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Week 1 (Aug 29 – 31): 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"
Guillaume Apollinaire
Calligrammes
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 Sept 1)
Weeks 2 – 5 (Sept 5 – 28): 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
Tools: Generators and Prompts from Language
is a Virus
Poetry Generators from SourceForge
Mesostics generator from UPenn
Brian Eno & Peter Schmidt Oblique Strategies
Telescopic Text tool
KompoZer (HTML 5 editor)
W3CSchools
Writings: Manifesto (due Sept 15)
Review of one work from EPC (due Sept 22)
drafts
due Sept 26
peer critiques due Sept 28
Production & Composition Project due Oct 1
Weeks 6 – 9 (Oct 3– 26): 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
Moulthrop "Hegirascope"
Montfort and Strickland "The Sea and The Spar Between"
Sample "House of Leaves of Grass"
Ryman, 253
Tools:
KompoZer (HTML 5 editor)
W3CSchools
Twine (non-linear narrative tool)
Calibre (ebook
editor and organizers)
Writings: Review of one work from ELC (Due Oct 13)
HTML exercises
(in class)
drafts due Oct 24
peer critiques Oct 26
Presentation & Interaction Project due Oct 29
Weeks 10 – 14 (Oct 31– Nov 30):
Distribution & Attribution
Readings: Selections from the
Internet Archive
Creative Commons
Selection of Online Journals
Tools: Creative Commons Choose
a License and Creative
Commons Search
Multimedia tools (on classroom computers)
Writings: Know Your Rights exercise (due Nov 4)
Review of one text from E-Text archive (due Nov 10)
Online
Journal review (due Nov 17)
drafts due Nov 28
peer critiques due by Nov 30
Distribution & Attribution Project due Dec
5
Week 15 (Dec 5 – 7): Portfolio
In class demos of student works (from first three projects)
Tools: KompoZer, Calibre, W3CSchools, Creative Commons
Writings: Portfolio Statements / Manifesto Revisited (Dec 7)
Final Portfolio due Exam Date (Dec 19)
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