ENGLISH 5314: Genre Studies
HyperTheory/HyperLiterature Speculative Calendar
(Spring 2000)
 
Wk

Date

Readings

Writhings 

1

 January 17

Greetings....

 Introduce yourself. . .

 

1/19: 7-8pm
1/20: 7-8pm

Borges, "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius" through "Pierre Menard";
Landow: Chp 1. 

Landow & Borges Forum (post by midnight, Friday);
Bush," As We May Think" (for the curious) 

2

 January 24

Borges, Finish part one; Landow: Chps. 2-3. 

 

 

MOOs: you pick:
Weds (1/26) or 
Thurs (1/27)
7-8pm either night. 

For our MOO, take a look:
Tennyson, In Memoriam;
Landow, In Memoriam Web

Explore the Arts & Humanities Citation Index

3

 January 31

Borges: Finish Part Two; Landow: Chps. 4-5. 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 February 7

Calvino, Castle of the 
Crossed Destinies: The Castle;
Landow: chps. 6-7. 

The Castle of Hypertext
(posts due by Friday, Feb. 11, 8pm)

 

For the MOO: Explore some of Landow's other webbed hypertexts

Explore the Perseus Web
in light of Landow, chp. 5.

Explore a selection of Guyer's Quibbling in light of Landow, 6.

5

 February 14

Calvino, Castle: The Tavern.
Landow: Finish. 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 February 21

Delany,
Neveryóna: through chp. 4
Joyce, Of Two Minds,
Part I; Part III: through p. 158.

Look at a couple freshman hypermedia collaborations Borges's The Zahir, and The Circular Ruins. Uid/password on our list... 

Try out WOONK, a hypertext collaboration tool by posting some  responses to Delany's
Neveryóna   (this will be an ongoing project for the next few weeks, so post soon and often!).

 

 

 

 

7

 February 28

Delany:  Neveryóna: through chp 8;
Joyce, O2M, III: pp. 159-198.

 WOONK: Neveryóna 

 

 

 

 

8

 March 6

Delany: Finish Neveryóna
Joyce, O2M, Part II

 WOONK: Neveryóna 

 

 

For the MOOs concentrate on: Joyce "Memphite Topography"; Delany, Appendicia  

 

9

  March 13

Spring Break
No classes or MOOs.

Update your class webpage with a gestural description of your term project, before you return from Spring Break! (due: 3/20/00)  
Your Class Website

 

 

 

 

10

  March 20

Joyce, O2M, III: 199-end;
Pavic, Dictionary of the Khazars: Red Book

 

 

 

No MOOs this week (Prof's on the road), use HyperLit and WOONK instead.

Midterm project
Due by 5pm, 3/24.

11

  March 27

Gaggi, chp 1
Pavic, Dictionary: Yellow Book

 

 

 

 

 

12

  April 3

Gaggi, chp. 4
Pavic, Dictionary: Green Book

Term Project Prècis
Due by 9am, 4/3.

 

 

For the MOO, check out Xanadu
and also FREEN

 

13

  April 10

Aarseth, chps 1-3
Jackson, Patchwork Girl

 

 

 

 

 

14

  April 17

Aarseth, chps 4, 8
Bly, We Descend

Term Project Alpha version

 

 

 

 

15

  April 24

Ryan, chps 3-4
Ashbery, Flow Chart: Parts I-II

 

 

 

 

 

16

  May 1

Ryan, chps 5, 7 
Ashbery, Flow Chart: Parts V-VI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 May 5-10

Finals Week
Don't forget to complete the
Course Evaluation Form

Term Project Beta
Due by 5pm, May 5th.