| CLASS # | READINGS / ACTIVITIES | ASSIGNMENTS |
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| 1 | Introduction, Video: L’île Aux Fleurs. | Read Bush, Vannevar. “As We May Think.” Lightman, Alan. Einstein’s Dreams. Read excerpts. |
| 2 |
Non-linearity and Multiple Perspectives. Narrative Design Project |
Nelson, Theodor. Literary Machines. Read excerpts. Watch Nelson Video (Language Lab). Goldenberg, Robert. “Talmud.” In Back to the Sources. Pp. 129-151. |
| 3 | Multi-form Narratives, Design Project | Read texts by Wolfgang Iser, Umberto Eco, Hans Jauss, George Poulet, Roland Barthes. Develop Narrative Design Concept. |
| 4 | Authorship/Readership & Experimental Literature: Raymond Queneau, George Perec, Julio Cortázar. |
Oulipo. |
| 5 | Experimental Literature. | Read Joyce, Dante, Landow, Eco (excerpts). |
| 6 | Encyclopedic Narratives: Dante's Inferno. Directed by Peter Greenaway. Dante. The Divine Comedy. Joyce, James. Finnegans Wake. Schmidt, Arno. Zettels Traum. |
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| 7 | Transformations: Project 1 due
Class Presentations |
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| 8 |
Creating Narrative Spaces with Audio First Paper due – Audio Art |
Watch Ruttmann, Walter. Weekend, and Remixes. |
| 9 | Ruttmann, Walter. Weekend, and Remixes. | |
| 10 |
Wühr, Paul. Soundseeing Munich. Revision of First Paper due |
Manovich, Lev. "Database." In The Language of New Media . Pp. 213-243 |
| 11 | Discussion of Manovich, "Database." | Work on Audio Projects |
| 12 | Murray, Janet. Authors @ MIT. Discussion of Manovich, "Database." (cont.) |
Work on Audio Projects |
| 13 | Audio Projects Presentations | |
| 14 | Hypertext Fiction, Net literature. Second Paper due |
Murray, Janet. "Properties of Digital Media." |
| 15 | Hypertext Fiction, Net literature. |
Watch Groundhog Day, Run Lola Run, Sliding Doors. (Film Office) |
| 16 | Multi-linear Narratives: Run Lola Run, Sliding Doors, Groundhog Day. |
Watch Interactive Movie: Tender Loving Care (LLRC). Read Article on Interactive Narratives. |
| 17 | Interactive Narratives: Berliner Sehen. Interactive Movie: Tender Loving Care. |
Assignment: Watch Memento. |
| 18 | ELIZA and Artificial Intelligence Projects. | |
| 19 | Exploration and Critique of Interactive Narratives. Conversation Based Narratives: ELIZA, and No Recuerdo (by Douglas Morgenstern). |
Select a Game for Presentation Read articles on Narratives in Games. |
| 20 |
Analysis of Games and their Narrative Structures. Game Presentations Third Paper due |
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| 21 | Gallery Visit - David Small - The Illuminated Manuscript. |
Read Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, letters 14 and 15, and Henry Jenkins, "Game Design as Narrative Architecture." |
| 22 | Games as Narratives/Games as Play – Visit by Danish Researcher. | Work on Final Project |
| 23 | Project Prototypes for Final Project | Work on Final Project |
| 24 | Fourth Paper due | |
| 25 | Final Project Presentations | |
| 26 | Media Spectacle (Public Presentations of Final Projects) |