Monday, February 5

In class:

• Taper
• Creative Project #1 proposals
• Interactivity in digital works:
  • “Uncle Roger” by Judy Malloy

Assignment:

• Read
  • Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 3: Hypertext Fiction
  • Finish reading “Uncle Roger” and read “My Body: A Wunderkammer” by Shelley Jackson
• In our forum, write a brief post about how hypertext is used to structure both works.

Wednesday, February 7

In class:

• “Uncle Roger” by Judy Malloy
• “My Body: A Wunderkammer” by Shelley Jackson
• “The Hunt for the Gay Planet” by Anna Anthropy

Assignment:

Materials for Asynchronous Class

• “Quing’s Quest VII: The Death of Videogames!” by Dietrich Squinkifer (Squinky)
• “With Those We Love Alive” by Porpentine
• “c-ya-laterrrr” by Dan Hett
• “Please Answer Carefully” by litrouke

Friday, February 9

Asynchronous class:

• In our forum, write a 250 word (approximately) post in which you analyze two of the assigned Twine games and discuss what insights you find about the games and what new things they bring to literature? This is due by Saturday morning.
• Read and respond to one classmate’s postings before class on Monday.

Assignment:

• Read
  • Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 4: Interactive Fiction and Other Gamelike Forms
  • “Galatea” by Emily Short (click “play online”, check out the walkthrough after playing)
  • Write a response to “Galatea” before class on Monday