In our forum, write a 250 word (approximately) post in which you analyze “When Rivers Were Trails” and discuss what insights you find about the game. What can video games contribute to literature? This is due by Saturday morning.
Read and respond to one classmate's postings before class on Monday.
Assignment:
Read
Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 4: Interactive Fiction and Other Gamelike Forms
Work on your Creative Project. It's due on Monday!
Monday, September 18
In class:
Discuss Creative Work #1
Rettberg, Electronic Literature, Chapter 4: Interactive Fiction and Other Gamelike Forms
In our forum, write a 250 word (approximately) post in which you analyze two of Keith Wilson's experimental poems and discuss what insights you find about the work. This is due by Saturday morning.
Assignment:
Start thinking about what you might want to do for Creative Project #2. Here's the excerpt from the syllabus:
Interactive Work
Use Twine, Bitsy, or Squiffy to create a literary videogame, hypertext work, or interactive fiction.
Accompany this with a 1-page discussion of your goals with the work, some of the challenges you faced in creating it, and what it helped you learn about interactive writing.
I will offer a hands-on workshop in class to help you learn how to use these systems.
A brief proposal with your thesis statement, line of argument and will be due 2 weeks before the project is due.