 18001900 1990. That is, continuing my recent work on news discourse. Friedrich adolf kittler sa nascut in 1943 in localitatea rochlitz din saxonia. Apart from his book gramophone, film, typewriter, kittler is best known for a work called aufschreibsysteme 1800, translated into english as discourse networks, in which he presents a reading of german romantic poetry as the consequence of new media technologies, notably the widespread alphabetization undertaken by prussian school reform. Kittler friedrich gramophone film typewriter discourse.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Translation and materiality the paradox of visible translation christine mitchell recent currents in the study of culture and communication have grappled with materiality and language. The fact that the modernism section of discourse networks is more international in its range than the first section derives from the nature or nonnature of the modernist discourse network it describes. Gramophone, film, typewriter is, among other things, a continuation as well as a detailed elaboration of the second part of the authors discourse networks, 18001900 stanford, 1990. Cover of discourse networks, by friedrich kittler translated by friedrich kittler translated by michael metteer, with chris cullens foreword by. Download citation digital humanities and aesthetic autonomy. Bruce fraser school of education, boston university, 605 commonwealth avenue, boston, ma 02215, usa abstract this paper is an attempt to clarify the status of discourse markers. Kittler s discourse networks have occasionally been described as foucauldian epistemes transferred onto technological ground. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of discourse around 1850, just before things got going with the second industrial revolution and the expansion of media technologiestypewriter, gramophone, and film each contributing to a medial turn foucault does not address. This is a discourse that deliberately unsettles culturebased studies through analyses that ask what media do for and within culture. Discourse networks 1800 1900 free ebook download as pdf file. The 1900 section argues that the new discourse network in which literature is situated in the modern period is characterized by new technological media film, the photograph, and the.
Traugott department of linguistics, stanford university, ca 943052150, u. Wet, hard, soft and harder 2004, are distinctive and original. Friedrich kittler is one of the leading figures in german media theory today. Introduction discourse markers expressions like well, but, oh and yknow are one set of linguistic items that function in discourses of various styles or registers. Kittler notes that foucault ended his archaeology of. Datadriven investigations at the discourse, data drives our storytelling. Friedrich kittler translated by michael metteer, with chris cullens foreword by david e. While dissolving, the bodys limits literally delaminate into the multiple surfaces and interfa ces of cyberspace. With books such as discourse networks and gramophone, film, typewriter and the collection literature, media, information systems, friedrich kittler has established himself as one of the worlds most influential media theorists. He is also one of the most controversial and misunderstood. Eliots the waste land, the gramophone, and the modernist discourse network juan a. He is currently the chair of the department of germanic studies and holds the leroy t. Architectural infrastructures and cultural techniques. His work spans analyses of historical discourse networks inspired by french poststructuralism, influential theorizations of new media, through to musings on music and mathematics.
Hoffmanns golden pot see kittler, discourse networks. Suggestions toward some discourseanalytic approaches to text. Readings introduction to literary theory literature. In scientific texts and debates, it is used indiscriminately, often without being defined.
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