April 13, 2010 Archives
Assigned Text:
Aarseth (Ch 2-4)
Due Today:
ELO Collection
In keeping with Aarseth's observation (from Ch 1) that reading about an interactive work is no substitute for interacting with a work, this reading assignments asks you to spend 1 hour interacting with "electronic literature" (plus about a half hour blogging your reactions).
Visit the Electronic Literature Organization's online anthology.
Visit the Electronic Literature Organization's online anthology.
- Spend 10 minutes sampling the offerings, and blog your initial reactions.
- Choose 3 works you'd like to explore in greater detail, and explain why. (If you took "Writing for the Internet" in 2008, when we did a very similar activity, please pick different works.)
- Spend 10 additional minutes exploring each work. (If you exhaust the work before 10 minutes, pick a different work to fill out the time.) Blog your reactions to each.
- Spend 20 more minutes interacting with the works in the anthology; spend this time any way you wish. (You may spend 20 minutes on a particular work, or flit from work to work as whimsy moves you.) Explain why you chose to spend your time this way, and explain what you learned.
- Apply some aspect of Aarseth's writing to what you learned through this activity. (Come to class ready to discuss this experience.)
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