Week 1 (Jan 23 – 25): Introduction &
Historical Overview
Readings: Burroughs, "The
Cut up Method" and "The
Art of Cut up Writing"
Tzara, "Dada
Manifesto on Feeble Love and Bitter Love"
Crowther and Woods,
Adventure (Colossal cave) online
bpNichol "First Screening" (from ELC 3)
Assorted works from Electronic
Poetry Center and UbuWeb
Writings: Review of one work from EPC or UbuWeb (due Jan 27)
Weeks 2 – 5 (Jan 30 – Feb 22): Production
& Composition
Readings: Assorted works from
Electronic Literature Collection, Vol 1-3
Red Noise Gallery
Montfort and Strickland "The Sea and The Spar Between"
Sample "House of Leaves of Grass"
Montfort "Taroko Gorge" and Remixes
Tools: Generators and Prompts from Language
is a Virus
Poetry Generators from SourceForge
Twine (non-linear narrative tool)
Telescopic Text tool
KompoZer (HTML 5 editor)
W3CSchools
Writings: Review of one work from ELC or Red Noise Gallery (Feb 3), drafts due Feb 13, peer critiques due Feb 17
Production & Composition Project due Feb 24
Weeks 6 – 9 (Feb 27 – March 22): Presentation
& Interaction
Readings: Crowther and Woods,
Adventure (Colossal cave) online and others from the Interactive
Fiction Archive
Assorted works from Electronic Literature Collection, Vol 1-3
Ryman, 253
Andrews, selections from Vispo
Texts from Internet
Archive/Texts
Tools:
KompoZer (HTML 5 editor)
W3CSchools
Twine (non-linear narrative tool)
Sigil and
Calibre (ebook
editors and organizers)
Ebook tutoral using Calibre
Writings: E-Text analysis (March 3), HTML / XML exercises
(in class), drafts due March 27, peer critiques March 29
Presentation & Interaction Project due March 31
Weeks 10 – 13 (March 27 – April 19):
Distribution & Attribution
Readings: Selections from the
Internet Archive
Creative Commons
Selection of Online Journals
Tools: Creative Commons Choose
a License and Creative
Commons Search
Writings: Know Your Rights exercise (April 3), Online
Journal review (April 9), drafts due April 12, peer critiques due by April 14
Distribution & Attribution Project due April 19
Weeks 14 – 15 (Apr 24 – May 4): Portfolio
In class demos of student works (from first three projects) April 24 and 26.
Tools: KompoZer, Calibre, W3CSchools, Creative Commons
Writings: Portfolio Statements (April 28)
Conferences May 1 – 4
Final Portfolio due Monday May 15
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