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2019 Spring ENGL 217 Course Calendar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/tr>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Week<\/th>Days<\/th>Readings \/ Lectures \/ Discussions<\/th>Topic<\/th>Play or Screen at Home <\/th>Assignment Due Dates<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
WEEK ONE<\/strong><\/td>January 9 Tuesday<\/td>- Introduction to Course, Games + Play
\n- S. Chess, \u201cPower On: Why Video Games Matter<\/a>\u201d
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\nSCREEN IN CLASS <\/strong>Journey <\/em>Gameplay \/ Playthrough (No Commentary) [YouTube<\/a>]
\n<\/td>		What is a Game? What is a Narrative? <\/td>EVERYONE PLAYS<\/strong>
\n- Frogger <\/a><\/em>[Flash, online]
\n- Bla Bla<\/a><\/em> [NFB.ca, online]
\n- SuperHot<\/a><\/em> [Flash, online]
\n- Spend two hours playing Thomas Was Alone<\/a><\/em> [Steam, PSN, iPad, Free Demo Available for PC and Mac]
\n<\/td>		Student Information Sheets,
\nFirst Readings
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 11 Friday<\/td>- E. Aarseth, \u201cComputer Game Studies, Year One<\/a>,\u201d Game Studies<\/em>
\n- J. Juul, \u201cGames Telling Stories?<\/a>,\u201d Game Studies<\/em>
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK TWO<\/strong><\/td>January 15 Tuesday<\/td>- Juul, \u201cIntroduction<\/a>,\u201d p. 1-22 and \u201cVideo Games and the Classic Game Model<\/a>,\u201d p. 23-54 from Half-Real: Video Games Between Real and Fictional Worlds<\/em>
\n- Bissell and Ferrari, \u201cOn Videogame Criticism [an email exchange]<\/a>\u201d from Paste<\/em>
\n<\/td>		Games and Play, Games and Capitalism <\/td>EVERYONE SCREENS<\/strong>
\n- Black Mirror<\/em>, Season 1, Ep. 2 (\u201cFifteen Million Merits<\/a>\u201d) [Netflix \u2013 free month trial offered ]
\n<\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 18 Friday<\/td>- Tulathimutte, \u201cClash Rules Everything Around Me<\/a>,\u201d Real Life<\/em>
\n- Bown, \u201cVideo Games, Capitalism, and Dreams: An Interview with Alfie Bown<\/a>\u201d in LA Review of Books<\/em>
\n-Black Mirror<\/em>, Season 1, Ep. 2 (\u201cFifteen Million Merits<\/a>\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK THREE<\/strong><\/td>January 22
\nTuesday
\n<\/td>		- Borges, \u201cThe Garden of Forking Paths<\/a>\u201d
\n- Geyser, \"One Click at a Time: Playing Porpentine's howling dogs<\/a>,\" Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA)<\/em>
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\nIN-CLASS HANDOUT <\/strong>Culler, \u201cWhat is Literature and Does it Matter?<\/a>\u201d from Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction<\/em>
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\n<\/td>		Narrative I: Forks<\/td>COURSE FORK NO. 1 <\/strong>Spend two hours playing EITHER The Stanley Parable<\/em> [Steam<\/a>] OR Emily is Away<\/em> [Steam<\/a>]
\n- Map<\/a> to TSP
\n
\nEVERYONE PLAYS<\/strong>
\nhowling dogs<\/a><\/em> [Twine, online], overview\/reviews of howling dogs<\/em>, here<\/a>.
