W 1/9 introduction
F 1/11 will this destroy that? readings: in Bolter's Writing Space, find and read the Preface and Chapters 1 (all 4 parts) and 8 (all 11 parts); explore as much as possible.
M 1/14 getting our feet wet--or dry... reading: M. D. Coverly, "Life in the Chocolate Mountains" at <http://www.hypertxt.com/sh/no7/choc/achoc.htm>
W 1/16 "Chocolate" continued.
F 1/18
the computer influence and narrative geometries. readings: Sarah
Smith, King of Space; Vannevar Bush, "As We May Think,"
at <http://www.histech.rwth-aachen.de/www/quellen/bush/as-we-ma.html>;
Ted Nelson, from excerpt from "Literary Machines" at Feed
(http://www.feedmag.com/html/document/98.02nelson/98.02nelson_master.html);
play at least one computer game within a day or two of class. What
narrative is implied by the game you played?
M 1/21 "King of Space" continued
W 1/23 "King of Space" continued
F 1/25 The literary influence: multiple writing. readings: James Joyce, excerpt from Finnegans Wake; Jorge Luis Borges, "The Garden of Forking Paths" (on reserve)
M 1/28 The granddaddy. readings: Michael Joyce, afternoon: a story. Douglas, "Understanding the Act of Dissection: The WOE Beginner’s Guide to Dissection," at <http://web.nwe.ufl.edu/~jdouglas/writingontheedge.pdf>
W 1/30 afternoon continued
F 2/1 afternoon continued. additional reading: Joyce, "Siren Shapes: Exploratory and Constructive Hypertexts" (on reserve)
M 2/4 afternoon continued.
W 2/6 afternoon continued
F 2/8 afternoon continued or on to True North
M 2/11 speaking of orientation...reading: Stephanie Strickland, True North
W 2/13 True North continued
F 2/15 True North continued.
M 2/17
hypertext and literary theory. readings: George Landow, "Hypertext
and
Literary Theory," from Hypertext: the Convergence of Contemporary
Critical Theory and Technology, at <http://www.press.jhu.edu/press/books/landow/Contents.html>;
Roland Barthes, excerpt from S/Z (on reserve)
W 2/19
hypertext and literary theory continued. readings: Gilles Deleuze
and Félix Guattari,
"Introduction: Rhizome," from A Thousand Plateaus (on reserve);
Talan Memmott, "From Lexia to Perplexia," at <http://www.altx.com/ebr/ebr11/11mem/>.
F 2/21 hypertext and theory continued. reading: N. Katherine Hayles, "Virtual Bodies and Flickering Signifiers," at <http://englishwww.humnet.ucla.edu/faculty/hayles/Flick.html>
M 2/25 fragmented selves and complex mixtures. readings: Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl; Carolyn Guyer, "Buzz-Daze Jazz and the Quotidian Stream," at <http://mothermillennia.org/Carolyn/Buzz_Daze.html>
W 2/27 Patchwork Girl continued
F 3/1 Patchwork Girl continued
M 3/4 Patchwork Girl continued
W 3/6 Patchwork Girl continued
F 3/8 Patchwork Girl continued
M 3/11 the resources of non-linearity. reading: Christie Sheffield Sanford, "The Roots of Non-Linearity," at <http://beehive.temporalimage.com/archive/31arc.html>
W 3/13 "Non-Linearity" continued.
F 3/15
what's the problem with linearity anyway? readings: Stuart Moulthrop,
"No War Machine," at <http://raven.ubalt.edu/staff/moulthrop/essays/war_machine.html>
and "Hegirascope 2," at <http://raven.ubalt.edu/staff/moulthrop/hypertexts/hgs/hegirascope.html>
3/18 - 3/22: Spring Break
M 3/25 "Hegirascope 2" continued
W 3/27 "Hegirascope 2" continued
F 3/29 "Hegirascope 2" contnued