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Theoretical interest in the “scene of writing” (Schreibszene) has exploded across German-speaking Europe in recent decades, but has found little resonance in North American German Studies. This seminar introduces students to this growing field of (primarily German-language) scholarship, traces its emergence out of poststructuralist critiques of authorship and the advent of media studies, and situates it in relation to related methodological approaches (critique génétique, book history/critical bibliography, Editionswissenschaft). In the growing wave of historical-critical facsimile editions and online archival projects that present traces of textual production, students will gain practical experience working with these resources and exploring possibilities for using them to expand the scope of textual analysis.