Monday, January 9, 2012 at 02:15PM
English 231: Film, New Media, and Culture
SP, 2012
Dr. Jen Boyle
Phone: 349-6654; Office: EHFA 206
Office hours: TBA
And online hours TBA
Required Texts:
Print/online reader of texts and films/videos– see syllabus and Blackboard
Films:
Edison’s Kinetogram (in class)
Brothers Quay, Anamorphosis
Chaplin’s City Lights
Frankenstein (1931) (in class)
The Matrix (1999)
SCHEDULE:
FINAL EXAM: Date and time TBA, Regular Classroom
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WEEK ONE: M (1/9): INTRODUCTION TO CLASS, SYLLABUS, AND UNITS |
W (1/11):
READ: Davidson and Goldberg, “The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age”
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F (1/13):
READ: Manovich, “What is New Media?”
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WEEK TWO: M (1/16)
HOLIDAY
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W: (1/18)
READ: MCCLOUD, Time Frames, from Understanding Comics
GO OVER POSTING TO DOSCUSSION BOARD
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F (1/20)
VIEW: the Book of Kells
READ: Coover, The End of Books
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M (1/23):
Selections from the Electronic Literature Collection vol. one and vol. two
POST THIS WEEK BY FR
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W (1/25):
Selections from the Electronic Literature Collection vol. one and vol. two
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F (1/27)
ENGLISH DEPT FACULTY RETREAT – WE DO NOT MEET IN CLASS !!!!
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WEEK FOUR:
M (1/30) READ: Chandler,
POST THIS WEEK
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W (2/1)
READ: I Was There. Just Ask Photoshop
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F (2/3)
VIEW: Tracking Theory
WRITING WORKSHOP
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WEEK FIVE: M (2/6)
VIEW: Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights
POST THIS WEEK
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W (2/8)
READ: Bush, "As We May Think"
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F (2/10)
VIEW: Processing.org |
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WEEK SIX: M (2/13)
Read and View: The Garden hypertext
READ: Borges, Garden of the Forking Paths POST THIS WEEK
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W (2/15)
READ: Landow, Hypertext 2.0, Introduction
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F (2/17)
READ: Background on EAT: Experiments in Art and Technology
VIEW: Kulver on E.A.T.
CLASS WILL MEET ONLINE ONLY:
PROFESSOR AT PHILADEPLPHIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
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WEEK SEVEN: M (2/20)
VIEW:
Frankenstein (1931)
POST THIS WEEK
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W (2/22)
Frankenstein (1931) |
F (2/24)
READ: excerpts from Frankenstein (1818)
VIEW: Edison’s Frankenstein
HANDOUT MIDTERM OVERVIEW SHEET/PROMPTS
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WEEK EIGHT: M (2/27)
READ and VIEW: Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl
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W (2/29)
PRACTICE/OVERVIEW FOR MIDTERM |
F (3/2)
DISTRIBUTE IN CLASS PORTION/AT HOME MIDTERM ESSAY
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WEEK NINE: M (3/5)
MIDTERM DUE BACK
WATCH:
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W (3/7)
READ: Julian Dibbell, “A Rape in Cyberspace”
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F (3/9)
READ: Boal, “Theater of the Oppressed”
VIEW: Theater of the Oppressed
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WEEK TEN: M (3/12) HOLIDAY
SPRING BREAK |
W: (3/14)
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F (3/16)
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WEEK ELEVEN M (3/19)
READ:
Brave New World of Digital Intimacy
POST THIS WEEK
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W (3/21)
READ: The Secret World of LonelyGirl
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F (3/23)
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WEEK TWELVE: M (3/26)
READ: The Cut and Paste Method of Brion Gyson
PROJECT MAP DUE |
W (3/28)
READ: Gibson, “God's Little Toy: Confession of a Cut-and-Paste Artist"
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(3/30)
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WEEK THIRTEEN: M (4/2)
VIEW: The Matrix
POST THIS WEEK
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W (4/4)
VIEW: The Matrix
READ: Jenkins, “Searching for the Origami Unicorn: The Matrix and Transmedia Storytelling”
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F (4/6)
STUDENT HOLIDAY – NO CLASSES |
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WEEK FOURTEEN: M (4/9)
The Matrix
POST THIS WEEK
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W (4/11)
READ: Williams, “The Remixmasters: A History Lesson For Puffy Combs”
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F (4/13)
VIEW: Mcgonigal, On Gaming
READ: Sim Sin CityGender, Race and Violence in Video Games
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WEEK FIFTEEN: M (4/16)
PRESENTATONS WEEK |
W (4/18)
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F (4/20)
CLASS WILL MEET ONLINE ONLY: PROFESSOR AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY |
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WEEK SIXTEEN: M (4/23)
PRESENTATIONS WEEK |
W (4/25):
LAST DAY OF CLASSES |
F (4/27) |
F I N A L E X A M -- TBA
