Note:
This syllabus is subject to change. You are responsible for all changes
announced in class and/or by e-mail. If you miss some or all of a
class session for any reason, contact a classmate about changes to the syllabus.
Supplementary readings from other sources may be assigned on a class-by-class
basis or through the e-mail reflector list.
Wednesday, January 29: Startup
Introductions. Discuss
course policies and syllabus. Start the discussion.
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Due:
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Monday, February 3: Media and Literature
Wednesday, February 5: Ut Pictura Poesis
Monday, February 10: Inspirations and Translations
Wednesday, February 12: Reading vs Looking
Monday, February 17: Snow Day
Wednesday, February 19: Snow Day
Monday, February 24: Concrete Poetry
Read concrete poems
by Noigandres Group (Eugen Gomringer, Decio Pignatari, Augusto de Campos
and Haroldo de Campos) in “Historical” section of
UBU Web and their “Pilot Plan
for Concrete Poetry” in the “Papers” section. Read in
UBU Web Papers:
Paul deVree, "Manifesto" (see also how it was originally published and
formatted in the "Historical" section). Henry Chopin, "Why I Am the
Author of Sound Poetry," and Bob Cobbing, "Some Statements on Sound Poetry."
Explore also the section on "Sound," particularly recordings
of sound concrete poems by the abovementioned authors.
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Due: Questions by Adam Axelrod and Michael
Stern.
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Wednesday, February 26: Humanities Computing
Monday, March 3: The Book as Machine
Wednesday, March 5: Online Resources
Explore the websites
to be covered in presentations.
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Due:Assignment
#3
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Monday, March 10: Cyberpunk Fiction
Read William Gibson,
"Johnny Mnemonic" and "New Rose Hotel."
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Due: Questions by Ariel Agami and Igor
Slutskiy.
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Wednesday, March 12: Cyberpunk Fiction
Read William Gibson,
"Dogfight" and "Burning Chrome."
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Due:
Essay #1,
Questions by Ari Nahmani and Edd Miracco.
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Monday, March 17: The Metaphorical Interface
Read Interface Culture, Chs. 2-3.
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Due: Assignment
#4. Questions by Eric Gladstein and Evan Silverman.
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Wednesday, March 19 Midterm
Exam
Monday, March 24 Spring Break
Wednesday, March 26 Spring Break
Monday, March 31: Comics and the Web
Read all 6 of Scott
McCloud's "I Can't Stop
Thinking" essays.
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Due: Questions by John Frooshani and Eric
Wojnar.
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Wednesday, April 2: Computer-Generated Texts
Read Interface Culture, Chapter 5. Test
a few Haiku generators listed in Yahoo!
and generate a poem at RandomPlace.com.
Read Neil Hennessy's essay on "Jabber." Use
the Jabber
program. Read Lewis Carrol's famous nonsense poem "Jabberwocky."
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Due: Questions by Naveed Krabbe and
Mike Barlas.
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Monday, April 7: Hypertext Fiction
Read "Mystic Knot," "Crossed Ends," and "Seed Voices"
in Samplers.
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Due: Questions by Hilary Strahota and
Frank Carnevale. Assignment #5 due
for the three assigned stories.
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Wednesday, April 9: Hypertext Fiction
Read "Century Cross,"
"Firewheel," and "Devil's Claws" in Samplers.
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Due: Questions by Jared Blumengold
and Geoff Sockol. Assignment #5 due
for the three assigned stories.
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Monday, April 14: Kinetic E-Poetry
Wednesday, April 16: Responsive E-Poetry
Monday, April 21: Mutable E-Poetry
Wednesday, April 23: Scheduled and Aural E-Poetry
Monday, April 28: Online Publishing Venues
Explore the following
websites: Riding
the Meridian, Lume, Beehive,
Cauldron & Net, Alt-X,
Trace, and
The Electronic Poetry
Center (EPC). From Agami to Huntress focus on the
first three sites (Riding to Beehive). From Krabbe
to Wojnar focus on the next three (Cauldron to Trace).
Everyone give close attention to the EPC. Be prepared
to do group work and brief presentations on the three sites
you have been assigned to focus on. You will be analyzing
content, editorial principles, audience, and design, among
other things. Take notes on the three sites assigned,
since we will not have computers available for consultation.
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Due: Essay #2. Questions by Thomas
Nastasia.
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Wednesday, April 30: MUDs, MOOs, Blogs
Explore the following
site:
http://www.topmudsites.com/, with an eye open for the types
of MUDs listed and the main genres. Here's the fun
part: create a character in Achaea and complete
the first three training quests. Class will meet
in CSS 1410, where we will all log in and go for a walk.
Also do a search for Blogs and explore several different ones.
Read some of
William Gibson's Blog entries.
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Due: Questions by James Simonds.
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Monday, May 5: Presentations
Wednesday, May 7: Presentations
Monday, May 12: Shutdown
Final exam review
& course evaluations.
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Due: Essay #3
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