What’s the history of randomness in art and literature? How does randomness upset our notions of originality and authorship? And what happens when literature is like a film, unspooling in front of us, beyond our control?
Monday, February 17 (Week 6)
- Rettberg, “Combinatory Poetics” (chapter 2) from Electronic Literature, pp. 20-37
- One and two implementations of Christopher Strachey’s Love Letter Generator (1952)
- An implementation of Theo Lutz’s Stochastic Texts (1959)
- An implementation of Alison Knowles and James Tenney’s A House of Dust (1967)
- Blog (Round 3): Group A
Wednesday, February 19
- Introduction of Tracery Project
- Tracery Workshop
Friday, February 21
- Rettberg, “Combinatory Poetics” (chapter 2) from Electronic Literature, pp. 38-48
- Jason Nelson, “This is How You Will Die” (2005)
- Nick Montfort and friends, “Taroko Gorge” (2009)
- Blog (Round 3): Group B
Monday, February 24 (Week 7)
- Rettberg, “Combinatory Poetics” (chapter 2) from Electronic Literature, pp. 49-53
- Amaranth Borsuk, Kate Durbin, and Ian Hatcher, Abra: a living text (2017)
- In class: Selected Bots
- Blog (Round 3): Group C
Wednesday, February 26
- Rettberg, “Kinetic and Interactive Poetry” from Electronic Literature, pp. 137-143
- Young-hae Chang Heavy Industries, Dakota (2002)
- Jessica Pressman, “Speed Reading” from Digital Modernism: Making It New in New Media (2014), pp. 78-100
- Blog (Round 3): Group D
Friday, February 28
- Tracery Workshop
Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 5 (Week 8)
- Spring Break – No Class
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