ENG 1131: Writing through Media: "Writing the Labyrinth"
| Week 1 | [Aug 21 – 27] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
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| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
n/a | |
| Thursday (6) |
First day of class Welcome. Introductions. Syllabus. Policies. |
Sign up for list-serve What is a labyrinth? (email to list-serve) Read Borges, "Garden of Forking Paths" [cp 3 - 8] |
| Week 2 | [Aug 28 – Sep. 3] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Discuss "Labyrinths/Mazes" Welcome to the NWE Messageboard intro and assignment Intro: Assignment #1 - Archimedes. |
Read Bernstein, "Hypertext Gardens" [online] |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Labyrinth. Quiz. Discussion. | |
| Thursday (6) |
[hyper]textual Labyrinths Forms, links, passageways, intertextuality Intro: Game Logs Assignment: xanga, blogger, myspace, livejournal, etc. |
Read Joyce, Twelve Blue Read Montfort (preface, Ch. 1) [cp 9 - 30] Read HTML Introduction [online 1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Week 3 | [Sep. 4 – 10] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Tools: HTML Gardens, paths, forms: narrative. |
Play Adventure (Crowther) [online - hints]
Response Paper #1 |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Memento. Quiz. Discussion. | |
| Thursday (6) |
Modes/media/hyper | Read Ndalianis (Ch 2) [cp 35 - 53] Play Doom [emulator - I'll send you a link later] Read Webmonkey - Basics of Design [online] Also check out Return of Design for color schemes. Read Borges, "Library of Babel" [cp 31 - 34] |
| Week 4 | [Sep. 11 – 17] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Tools: More HTML Ndalianis, baroque/gothic and space. Response Paper #1 Due |
Read Borges, "Book of Sand" [cp 73 - 75] |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Run, Lola, Run. Quiz. Discussion. | |
| Thursday (6) |
Adaptation, representation, verisimilitude, |
Photopia [download] |
| Week 5 | [Sep. 18 – 24] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
The uncanny and the double, cities and control | Read Borges, "Book of Sand" [cp ] |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Metropolis. Quiz. Discussion. | |
| Thursday (6) |
Intro: *This is Not a Maze* Band Assignments |
Read ARG Quickstart Guide [online] Read ARG Wikipedia Entry [online] Read Dionaea House [online] |
| Week 6 | [Sep. 25 – Oct. 1] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Class cancelled :( | |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
NO SCREENING | |
| Thursday (6) |
Modes of truth |
Explore ARGN.com - specifically ARG's
with potential Start Response Paper #2 |
| Week 7 | [Oct. 2 – 8] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Grammar/Style Review. ARG Progress discussion | Beyond Reality, Ch. 5 "Butterfly" |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
eXistenZ (discussion) | |
| Thursday (6) |
Response #2 due The constructs of reality / falsehood. |
Read Nihilartikel Read about "Rooter" SCIgen Automatic Paper Generator Read Borges, "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" [cp] |
| Week 8 | [Oct. 9 – 15] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
"Falsehood" | Explore www.blairwitch.com Read Petzold, "Best Friends", "Codes and Combinations" [cp] |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
"Curse of the Blair Witch" | |
| Thursday (6) |
Paper Prototyping MOO Scavenger Hunt |
Read Petzold, "Braille and Binary Codes" |
| Week 9 | [Oct. 16 – 22] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Paper Prototyping, MOO continued | |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
"Not a Maze" workshop | |
| Thursday (6) |
*This is not a maze Due* Intro: *This Old House of Leaves* |
Read House of Leaves "Introduction", Chapter I, II Read "A Rape in Cyberspace" [online] |
| Week 10 | [Oct. 23 – 29] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Constructing Identities | Read HoL, Chapter III. Start Freud, "The Uncanny" [online] Read MOO Digging Help Pages [online]. |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
The Blair Witch Project (discussion ; quiz) | |
| Thursday (6) |
The Uncanny | Read HoL, Chapter IV, V, VI Read Freud, "The Uncanny", pt. I [online] |
| Week 11 | [Oct. 30 – Nov. 5] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Jumpin' Something's Presentation on Ch. V | Read HoL, Ch VII and VIII. |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
MOO Workshop | |
| Thursday (6) |
Textual / visual labyrinths | Read HoL, Ch. IX and X. Read Quimby through p. 11. Read Freud, "The Uncanny", pt. II [online] |
| Week 12 | [Nov. 6 – 12] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
N.W.O. Presentation on Ch. IX | Read HoL, Ch. XI and XII |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Perfect Blue (Discussion; Quiz) | |
| Thursday (6) |
Read HoL, Ch. XIII, XIV, XV Read Quimby through, p. 22. |
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| Week 13 | [Nov. 13 – 19] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Kyle's Angels Presentation on Ch. XIII. | Play Shade. Read HoL, Ch. XVI, XVII |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
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| Thursday (6) |
Read HoL, Ch. XVIII, XIX, XX Read Quimby through, p. 42. |
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| Week 14 | [Nov. 20 – 26] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Fantastic Four Presentation on Ch. XX | Read HoL, Ch. XXI, XXII, XXIII. Appendix II E. Finish Quimby. |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
NO SCREENING | |
| Thursday (6) |
Thanksgiving Day - NO CLASS | |
| Week 15 | [Nov. 27 – Dec.3] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Three is Enough Presentation on Appendix II E. | |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Thursday (6) |
*This Old House of Leaves Due* Intro: Ariadne's Thread |
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| Week 16 | [Dec. 4 – 10] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
Last Day of Class | |
| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
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| Thursday (6) |
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| Week 17 | [Dec. 11 - 17] | Assignments |
| Tuesday (5 – 6) |
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| Tuesday (E1 – E3) |
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| Thursday (6) |
*Ariadne's Thread Due* |
