English 226: The Hyper-Literary
Schedule of Readings
Week One
- Jan 24th First Class-Overview
- Jan 26th Borges,
The Garden of Forking Paths
and Ellison Deathbird Stories
(Both in Reader)
Week Two
- Jan 31st Derrida,
The Book to Come
and Word Processor
(Paper Machines)
- Feb 2nd Moulthrop
From Work to Play
(First Person); Joyce Notes Towards an Unwritten
Week Three
- Feb 7th Aarseth,
Nonlinerarity and Literary Theory
(Reader)
- Feb 9th House of Leaves Foreword-pg. 24
Week Four
- Feb 14th Ryan,
Immersion to Interactivity
& Hypertext: The Functions and Effects
(Reader)
- Feb 16th House of Leaves pg.24-80
Winter Break
- Feb 21st Winter Break
- Feb 23rd Winter Break
Week Five
- Feb 28th Heidegger
The Question Concerning Technology
(Reader)
- Mar 2nd House of Leaves pg.80-153
Week Six
- Mar 7th House of Leaves pg.153-246
- Mar 9th House of Leaves pg.246-313
Week Seven
- Mar 14th Joyce Twelve Blue
- Mar 16th House of Leaves pg. 313-353 (Start Online Caroline)
Week Eight
- Mar 21st NOTE CHANGE House of Leaves pg. 353-408.
- Mar 23rd No Reading Come to Class with Mid-term.
Week Nine
- Mar 28th Jackson Patchwork Girl
- Mar 30th House of Leaves pg.408-490
Week Ten
- Apr 4th House of Leaves pg. 490-528
- Apr 6th Derrida
Paper or Me, You Know . . .
(Paper Machine)
Spring Break
- Apr 11th Spring Break
- Apr 13th Spring Break
Week Eleven
- Apr 18th No Reading Paper One Due
- Apr 20th Selected Readings on Censorship and Media (see assignments page).
Week Twelve
- Apr 25th Deus Ex
- Apr 27th Deus Ex-Slocombe,
A Majestic
Reflexivity
(Reader)
Week Thirteen
- May 2nd Deus Ex-Zimmerman,
Narrative, Interactivity, Play, and Games
& Jenkins, Game Design as Narrative Architecture
(Both in First Person)
- May 4th Deus Ex- Penny,
Representation, Inaction, and the Ethics of Simulation
(First Person) & Chess, Playing the Bad Guy
(Reader)
Week Fourteen
- May 9th Final Papers Due