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\nOPTIONAL PLAY<\/strong>
\nGrayscale <\/a><\/em>[click on \u201cLaunch Application\u201d link]
\n
\n<\/td>		DUE | RESPONSE PAPER ONE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January 25 Friday<\/td> - The Stanley Parable<\/em>
\n- Jenkins and Squire, \u201cThe Art of Contested Spaces<\/a>\u201d
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WEEK FOUR<\/strong><\/td>January 29 Tuesday<\/td>- Eadicicco, \"'Detroit: Become Human' Forces You to Make Hard Choices - as an Android<\/a>,\" Time<\/em>
\n- \"History Respawned: Bioshock,\" History Respawned<\/a><\/em>
\n- Cowen, \u201cHow Bioshock: Infinite Will be Prescient \u2013 Interview with Nick Levine<\/a>,\u201d The Guardian <\/em>
\n- Bogost, Introduction, Chapters 1, 2, How to Do Things With Video Games<\/em> [E-Book available at Cap. U. library website <\/a>]
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\n<\/td>		Literary Games, What is Electronic Literature?<\/td>COURSE FORK NO. 2<\/strong> Start playing either Detroit: Become Human<\/em> OR Bioshock: Infinite<\/em> at home. Choose one only based on either our discussions in class this week or on your own independent interests. Talk to the instructor if you would like input in your choice. Plan on playing two hours per week of your chosen game until the end of the term.
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\nEVERYONE SCREENS<\/strong>
\n\"History Respawned: Bioshock,\" History Respawned<\/a><\/em>
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\nEVERYONE PLAYS<\/strong>
\n- Andrews, \u201cBlue Hyacinth<\/a>\u201d
\n- Nelson, \u201cThis is How You Will Die<\/a>\u201d and \u201cGame, Game, Game, and Again Game<\/a>\u201d
\n- Spend 30 minutes browsing the Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 1<\/a><\/em>
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\n<\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 1 Friday<\/td>- Pressman, \u201cNavigating Electronic Literature<\/a>\u201d
\n- Szilak, \u201cIt\u2019s All Fun Until Someone Loses: E-Lit Plays Games<\/a>\u201d
\n- Andrews, \u201cBlue Hyacinth<\/a>\u201d
\n- Nelson, \u201cThis is How You Will Die<\/a>\u201d and \u201cGame, Game, Game, and Again Game<\/a>\u201d
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK FIVE<\/strong><\/td>February 5 Tuesday<\/td>- McCloud, Understanding Comics<\/a><\/em>, Chapters 1, 2, 3
\n- Gone Home<\/em>
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\n<\/td>		Visual Storytelling<\/td>COURSE FORK NO 3<\/strong>. Spend two hours playing Gone Home<\/a><\/em> [Steam, Windows, Mac, Linux, PS4, Xbox]; those who do NOT pick this fork will play Papers, Please<\/em> (see below)
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\nOPTIONAL READINGS<\/strong>
\nBogost, \"Videogames Are Better Without Stories<\/a>,\" The Atlantic<\/em><\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 8 Friday<\/td>- Sakurazaka, H. et.al. All You Need is Kill<\/em>
\n- D. Lodge, \u201cRepetition\u201d from The Art of Fiction<\/em>
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WEEK SIX<\/strong><\/td>February 12 Tuesday<\/td>- L. Mulvey, \u201cVisual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema<\/a>\u201d
\n- Billotte, \u201cShe\u2019s Not There: Absent Agency in Video Games<\/a>,\u201d First Person Scholar<\/em>
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\nSCREEN IN CLASS<\/strong> \"Laura Mulvey 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' Examples,\" YouTube<\/a><\/em><\/td>		Visual Pleasure, Visual Tragedy<\/td>EVERYONE SCREENS<\/strong>
\n- FILM: Edge of Tomorrow<\/em> (2014)
\n- \u201cSlavoj Zizek on Video Games\" [YouTube<\/a>]
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\n* OPTIONAL SCREENING<\/strong> John Berger, Ways of Seeing<\/em>, Vol. 1, 2, 3 [YouTube<\/a>]
\n<\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February 15 Friday<\/td>- Film: Edge of Tomorrow<\/em> (2014)
\n- Juul, \u201cThe Paradox of Failure\u201d from The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Art of Playing Video Games<\/em> (available online as e-book in Capilano U. library \u2013 search the library catalog)
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
