Week 1 \/ Wed. Jan. 7: What is (Electronic) Literature?
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Guest speaker: Dene Grigar, ELO President (WSU Vancouver)<\/p>\n
Week 2 \/ Wed. Jan. 14: Foundations I
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Readings: N. Katherine Hayles, “Electronic Literature: What Is It?”<\/a> (2007)\u00a0and Jim Andrews, \u201cArteroids<\/a>,\u201d \u201cSeattle Drift<\/a>,\u201d\u201cStir Fry Texts<\/a>\u201d, and \u201cAleph Null<\/a>\u201d from\u00a0VISPO<\/a>.<\/p>\n Guest speaker: Jim Andrews<\/a><\/p>\n Week 3 \/ Wed. Jan. 21: Foundations II Readings: F.T, Marinetti, \u201cWords in Freedom<\/a>\u201d (1913); Eugen Gomringer, \u201cFrom Line to Constellation<\/a>\u201d (1954) and \u201cThe Poem as Functional Object<\/a>\u201d (1968); Brian Kim Stefans, \u201cThe Dreamlife of Letters<\/a>\u201d (2000) and \u201cSuicide in an Airplane 1919\u201d and Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Presents, \u00a0\u201cDakota\u201d.<\/p>\n Due: Position Paper #1 (10%). Submit hard copy in class. See Assignments handout for direction and guidelines.<\/p>\n Supplementary Resources<\/em><\/p>\n Zang Tumb Tuuum<\/a> \/ Micro-resource, 2012.<\/p>\n Blast<\/a>. The Modernist Journal Project, a joint project of Brown University and the University of Tulsa.<\/p>\n Futurism<\/a>\u00a0\/ Tate Modern (12 June \u2013 20 September 2009).<\/p>\n Italian Futurism \u00a0\u2013 1909 to 1944: Reconstructing the Universe<\/a>\/ Guggenheim (21 February \u2013 1 September 2014).<\/p>\n Eugen Gomringer, <\/a>Individual Concrete Poems<\/a>. Via UBUWEB :: HISTORICAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cConcrete Poetry in Digital Media: Its Predecessors, its Presence and its Future\u201d<\/a>, Roberto Simanowski in dichtung-digital<\/em> 2004 (3).<\/p>\n Week 4 \/ Wed. Jan. 28: Foundations III Readings: Donna Leishman,\u00a0Deviant: The Possession of Christian Shaw<\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(2004) and selections from H.D., Trilogy<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0Paired with John Zuern, \u201cFigures in the Interface: Comparative Methods in the Study of Digital Literature.\u201d <\/a>From Reading Moving Letters: Digital Literature in Research and Teaching \u2013 A Handbook<\/em>. \u00a0(59-80).<\/p>\n Note: Past students have reported taking anywhere from 30-60min to read\/navigate Deviant<\/i>.<\/p>\n Week 5 \/ Wed. Feb. 4: Text Image Sound I Readings: N. Katherine Hayles, \u201cPrint is Flat, Code is Deep: The Importance of Media-Specific Analysis<\/a>\u201d (2004); G.B. Pingree and L. Gitelman, \u201cWhat\u2019s New About New Media?\u201d from\u00a0New Media: 1740-1915<\/i>; ; and\u00a0The Blake Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n Due: Position Paper #2 (10%). Submit hard copy in class. See Assignments handout for directions and guidelines.<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 6 \/ Wed. Feb. 18: Text Image Sound II Readings: \u00a0M. Duchamp, \u201cFountain<\/a>\u201d (1917);\u00a0OULIPO selections (A. Gallix \u201cOULIPO: Freeing Literature by Tightening Its Rules<\/a>\u201d in The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0[July 2013] and R. Queneau\u2019s\u00a0Cent mille milliards de po\u00e8mes<\/em>\u00a0AKA One Hundred Million Million Poems<\/em>\u00a0[1961] \u2014 online version here<\/a>);\u00a0K. Goldsmith, \u201cIt\u2019s Not Plagiarism. In the Digital Age, It\u2019s \u2018Repurposing\u2019<\/a>\u201d; M. Mencia, \u201cBirds Singing Other Birds\u2019 Songs<\/a>\u201d (2001)<\/p>\n Supplementary Reading<\/em><\/p>\n DJ Spooky Interview [w\/ William Burroughs excerpts], \u201cNoise From the Street<\/a>\u201d (2011).<\/p>\n R. Rubenstein, \u201cGathered, Not Made: A Brief History of Appropriative Writing<\/a>,\u201d orig. published in American Poetry Review<\/em> (1999) [ubuweb.com]<\/p>\n Note: This class will open with a formal introduction of the DRP and E-Ecyclopedia Entry assignments.