course.overview
This course is designed to engage students in the critical understanding of the role medium plays in the production of writing and literature in the digital age. Through lecture, discussion, analytical essays, and critical production assignments, students will improve their digital literacy in regards to past and emergent multimedia objects.
course.goals
-to
think historically and critically about media change and its impact on communication, writing, (print) literature, film, art, and culture.
-to
gain the critical tools necessary to perform "media specific
analysis" (MSA) of multimedia objects, including electronic literature, games, and emergent multimedia.
-to
think critically about the role medium plays in the meaning-making process (digital rhetorics).
texts:
Eric Loyer's Ruben and Lullaby and Strange Rain (interactive, graphical narratives for iPhone/iPad) from Opertoon
Selected handouts and websites
online.texts.&.resources:
edmodo
Electronic Literature Organization
Hyperrhiz
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology
attendance
Please
note the English Department Policy on Attendance: to be eligible
to pass an English course, a student may miss no more than three
times the weekly number of class meeting, regardless of the reason
for these absences. For classes like this one that meet two
times a week, students who have in excess of six absences cannot
pass the course. This is true even if absences are sanctioned
by the college (i.e athletics, theater, choir, etc) Frequent absences,
even when they fall short of this absolute limit, will adversely
affect your preparation and participation grade.
cellphones.laptops.iWhatevers
Cellphone use is not permitted or tolerated in this class.. All cellphones are to be turned off (not on vibrate) and stowed (ie. not on your person). The penalty for being caught using your cellphone in class is the loss of 1/2 of your participation grade. Bags or purses containing cellphones should be placed beside you on the floor.
Laptops and iPads are permitted for the purpose of looking at online course materials (the syllabus, readings, assignments). There is a two-strike policy regarding inappropriate laptop/iPad use. The FIRST time I catch you using your laptop/iPad inappropriately I will ask you to put it away and out of sight. The SECOND time I catch you, you will no longer be permitted to use your laptop/iPad during class.
projects.&.assignments
All assignments must
be completed and turned in on time in order for you to pass the course.
(10%) Analysis: imagetext
(10%) Critical Production: image narrative
(10%) Analysis: Convergence
(10%) Analysis: Procedural Rhetoric
(10%) Analysis: Electronic Literature
(10%) Pecha Kucha: MSA
(20%) Final Exam
(20%) Preparation and Participation, including regular attendance.
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