Introduction to Electronic Literature

Link to Final Exam

Sat, 19 May 2012 14:06:42 -0400

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 (leonardo.flores@upr.edu) as an attachment.

Assignment Self Evaluation

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:41:15 -0400

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 leonardo.flores@upr.edu. Include a link to your blog in your self-evaluation.

Last Day of Class

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:47:37 -0400

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!

Call for Student Electronic Literature

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:34:36 -0400

Call for Student Electronic Literature

Presentation and Reading Schedule

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:57:00 -0400

Friday, April 27

Andrew Campbell -Dane Font, Ricky Padilla Nightingale’s Playground
Jason Nelson

Monday, April 30

Wednesday, May 2

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

Friday, May 4

Monday, May 7

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

Wednesday, May 9

Presentations on Writers of Electronic Literature

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:29:10 -0400

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?

Essay #2: Writers of Electronic Literature

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:24:00 -0400

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:

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

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:57:03 -0400

Myst, second life, Knoebel & Waber.

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

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:56:25 -0400

Here’s a hint: “Cent Mille Milliards de Poemes” and “Material Combinatorium Supremum” and Dan Waber’s “Sestinas.”

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

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:59:08 -0400

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?

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

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:07:48 -0400

We discussed “Wind” by Gomringer, for example.

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

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:40:44 -0400

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.

What do you mean by issues of authorship and readership?

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:39:09 -0400

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.

Exam #2: Static, Kinetic, and Generative E-Literature

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:29:52 -0400

Exam #2: Static, Kinetic, and Generative E-Literature:

This is due on Monday, April 23.

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries @ I ♥ E-Poetry

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:49:51 -0400

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries @ I ♥ E-Poetry:

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

Class Cancelled Today

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:43 -0400

Greetings:

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

Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries Assignments

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:56:37 -0400

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

Week 13: Digital Language Movies

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:00:20 -0400

Monday, April 16 - Holiday: no class

Tuesday, April 17 - Monday classes

Read “The Struggle Continues,” “Star Wars, One Letter at a Time,” and “Project for Tachitoscope.”
Write a response to these works in your blog, an overall response to all three works and a close reading of one of the texts within, posting the link to Twitter and using the hashtag #intro2elit.

Wednesday, April 18

Read “Dakota” and the Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries poem assigned.
Write a response in your blog the assigned poem, posting the link to Twitter and using the hashtag #intro2elit.
Prepare a 1-minute presentation of your assigned poem for the class.

Friday, April 20 - Justas: no class

Week 12: Dancing (with) Words

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:50:00 -0400

Monday, April 9

Read “Concrete Poetry,” “Pilot Plan for Concrete Poetry,” “Anipoemas,” “Endemic Battle Collage” and “First Screening”
Write a response to these works in your blog, an overall response in the context of the Concrete Poetry tradition and a close reading of one or two of the texts within, posting the link to Twitter and using the hashtag #intro2elit.

Wednesday, April 11

Read “Ah,” “ii—in the white darkness,” and “Thoughts Go.”
Write a response in your blog of one of the texts within, posting the link to Twitter and using the hashtag #intro2elit.

Friday, April 13

Read “The Sweet Old Etcetera, Family Tree,” and “Universo Molécula.”
Write a response in your blog, an overall response and a close reading of one of the texts within, posting the link to Twitter and using the hashtag #intro2elit.

Myst Survival Guide

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:30:56 -0400

Here are a few links that may prove useful:

Myst clickthrough - Myst in 3 minutes, 22 seconds. Clicks the life out of the game.
“Let’s Play realMyst” - a 34 part YouTube playthrough, with commentary.
“RealMyst Walkthrough” - a textual documentation of what you need to do to complete the game.
Myst on Wikipedia - because a little context never hurt anyone.

Enjoy!