Digital Literature 101
Course Guide
Week 1 – Introduction to Digital Literature I
Primary Readings
Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media and Marshal McLuhan Speaks; Michael Joyce, twelve blue;
Week 2 – Introduction to Digital Literature II
Jim Andrews, McLuhan Reconsidered (part 1 and 2); Adam Kenny, The Museum
Week 3 – Hypertext and Literary Form I (Prose)
Raine Koskimma, Digital Texts and Literature (Chapter 1 and 2); Adam Kenny, The Museum
Week 4 – Hypertext and Literary Form II (Poetry)
Loss Pequeno Glazier, Introduction to Digital Poetics (essay); Judy Malloy, where every luminous landscape, Revelations of Secret Surveillance,
Week 5 – Digital Poetry
Ana Marie Uribe, Anipoems; Jim Andrews, Enigma n, Seattle Drift; Dan Waber, Strings; Jason Nelson, Birds still warm from Flying
Week 6 – Surrealism, Visual Poetry, and HTML
André Breton, Manifesto of Surrealism (essay); Ted Warnell, mo’po; multiple artists, Discharge 6
Week 7 – Online discourse communities: Blogging, Twitter, Tumbler, Facebook, etc.
multiple authors, Flashing By; multiple authors, Flowers of Sulfur; twitter trends; digital literature on facebook?
Week 8 – Video Games
Goat in Grey Fedora; Elder Scrolls; Pirate Quest; Second Life; Will Jordan Rule Breaking to ROM Hacking (first few pages of essay),
Week 9 – Authorship, copyright, freedom of expression
http://creativecommons.org/; Google Books; Anonymous; Freedom of Expression in Canada
Week 10 – Collaborative Projects Presented
Week 11 – Collaborative Projects Presented
Week 12 – Review
Linda Carroli, speak: a hypertext essay