Monday, September 25

• In class:
  • Discuss “Experimental Digital Poetics” by Keith S. Wilson
  • “Emblem/as” by Tina Escaja
• Assignment:
  • Read:
    • “High Muck a Muck” by Fred Wah, Nicola Harwood, Jin Zhang, Bessie Wapp, Thomas Loh, Tomoyo Ihaya, Hiromoto Ida, Phillip Djwa, and Patrice Leung
    • A dictionary of the revolution by Amira Hanafi
  • Write a reaction/response to the assigned works in which you discuss how interactivity is meaningful in the work.

Wednesday, September 27

In class:

• “High Muck a Muck” by Fred Wah, Nicola Harwood, Jin Zhang, Bessie Wapp, Thomas Loh, Tomoyo Ihaya, Hiromoto Ida, Phillip Djwa, and Patrice Leung
• A dictionary of the revolution by Amira Hanafi
• Neal.fun by Neal Agarwal

Assignment:

• “Welcome to Pine Point” by The Goggles

Friday, September 29

Asynchronous Class

• In our forum, write a 250 word (approximately) post in which you discuss the interactivity and strategies used in “Welcome to Pine Point.”
• This is due by Saturday morning.
• Respond to a classmate’s post by Monday.

Assignment:

• Write a brief proposal for Creative Project #2.

• • Interactive Work
    • Use Twine, Bitsy, or Squiffy to create a literary videogame, hypertext work, or interactive fiction.
    • Accompany this with a 1-page discussion of your goals with the work, some of the challenges you faced in creating it, and what it helped you learn about interactive writing.
    • I will offer a hands-on workshop in class to help you learn how to use these systems.
    • A brief proposal with your thesis statement, line of argument and will be due 2 weeks before the project is due.