Dr. Dean Taciuch
George Mason University

Fall 2010


English 344:001


Course Schedule

Week 1 (Aug 31 - Sept 2): Course Introduction
Readings: Hayles Ch 1 Electronic Literture: What is It?
Web preparation
Discussion 1

Week 2 (Sept 7 - 9): Digital Translation
Readings: Hayles Ch 2 Intermediation: From Page to Screen
ELC: Joyce "12 Blue"; Mencia, "Birds Singing Other Birds Songs"
Digital Translation Project
Discussion 2

Week 3 (Sept 14 - 16) Copyright, Fair Use, Re-Use
Readings: Tim O'Reilly "Piracy is Progressive Taxation . . ."
Lawrence Lessig Free Culture
Creative Commons
Internet Archive

Know Your Rights exercise

Week 4 (Sept 21 - 23): Digital Transformation
Readings: Hayles Ch. 4 Revealing and Transforming: How Electronic Literature Revalues Computational Practice
Photo Manipulation Exercise

Week 5 (Sept 28 - 30): Take it and Break It
Begin Remix Project
Readings:Cut up generators: language is a virus; Lazarus Corp.;
Burroughs/Gysin 3rd Mind; Tom Phillips A Humument gallery
Critique 1 (ELC)

Week 6 (Oct 5 - 7): Workshop

Workshop Remix Projects (in progress)
Critique 2 (Remix)

Week 7 (Oct 14): Showcase 1
Columbus Day Recess: Monday classes meet Tuesday.
Tuesday classes do not meet
Remix Showcase

Week 8 (Oct 19 - 21): Collaboration
Readings: ELC Collaborations
Begin Group Projects

Week 9 (Oct 26 - 28): Workshop
Workshop Group Project
Critique 3
(Group)

Week 10 (Nov 2 - 4): Showcase 2
Group Project Showcase
Begin Final Projects

Week 11 (Nov 9 - 11): Online Publication
Readings: Hayles Ch 5 The Future of Literature: Print Novels & the Mark of the Digital
Discussion 3

Week 12 (Nov 16 - 18): Digital Scholarship
Readings: UbuWeb
GMU's Center for History and New Media

Week 13 (Nov 23): Thanksgiving Recess: Nov 24-28
Discussion 4

Week 14 (Nov 30 - Dec 2): Workshop
Workshop Final Projects
Critique 4

Week 15 (Dec 7 - 9): Showcase 3
Final Project Presentations

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