What, really, are books? What’s the relationship between books and technology? How does art and literature in digital forms challenge the conventions of print?
Monday, January 13 (Week 1)
- Introduction to the syllabus, schedule, and enduring concepts
Wednesday, January 15
- Matthew Kirschenbaum, “Bookscapes” (2008), pages 1-2
- Meet in the Rare Book Room
Friday, January 17
- Anastasia Salter, chapter 1 from What is Your Quest: From Adventure Books to Interactive Books (2014), pp. 11-32
- Introduction to Blogging
Monday, January 20 (Week 2)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 22
- Scott Rettberg, “Genres of Electronic Literature” (chapter 1) from Electronic Literature (2019), pp. 1-19
- Janet Murray, chapter 3 from Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (1997), pages 65-94
- Introduction to CYOA Project
- In Class: Nick Montfort’s The Girl and the Wolf, Sam Barlow’s Aisle, Priscilla Snow’s the relief of impact, Anna Anthropy’s Queers in Love at the End of the World, and my own Ring™ Log
- Blog (Round 1): Group A
Friday, January 24
- Marie-Laure Ryan, “The Many Forms of Interactivity” from Narrative as Virtual Reality 2: Revisiting Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media (2015), pages 160-185
- Sam Kabo Ashwell, “Standard Patterns in Choice-Based Games” from These Heterogenous Tasks (2015)
- In class: Anna Anthropy’s Queers in Love at the End of the World and Aaron Reed’s 18 Cadence
- Blog (Round 1): Group B