<\/p>\n Week 7 \/ Wed. Feb. 25: Reading Looking Doing I Readings: “The Digital Humanities Manifesto 2.0”<\/a> and select one<\/span> of the following four born-digital scholarly articles published in conjunction with the December 2013 issue of American Literature<\/em>: New Media and American Literature<\/a>.<\/p>\n Note: In addition to exploring the piece itself, please also read the Scalar Project Author Statements as they appeared in this issue of\u00a0American Literature<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n This class will conclude with a formal introduction of the Final Project. The Final Project Proposal and Bibliography is due on Wed. Mar. 18 (W10)<\/p>\n Supplementary<\/em><\/p>\n Daniel Anderson’s\u00a0Screen Rhetoric and the Material World<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n James Purdy and Joyce R. Walker, “Valuing Digital Scholarship: The Changing Realities of Intellectual Work,”<\/a>\u00a0Profession<\/em>\u00a02010: 177-195.<\/p>\n Week 8 \/ Wed. Mar. 4: Reading Looking Doing II Readings: Amaranth Borsuk & Brad Bouse,\u00a0Between Page and Screen<\/i>\u00a0(2012) and Marjorie Perloff, \u201cScreening the Page\/Paging the Screen<\/a>\u201d (2006).<\/p>\n Guest speaker: Amaranth Borsuk<\/a> (UW Bothell).<\/p>\n Due:\u00a0<\/i>Digital Response Project (15%). \u00a0Submit files\/URLS via Moodle. See Assignments handout for directions and guidelines.<\/strong><\/p>\n Week 9 \/ Wed. Mar. 11: Reading Looking Doing III<\/b> Readings:\u00a0 Steve Tomasula and Stephen Farrell,\u00a0TOC\u00a0<\/i>(2009) and J. Derrida,\u00a0Archive Fever\u00a0<\/i><\/a>(excerpt\/stop reading at the top of p. 20).<\/p>\n Week 10 \/ Wed. Mar. 18: Reading Looking Doing IV<\/b><\/p>\n Lead: Brian<\/p>\n Readings: M. Heidegger,\u00a0\u201cThe Question Concerning Technology<\/a>\u201d; Jason Nelson,\u00a0\u201cthis is how you will die<\/a>,” “game, game, game and again game<\/a>,”\u00a0\u201csidney\u2019s siberia<\/a>,” and “Camberland<\/a>” (NOTE: review and come to class prepared to talk about any TWO\u00a0of the four Jason Nelson pieces of your choice)<\/p>\n Guest speaker (virtual): Jason Nelson<\/a><\/p>\n Due:<\/i> Final Project Proposal and Bibliography (10%). Upload files via Moodle. See Assignment handout for directions and guidelines.<\/strong><\/p>\n Supplementary Readings<\/p>\n Week 11 \/ Wed. Mar. 25: Canonization I Readings: Explore the following digital anthologies and consider what is being foregrounded and privileged in these sites. Come prepared to discuss the ways in which we may want to elect to present the English 335 E-Lit E-cyclopedia entries to an external audience.<\/p>\n Note: Your E-cyclopedia entries will be discussed in class and form the focus of the today\u2019s class<\/p>\n Due: E-Lit E-cyclopedia entry (15%).\u00a0Upload files and URLS via Moodle. See Assignment handout for directions and guidelines.<\/strong><\/p>\n Supplementary Readings<\/p>\n D. Grigar, L. Emerson, K.I. Berens, “Curating the MLA 2012 “Electronic Literature’ Exhibit<\/a>” from Rhizomes: Cultural Studies in Emergent Knowledge<\/em> (2012)<\/p>\n Week 12 \/ Wed. Apr. 1: Genre Jams I \u2013 Or Portrait of an Artist Across Genres\u00a0<\/b> Readings: Kate Armstrong,\u00a0Space Video<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(2012),\u00a0Medium\u00a0<\/i><\/a>(2011),\u00a0Source Material Everywhere\u00a0<\/i><\/a>(2011); Ulises Carrion, \u201cThe New Art of Making Books<\/a>\u201d (1975); Amaranth Borsuk, \u201cRebooking the Mix<\/a>\u201d (2012) and \u201cThe Upright Script: Words in Space and on the Page<\/a>\u201d (2011) .<\/p>\n Guest speaker: Kate Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n Week 13 \/ Wed. Apr. 8: Genre Jams II \u2013 Or Map Lit\/Or Losing Yourself<\/b> Readings: Excerpts from Franco Moretti\u2019s\u00a0Maps, Graphs, Trees<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(p.1-9, 35-42, 52-61); Guy Debord, \u201cTheory of the D\u00e9rive<\/a>\u201d\u00a0;\u00a0Welcome to Pine Point<\/i><\/a>\u00a0(2011), H. O\u2019Neill, \u201cThe Red Light District\u201d\u00a0<\/a>(2013)<\/p>\n
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