Learning Outcomes

Having completed this course, you should be able to:

• Identify various writing techniques in the manuscript era
• List some of the natural materials used in the creation of manuscripts
• Summarize how the transition from feudalism to capitalism led to urbanization
• Discuss how print has influenced exploration, science and politics
• Evaluate the motivating factors for increasing the printing of books
• Explain word processing and digital space
• Recall how print has brought about the standardization of languages
• Summarize the emergence of electronic literature