Introduction to Electronic Literature

English 3300: Special Topics in Language and Literature, Spring 2012

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Click on the link above to download the exam. It's a Microsoft Word file. You must turn in the exam no later than 4:20 pm by e-mailing it to me ([email protected]) as an attachment.

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Assignment Self Evaluation

Before the final exam, you must e-mail me a brief self-evaluation of your reading blog, taking into account the following criteria:

Did you do all the assignments?

Did you do them on time?

How well did you do them?

Did you post them to Twitter?

E-mail me at [email protected]. Include a link to your blog in your self-evaluation.

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Last Day of Class

Greetings, If the paro continues tomorrow, please e-mail me your essays, post them in your blog, and tweet a link to it with the #intro2elit hash tag. And stay posted for an end-of-semester survival guide. See you soon, I hope!

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Presentation and Reading Schedule

Friday, April 27

Andrew Campbell -Dane Font, Ricky Padilla Nightingale's Playground

Jason Nelson

Monday, April 30

M.D. Coverley: Accounts of the Glass Sky, Califia: Fibonacci's Daughter

Judy Malloy: Uncle Roger and You!

Wednesday, May 2

Christine Wilks: Fitting the Pattern, Out of Touch, Tailspin

Kate Pullinger

Friday, May 4

Alan Bigelow

Deena Larsen

Monday, May 7

Chris Joseph: - Harriet Driving. U,I,X,Y

Jörg Piringer

Wednesday, May 9

J.R. Carpenter

David Jhave Johnston

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Presentations on Writers of Electronic Literature

For this assignment, you will select a group of writers of electronic literature and prepare a 20-minute presentation on their work with the goal of providing the class with a sense of the writer's poetics, style, approaches, and works. The assignment consists of the following parts:

Assigned readings: You need to e-mail me 1 or 2 readings (depending on length) for the class so everyone is prepared. I need this as soon as possible so I can create the schedule for the next few weeks.

You will prepare a group presentation, using PowerPoint, Google Docs, Prezi, or whatever presentation software you choose. Your presentation should provide a sense of the writers' approaches to e-literature, style as well as provide an analysis of the assigned works. Brief background information on the writer is also appropriate.

You must publish your presentation on your blogs using Slideshare, Google Docs, or some other service, and tweet the link, using the hashtag #intro2elit.

Any questions?

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Essay #2: Writers of Electronic Literature

For this essay, you must select one of the writers below and write an essay in which you explore their work, formulate a thesis statement that explains their approach to electronic literature and support it with detailed analysis of 2-3 of their representative works.

The final paper should be no less than 1000 words long-- about 4 pages in MLA format (typed, double-spaced, with 1” margins, and a 12-point Arial, Times, or Times New Roman font). Any use of sources must be documented in impeccable MLA format—parenthetical citation (author’s last name & page number) and works cited page.

A printed copy of this essay is due in class on Friday, May 4. Post a copy of your essay in your blog and Tweet a link to it with the title of the paper and the hashtags #intro2elit and #essay.

Writers to explore:

Chris Joseph

Alan Bigelow

J.R. Carpenter

Deena Larsen

M.D. Coverley

Judy Malloy

David Jhave Johnston

Jason Nelson

Jörg Piringer

Christine Wilks

Andrew Campbell

Kate Pullinger

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What do you mean by "three-dimensional virtual spaces on electronic literature" in the third question?? An example?

Myst, second life, Knoebel & Waber.

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I need help with the first question. "When analyzing the impact of combinatorial or generative elements"....???

Here's a hint: "Cent Mille Milliards de Poemes" and "Material Combinatorium Supremum" and Dan Waber's "Sestinas."

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Can you please explain what you mean by "impact of time" in the scheduled works of electronic literature?

Think about the effect it has on the experience of the work. How does the use of scheduling (that is, time) help shape the work?

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For the second question: Which could be some static poems assigned during the Contrete poetry topic?

We discussed "Wind" by Gomringer, for example.

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Does the first question include all works or just specific works after the last essay or take home exam?

Focus on the works since the last exam. You may include works assigned for essay #1 that you did not write your essay on.

To be clear: I do not want you to include the work you wrote your first essay on in your exam responses.

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What do you mean by issues of authorship and readership?

The issues we've discussed in class:

Who is the author of the output of a generative work? The machine or the person?

How can we attribute intention in these kinds of works?

When have we "read" something that can never be read in its entirety?

What are we reading for when we read generative works?

There are other questions, but these are the main ones.

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This is due on Monday, April 23.

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Here's a link to my write-ups of YHCHI's works in my I ♥ E-Poetry blog.

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Class Cancelled Today

Greetings:

I am sick and must cancel today's class. I have posted the assignment for tomorrow's class.

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Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Assignments

Instructions: Read closely the poem assigned to you, write a posting in which you describe it in detail and discuss its strategies, post a link to that in Twitter using the #intro2elit hashtag, and prepare a 1-minute presentation to the class.

Irais F - L0TUS BL0SS0M ENGLISH K0REAN

Krystal - SAMSUNG ENGLISH TANG0 VERSI0N

Madeline - SAMSUNG MEANS T0 C0ME ENGLISH

Juan A - 0PERATI0N NUK0REA ENGLISH K0REAN

Nerida H - METABLAST

Claudia - THE SEA ENGLISH P0RTUGUÊS

Damian A - RIVIERA ENGLISH CHINESE

Dane P - BECKETT'S B0UNCE

Angelica M - R0YAL CR0WN SUPER SAL0N

Eliezer - SUPER SMILE

Natalia I - THE INLAND SEA

Emmanuel J - J0NGN0 ENGLISH K0REAN

Joel I - SAUL

Alejandro D - RAIN 0N THE SEA ENGLISH K0REAN ESPAN0LA

Pedro J - HALF BREED APACHE

Jose R - BUST D0WN THE D00RS! ENGLISH

Luis R - BUST D0WN THE D00R AGAIN! WITH DRUMS WITH STRINGS GATES 0F HELL-VICT0RIA VERSI0N

Derly - THE END ENGLISH K0REAN GALEG0

Carlos - VICT0RIA DEFILED: PERFECT VICT0RIA VICT0RIA'S FIRE

John M - SUBJECT: HELL0 ENGLISH ESPAN0LA

Jonathan D - PA0! PA0! PA0! ENGLISH FRANCAIS RUSSIAN

Cynthia M - MISS DMZ

Manuel A - WHAT N0W? ENGLISH SVENSKA ENGLISH/FRANCAIS

Jose A - J0E J0NES

Yelitza A - TRAVELING T0 UT0PIA: WITH A BRIEF HIST0RY 0F THE TECHN0L0GY ENGLISH/K0REAN FRANCAIS/ENGLISH

Juliette M - S0, S0 S0ULFUL ENGLISH TURKISH

Bryan A - THE ART 0F SLEEP TURKISH

Laura M - A0M0RI AM0R