Monday, April 17
- In class:
- Research Paper or Creative Final Project
- Discussion of Conceptual Poetry
- The Black Book (2010) by Jean Keller
- Flarf poetry
- The OULIPO
- Christian Bök’s Eunoia
- Raymond Queneau, Cent Mille Milliards de Poèmes (video) (translation)
- Georges Perec, La disparition (translation)
- N+7 Generator
- Oulipo and Digital Poetry
- The Deletionist (2013) by Amaranth Borsuk, Jesper Juul, & Nick Montfort
- Gizoogle and The Pornolizer
- Frequency by Scott Rettberg
- Introduction to Electronic Poetry
- Loveletters by Christopher Strachey (1952)
- Assignment
- Read “Digital Poetry” in Princeton Encyclopedia
- Read Taroko Gorge by Nick Montfort (2009)
- Write a brief response to the poem that includes your interpretation of its ending.
Wednesday, April 19
- In class:
- Taroko Gorge and its Remixes
- White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares by Loss Pequeño Glazier
- Seattle Drift by Jim Andrews (1998)
- Thoughts Go by David Knoebel (2001)
- Cruising by Megan Sapnar and Ingrid Ankerson (2001)
- Twitter Bots
- Assignment:
- Watch at least two of the videos on the PoEMMs by Jason Edward Lewis and Bruno Nadeau.
- Watch documentation videos of Jörg Piringer’s apps, and install one or two, if you have an iOS device.
- Watch the documentation video for Pry by Samantha Gorman (and Tender Claws) and install it if you have an iOS device.
- Write a brief response on the potential of touchscreen devices for poetic expression.
- Research Paper or Creative Final Project proposals due on Monday, April 24.
Monday, April 24 – Asynchronous Class
- Research Paper or Creative Final Project proposal due.
- Asynchronous Class:
- Read/Play:
- Birds Singing Other Birds’ Songs (2001) by María Mencía
- NeoNio by Jim Andrews (2001, 2021)
- Cruising by Megan Sapnar and Ingrid Ankerson (2001)
- Game, Game, Game, and Again Game (2007) by Jason Nelson
- The Water Cave (2018) by Andy Campbell and Shanmugapriya T
- Write a discussion on how interactivity and the creation of digital interfaces and environments transform poetry beyond the forms we have encountered before. Reference at least 3 of the assigned works. Post this by noon on Tuesday, April 25.
- Respond, substantively, to 2 of your classmates’ posts. Submit your response before class on Wednesday, April 26.
- Read/Play:
Wednesday, April 26
- In class:
- Hotel in Limbo (2010)
- Thoughts Go by David Knoebel (2001)
- The Agrippa Files and read “Agrippa” by William Gibson (1992)
- Assignment:
- Read “Third Generation Electronic Literature“
- Watch “Digital Writing & Digital Divides in the US: Electronic Literature & Privilege“
- Write a brief response to these two bits of scholarship and write a post in which you share an example of 3rd gen elit or digital writing you have encountered out there. Discuss their interest from a poetic perspective. Include a link in your post.
