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Week 1 (Jan 22): Introduction &
Historical Overview
Readings: Guillaume Apollinaire
Calligrammes
Tzara, "Dada
Manifesto on Feeble Love and Bitter Love"
Burroughs, "The
Cut up Method" and "The
Art of Cut up Writing"
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 UbuWeb (due Jan 24)
Weeks 2 – 5 (Jan 27 –Feb 21): Production
& Composition
Readings: Burroughs Cut-Up poems (from Minutes to Go) via RealityStudio
John Cage at EPC
Jackson MacLow at EPC
Montfort "Taroko Gorge" and Remixes
Telescopic Text
Tools: Generators and Prompts from Language
is a Virus
Poetry Generators from SourceForge (Website on the programs)
Mesostics generator from UPenn
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt Oblique Strategies
Telescopic Text tool
W3CSchools
Writings: Manifesto (due Jan 31)
Review of one work from EPC (due Feb 7)
drafts
due Feb 14
peer critiques due Feb 17
Production & Composition Project due Feb 21
Weeks 6 – 10 (Feb 24 – March 27): Presentation
& Interaction
Readings: Crowther and Woods,
Adventure (Colossal cave) online and others from the Interactive
Fiction Archive
Interactive Fiction in Sub-Q (choose a genre from the "Play" menu)
Assorted works from Electronic Literature Collection, Vol 1-3
Moulthrop "Hegirascope"
Montfort and Strickland "The Sea and The Spar Between"
Sample "House of Leaves of Grass"
Strickland "The Ballad of Sand and Harry Soot"
Anderson "Chalkroom"
Tools:
W3CSchools
Twine (non-linear narrative tool)
Twine Wiki (tutorials and support)
Writings: Review of one work from ELC (due Feb 28)
HTML exercises
(in class)
Twine exercises due March 25
drafts due March 27
peer critiques March 30
Presentation & Interaction Project due April 1
Weeks 11 – 15 (April 1– May 2):
Distribution & Attribution
Readings: Selections from the
Internet Archive
Creative Commons
Selection of Online Journals
Tools: Creative Commons Choose
a License and Creative
Commons Search
Calibre (ebook
editor and organizer)
Calibre Demo
Optional Writings: Know Your Rights exercise (April 6)
Review of one text from digital text archive, such as Internet Archive or Project Gutenberg ( April 10)
Online
Journal review (April 17)
drafts April 24
peer critiques April 26
Distribution & Attribution Project due May 1
Week 16 (May 4): Portfolio
Demos of student works (from first three projects)
Tools: W3CSchools, Creative Commons , Calibre
Optional Writings: Portfolio Statements / Manifesto Revisited May 11)
Final Portfolio due Exam Date (May 11)
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