(readings either have links to open resources or the GC library proxy, or they have a [C] label, which means they’re in the Library section of our Commons Group in .pdf.
8/29 Introduction, requirements, assignments
- Hypothes.is and Commons onboarding
- introductions of each other and course material: to the former, introduce yourself via Padlet if you feel moved!
9/12 Does Anyone Still Read? Why and How? W(h)ither the Novel?
readings/in class
- Leah Price, from What We Talk About When We Talk About Books (2019) [C]
- Jessica Pressman, “The Novel in the Digital Age.” The Cambridge Companion to the Novel, edited by Eric Bulson, Cambridge University Press, 2018, pp. 254–67. Cambridge University Press, https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316659694.016. [C]
- Alan Liu, “From Reading to Social Computing”
- Lynn Coady, Who Needs Books? N.B. It's a lot of pages, but a charming/fast read! Start on p. 20...
- Choose a text to record for the next unit
work due
- Blog Post #1:
(anti)Prompt and guidelines hereUnit 1: Talking Book: Oralizations of the Novel, Past and Future
9/19 Intro to the Audiobook and its precursors
readings/in class:
- read primary text chosen on 9/10
- Rubery, from The Untold Story of the Talking Book [C]
- English, "Teaching the Novel in the Audio Age" [C]
work due:
- Informal 5 min presentations on “found audiobooks”
- blog post #2: audiobooks in the wild (prompt on blog)
- work on group audiobook project
9/29 [note change] Audiobook II
readings/in class:
- Benjamin, “The Storyteller” [C]
- Weber, "'Reading' the Public Domain: Narrating and Listening to Librivox Audiobooks"
work due:
- check-in on group project
10/3 audiobook wrapup:
work due:
- presentation of group project/s
- note: reflection via blog not due until next week
- pick a text to publish/annotate
Unit 2: Scribbling on Novels: annotation, digital publication, histories and futures of reading/writing
10/17 Annotation I
readings/in class:
- read whatever text your group has chosen
- Schacht, “Annotations”
- Barthes, “From Work to Text”
- Dean and Kalir, "Web Annotation as Conversation and Interruption"
- Video chat/Q and A with Jeremy Dean from hypothes.is
work due:
- Blog post #3: reflection on group project #1 (see assignment)
- Free-form annotation of Barthes text via hypothes.is: be sure to join our course group and select dh720fa22 from the dropdown in the hypothes.is window.
10/23 Annotation II
readings/in class:
- Iser, “The Implied Reader” [C]
- Elyse Graham, “Joyce and the Graveyard of Digital Empires,”
- Drucker, “The Virtual Codex” [C]
work due:
- look for “annotation in the wild”: examples of literature (or literary culture) on the web that feature annotations in some way for brief, informal presentation to peers
10/31 Annotation III
readings/in class:
- Blair, “Note Taking as an Art of Transmission”
- Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think” (1945)
- optional: Lerer, “Devotion and Defacement: Reading Children’s Marginalia”
work due:
- Blog post #4: open prompt. Write about any of the pieces from this or last week…
11/7 MISSED DUE TO SICKNESS
11/14 Annotation Wrap-up
- presentation/discussion of annotated edition
- choose text to "play" in next unit
work due:
- Annotated text project due
- Final project proposal due on blog
- reflective post on Group Project #2 due on blog
Unit 3 Playing fiction: Ivanhoe and reading as interaction/performance
11/21 Play I
readings/in class:
- Sample, “Play”
- McGann et al., “Ivanhoe: Education in a New Key”
- McGann and Samuels, “Deformance and Interpretation”
- Choose roles for our game/s, discuss Ivanhoe concept, and plan first move
- Introduce Zotero and collaborative research
work due:
- explore Zotero (zotero.org) via this efficient overview and this quick introduction of collaboration with group libraries
11/28 Play II
readings/in class:
- Sutton-Smith, from The Ambiguity of Play [C]
- Janet Murray, from Hamlet on the Holodeck, chapter 4 only [C]
- discuss first "move" in Ivanhoe
work due:
- Move #1 due
12/5 Play III
readings/in class:
- Wardrip-Fruin, “Playable Media and Textual Instruments”
- From Ian Bogost, from Persuasive Games, Ch 1 [C]
work due:
- Ivanhoe move #2 due
- optional submission of draft or intro or piece of final project due
12/12 Play IV
work due:
- Moves #3 and 4 due
- Wrap-up and reflection
- Brief presentations (3 mins) on final projects * Final projects due on 12/16