READING WEEK<\/strong><\/td>February 18-22<\/td>NO CLASS MEETINGS, UNIVERSITY CLOSED FOR READING BREAK<\/strong><\/td><\/td>COURSE FORK NO. 4<\/strong> Spend two hours with EITHER Horowitz, The Silent History<\/a><\/em> [iOS app, Kindle, or print.] OR with Pry: A Novella<\/a><\/em> (Note: you must download this to an iPhone or iPad for @ $3.99)<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK SEVEN<\/strong><\/td>February 26 Tuesday<\/td>Pry: A Novella<\/em>, \u201cPry is a Novella-Meets-iPad App That You Touch<\/a>,\u201d LA Weekly<\/em> and \u201cPrying<\/a>,\" LA Review of Books<\/em>
\n- \"Amaranth Borsuk: The Past and Future of the Book,\" Thinking Aloud<\/a><\/em>
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\nREVIEW IN CLASS<\/strong> Ulises Carri\u00f3n, \u201cTHE NEW ART OF MAKING BOOKS\u201d<\/td>		Past and Future of the Book, Navigating History<\/td>EVERYBODY SCREENS<\/strong>
\nVisit PlaythePast<\/em> and Screen Episodes 1-5 of History\u2019s Creed<\/a>
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\nBIOSHOCK: INFINITE PLAYERS SCREEN<\/strong> \"History Respawned: Bioshock Infinite and the Boxer Uprising,\" History Respawned<\/a><\/em>
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\nDETROIT: BECOME HUMAN PLAYERS READ<\/strong>
\nCole, \u201c\u2018Detroit\u2019 Siphons and Squanders a History of Marginalized Struggle<\/a>,\u201d Waypoint <\/em>
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\n* OPTIONAL FOR DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN PLAYERS - LISTEN TO <\/strong>
\nPodcast, \"'I Have a ... Nightmare?' A Conversation about Detroit: Become Human,\" NYMG<\/a><\/em> [skip to about 30 minutes into the podcast for the specific conversation]<\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 1 Friday<\/td>- Horowitz, E. The Silent History. iOS app, Kindle, or print.
\n- Chapman, \u201cPrivileging Form Over Content: Analyzing Historical Videogames<\/a>,\u201d Journal of Digital Humanities<\/em>
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WEEK EIGHT<\/strong><\/td>March 5 Tuesday<\/td>Bioshock: Infinite<\/em> Forums<\/td>COURSE FORUMS<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 8 Friday<\/td>Detroit: Become Human<\/em> Forums<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK NINE<\/strong><\/td>March 12 Tuesday<\/td>- Bolek and LeMieux, \"Breaking the Metagame: Feminist Spoilsports and Magic Circle Jerks<\/a>\" from Metagaming: Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames<\/em>
\n- Anthropy, Rise of the Videogame Zinsters<\/em>, Chapter 1 and 2<\/a><\/td>		Feminism, Electronic Literature 2<\/td>EVERYBODY PLAYS<\/strong>
\n- Jackson, \"my body: a Wunderkammer<\/a>,\" Electronic Literature Collection<\/em>, Vol. 1
\n- dys4ia<\/a><\/em>[Flash, Online]
\n- Depression Quest<\/a><\/em>
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\nOPTIONAL SCREENINGS<\/strong>
\nFeminist Frequency<\/em> [YouTube <\/em>Channel<\/a>]
\n
\nOPTIONAL READINGS<\/strong>
\n- Alexander, \"Playing Outside<\/a>,\" The New Inquiry<\/em>
\n- Huntemann, \"Introduction: Feminist Game Studies<\/a>,\" Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media & Technology<\/em><\/td>		<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 15 Friday<\/td>- Stabile, \"'I Will Own You': Accountability in Massively Multiplayer Online Games<\/a>,\" Television & New Media<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK TEN<\/strong><\/td>March 19 Tuesday<\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 22 Friday<\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK ELEVEN<\/strong><\/td>March 26 Tuesday<\/td><\/td>COURSE PATH PRESENTATIONS<\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March 29 Friday<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK TWELVE<\/strong><\/td><\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK THIRTEEN<\/strong><\/td><\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>READINGS TBA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WEEK FOURTEEN (NO CLASS MEETING - FINALS WEEK)<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td>FINAL PAPER DUE, SUNDAY APRIL 21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/page_fullwidth.php","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_type":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gantercourses.net\/gamelit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}