For this essay, you must perform a detailed analysis and interpretation of a work of electronic literature. Your thesis statement should formulate an interpretation of the work, and should be supported by a discussion of key strategies used by the writers to express their ideas. Your analysis should focus on how the work communicates multimodally, […]
Tuesday, November 24 In class – Zoom Discussion of 3rd Generation Electronic Literature Public lecture Essay Memes as digital language art Social media and mobile platforms and their writing potential Assignment Essay #3 due on Tuesday, December 8.
Tuesday, November 17 Asynchronous Class – No Zoom Meeting Readings: If you have an iOS device (iPhone, iPad): Install and read 1 of Jason Edward Lewis’ P0EMM Apps Install and read 1 of Jodi Zellen’s Apps Install and read Upgrade Soul by Erik Loyer Read the following works: Redshift and Portalmetal by Micha Cárdenas Ask […]
Tuesday, November 10 In class (via Zoom) Discussion of Generative Literature Twitter Bots NaNoGenMo Discussion of “How to Rob a Bank” by Alan Bigelow Introduce Electronic literature and interactivity Homework (Read/play the first two and read/play at least one of the following two works (Bandersnatch & Stanley). “Enigma n” by Jim Andrews “The Hunt for […]
Description For this essay, you must perform a detailed analysis and interpretation of a video poem, lyric video, video-based written narrative, or work of kinetic electronic literature. Your thesis statement should formulate an interpretation of the work, and should be supported by a discussion of key strategies used by the writers to express their ideas. […]
This is an asynchronous week, so we won’t meet. Lecture Readings Read all the works in Memory Slam and comment on three of the reimplementations of historic works as distant writing. Discuss how each work generates a field of possibilities and what the author is saying about them. This is due by Wednesday, November 4. […]
Tuesday, October 27 In class: Zoom Discussion of The Complete Works by Justin Stephenson ( assigned videopoems) Screening and discussion of First Screening by bpNichol Homework Watch “The Dreamlife of Letters” by Brian Kim Stefans and write a brief analysis of one of its kinetic poems before next class. Thursday, October 29 In class: Zoom Typoems and […]
Tuesday, October 20 In class: (class meets in Zoom and BH 116) “When” by Ottar Ormstad “Fuck You” by Cee-lo Green “Word Crimes” by Weird Al Yankovic “Right Action” by Franz Ferdinand “Star Wars, One Letter at a Time” by Brian Kim Stefans Introduction to The Complete Works by Justin Stephenson Homework: Essay #2 due […]
Tuesday, October 13 In class: (Class meets in classroom and via Zoom) Discussion of performance poetry and “To This Day” Introduction to writing on video and videopoetry The Art of the Title “North by Northwest” (1959) “Pinky and the Brain Title Sequence“ Homework “Introduction to the Concept and Theory of Videopoetry” by Tom Konyves “Sign […]
