Alt Syllabus

ALT INTRO TO E-LIT SYLLABUS

UCLA 2017 ENGL 116B

Collectively compiled & appended to the "official" syllabus, 10.26.17.

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LCS ~ Unit: The Role of Social Media in Preserving Poetry

                     Critical Readings: Digital Poets: Can Social Media Save Poetry (Natalie Zfat) [[1]]; Hello 'Poetry' [[2]]

                     Creative Works:    Top 10 Poetic Tweets (LW Lundquist) [[3]]; Instagram: @poemsporn_ [[4]]

LR - Textualities and Interactive Fiction

Critical Readings : Nick Montfort "Riddle Machines: The History and Nature of Interactive Fiction" [[5]]

Creative Works : Stevens & Montfort [[6]] Personal Fav: Field of Dreams

QG ~ Writing in Electronic Age

                     Critical Readings: The End of Books (Robert Coover) [[7]]

                     Creative Works:   Screen (Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover, et. al.) [[8]]

a.k. – interactive fiction

                     Critical Readings: Toward a Theory of Interactive Fiction (Nick Monfort)  [[9]]

                     Creative Works:   Photopia by Adam Cadre (1998) ( [[10]]

.jk. – Consequences of Disappearing Electronic vs. Print Literature

                     Critical Readings: One + One = Zero – Vanishing Text in Electronic Literature (Marjorie C. Luesebrink) [[11]] 
                     Vanishing Letters in Text-based Digital Installations (Janez Strehovec) [[12]]
   
                     
                     Creative Work: Share a secret – One Time [[13]]

I.B. - Interactive Fiction

                     Critical Work: Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (JENNIFER S. ROUDABUSH) [[14]]
                     
                     Creative Works: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky) [[15]]

TC- Fan Fiction

                    Critical Readings: Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction (Christina Yatrakis) [[16]]

                    Creative Work: HEATHENS (--LJ--)  [[17]]

JR - Remediation

          "Critical Reading:" Emoji Portrait Art [[18]]
          "Creative Work"     Emoji Ink [[19]]

SG - Serial Narrative through Social Media

                       Critical Reading: Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media (Ruth Page) [20]
                       Creative Works: Black Box (Jennifer Egan) [21] (Tweet Collection), [22] (PDF Format)
                                                   Dear David (Adam Ellis) [23] (Tweet Collection), [24] (Actual Twitter Account)