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Although it has not been much considered as such, the digital humanities movement (or at least the most theoretically informed parts of it) offers a critique "from within" the recent mutation of the higher education and research systems. This paper offers an analysis, from a Critical Theory perspective, of a key element of this critique: the theory vs. practice debate, which, in the digital humanities, is translated into the famous "hack" vs. "yack" motto, where DHers usually call for the pre-eminence of the former over the latter. I show how this debate aims to criticise the social situation of employment in academia in the digital age and can further be interpreted with the culture industry theoretical concept, as a continuance of the domination of the intellectual labour (i.e. yack in this case) over manual labour (hack). I argue that, pushing this debate to its very dialectical limit, one realises that the two terms are not in opposition anymore: the actual theory as well as the actual practice are below their very critical concepts in the current situation of academic labour. Therefore, I call for a reconfiguration of this debate, aiming at the rediscovering of an actual theory in the academic production, as well as a rediscovering of a praxis, the latter being outside of the scientific realm and rules: it is political. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital Humanities is a catchy word that draws the attention of all disciplines and literary studies is not an exemption. This paper investigates various debates associated with the Digital Humanities and also explores the relevance and impact of Digital technology on the teaching and learning of English studies. Though the impact of Digital humanities is widely felt, there is no collective consensus regarding its application to Text, which is the very foundation for the enhancement of literary studies and the gravity of the concept "Text" proves to be the veritable source of encoding in the form of computing technology. The sublimity of a literary text lies in its dexterous use of coded information and hence, computing enhances illustration of various images and events in the form of pictures, video, and audio forms. Further, as a literary text is not culture bound it is always open for digital culture and it justifies the intended study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article presents a literary criticism of the book "The Limits of Critique" by Rita Felski. Topics discussed include the use of phrase "hermeneutics of suspicion" by philosopher Paul Ricouer in the book; the efforts of Felski to find alternatives to traditional humanistic critique; and the use of critical theory and critical making in the book.

Copyright of Comparative Literature / Primerjalna Književnost is the property of Slovenian Comparative Literature Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)