Exploring Digital Culture

English H1204 Fall 1999
 

Tentative Calendar

Week

Date

Readings

Writhings               

1
 8/24

Greetings....

In-class writing sample

 

8/26
WCIC

Laidlaw;
Calvino, "The Castle"

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2
 8/31

Calvino, Castle of Crossed Destinies (sect. 1)

 

 

 9/2
WCIC

Calvino, "Tavern"; "Weaver's Tale"

Calvino Exercise # 1

3
 9/7

Calvino, finish;
Bush, "
As We May Think"
Bolter/Grusin, Introduction

 

 

 9/9
WCIC

Brunner, Book One: "Basic Straining Manual"
Bolter/Grusin, chps 1-2

 

4
 9/14

Discuss Brunner & Bolter/Grusin

  

 

 9/16
WCIC

Brunner, Book 2: "The Delphi Coracle"
Bolter/Grusin, chp. 3

Short Essay; due by Friday, 5pm

5
 9/21

Brunner, finish
Bolter/Grusin, chp 4

   

 

 9/23
WCIC

Borges: Intro, Prologue,
"Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"

   

6
 9/28

Borges: "Pierre Menard," "Babylon Lottery"

   

 

 9/30
WCIC

Borges: "Garden of Forking Paths";
"Library of Babel"

  

7
 10/5

Moulthrop, Victory Garden; Falco, Sea Island
(read in WCIC)

Notes on Moulthrop & Falco on your class web site; by Friday, Oct. 8

 

 10/7

Reading day: No Class.
Vitanza, section 1: Woolley

  

8
 10/12

Graham: through "The Age of Reason"

  

 

 10/14
WCIC

Graham: through "Kimono"

   

9
 10/19

Graham: "Salmon" through "Love"
Vitanza, section 5: Postman/Paglia; Bolter; Jonas

   

 

 10/21
WCIC

Vitanza: Section 5: Kurzweil; Nelson; Critical Art Ensemble

InterLinks:
Hypertext project due by classtime, Thurs.

10
 10/26

Vitanza discussion

Post on Digital Futures    

 

 10/28
WCIC

Landow: pp. 49-68
Visit Project Xanadu (make notes!)

  

11
 11/2

Landow: pp. 68-88;
Vitanza: Maddox

   

 

 11/4
WCIC

Group Website Workshop
Landow: 88-114
Explore The City of Bits

   

12
 11/9

Vitanza, section two

Group Hypertext Project
Due by midnight, 11/10.

 

 11/11
WCIC

Harrell, "Turning Away"

GHP-Phase 3
Due by midnight, Monday, November 15.

13
 11/16

Moulthrop, Hegirascope 2

Individual Conferences
beginning Weds, Nov. 17

 

 11/18
WCIC

Individual Conferences

Term Project Précis
Due by classtime, 11/18.

14
 11/22

Thanksgiving Week

   

15
 11/30

Landow, Chp. 5

 

 

 12/2
WCIC

Ed Falco, Charmin' Cleary;
Bolter/Gruisin

   

16
 12/7

Reading day

   

 

12/10

Finals Week

Personal Hypertext Project
Due: by 5pm, Thursday, December 16.