Monday, August 28

In class:

• Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 2: Combinatory Poetics
• The Marble Canyons in Beautiful Taroko National Park, Taiwan
• Nick Montfort, "Taroko Gorge"
• “White-Faced Bromeliads on 20 Hectares” by Loss Pequeño Glazier

Assignment:

• Read
  • Gwendolyn Brooks, "An Aspect of Love, Alive in the Ice and Fire"
  • Lilliam-Yvonne Bertram, "Forever Gwen Brooks"
• In our forum, write a brief response to Liliam-Yvonne Bertram's generative homage to Gwendolyn Brooks and her poem. Take a look at the source code and see how that might help you understand what Bertram (they/them) is doing.

Wednesday, August 30

In class:

• Lilliam-Yvonne Bertram, "Forever Gwen Brooks"
  • This is Just to Say Bot, "This is Just to Say" by William Carlos Williams
• “Dial” by Lai-Tze Fan, Nick Montfort
• “Emoji Horoscopes” by Aleyshka Estevez
• "The Two" by Nick Montfort
• "Memory Slam" by Nick Montfort

Assignment:

• Read Chapter 1: Introduction to Critical Code Studies, by Mark C. Marino
• Flores, “Distant Writing” (recorded lecture)

Friday, September 1

Asynchronous class:

• In our forum, write a 250 word (approximately) post in which you analyze the code of one of the works assigned for class this week and discuss what insights you find about the work. This is due by Saturday morning.
• Read and respond to one classmate's postings before class on Monday.

Assignment:

• Read
  • Flores, "Chapter 11: Artistic and Literary Bots" in Electronic Literature as Digital Humanities.
  • Explore the bot collection in the Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 3
  • Write a reaction/response to two of the bots you read in the collection. This is due before class on Wednesday.

Monday, September 4

Wednesday, September 6

In class:

• Discussion of the bot collection in the Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 3
• “Pentametron” by Ranjit Bhatnagar
• “Two Headlines” by Darius Kazemi
• “Bot Carrión” and “Bot Poesías Carrión” by Élika Ortega
• “Tiny Protests / Protestitas,” “Taco Hell,” and "Puerto Rico Status Debate" (plus standalone versions of Tiny Protests, Taco Hell, and It's Complicated) by Leonardo Flores
• Artistic and Literary Bots List

Assignment:

• Read the assignment for Creative Project #1 and start exploring the works to select a template for your generative writing. Start hacking!

Friday, September 8

Zoom class:

• Generative Writing Workshop
• I will demo hacking a digital work, my Generative Template, and answer questions you might have.

Assignment:

• Post a brief description of your work in progress before class on Monday, September 11.
• Read Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 3: Hypertext Fiction
• Read "My Body: A Wunderkammer" by Shelley Jackson
• Write a brief reaction/response to "My Body" commenting on its hypertext structure. Post it in the Unit 2 Forum.