Hypertext Literature: Practice and Criticism
First Upload: 09.11.2001

Instructor: Shuen-shing Lee
Time: 1:30-3:00 pm, Friday
Room: 

PC Room 3, The Computer Center (from Week 1 to Week 3)
R1307, The Teaching Complex (綜合教學大樓) 

Contact:

Office 741, The Teaching Complex
04-2284-0322 ext., 741 or 777 (message to the TA)

sslee@mail.nchu.edu.tw
http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~sslee

Reading List

Check out FAQ (常見問題)

Discussion board

The student webpage

Our course website:

http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~sslee/hypertext01-1.htm　

The 2nd course website: http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~garden

*The computer room at the Yunping Building (雲平樓) is open to students day and night.  Make use of it if you  have no access to the Internet elsewhere.

＊外系選課同學請注意：本課程由外文系提供，作品閱讀以英文為主，評論報告亦必須是英文寫作，請參考〔assignments and requests〕一項。

Objective:

The objective of the course is to provide students approaches to hypertext literature and  a writing workshop to experiment the potential embedded in the incorporation of literary text and interactive media.

Outline:

1.  Webpage Making

Learning Frontpage, HTML, and other Web applications

2.  Reading Classics

Analyzing the forms of expression embodied in hypertext works.

3.  Hypertext Writing

Mixing up text, image, and interactive form.

Assignments and Requests:

*Copy and paste the following to the homepage of your website:

My number: xx (not your student number but the one assigned by the instructor)
My email: xx@yy.zz
My website: http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~xxx  or http://residence.educities.edu.tw/xxx (examples for your reference only)

Submit my website address by email by Week 8 (Fri).

Set up a page, by the name of "hypertext.htm," on which four links to the following 4 assignments are available.

1. An English report on an English hypertext work from our reading list* (Wk 7, typewritten, single-spaced, A4 size; the file to be uploaded after Week 11). *Talk to your instructor first if your choice is not available in the reading list.  Provide the address of the specific work in your report.

2. A dynamic logo for your website (Wk 11)

*3. An English report on an English hypertext work from our reading list or a piece of creative hypertext (Chinese or English; Wk 14)  *Replaced with a quiz on Wk 15.

*4. An English report on an English hypertext work from our reading list or a piece of creative hypertext (Chinese or English; Wk 16) 

Save these 4 assignments in a floppy disc and submit the disc by Week 17 (Don't forget to add your name and number to the cover).

Be sure to turn in each assignment punctually.  Otherwise, your grade will suffer a "discount." 

Be sure to set up the website successfully and have the address available to the instructor by Week 8.  Your website address will be added to a specific student webpage.  Check it out whether your website address is listed up there one week after the submission.  Those who are unable to meet this preliminary requirement will be flunked.

Your final grade= 1st work 10% + 2nd work 10% + 3rd work/quiz 30% + 4th work 10% + quality 30% + website design 10%

The course contents are subject to change.

Website Address Application: a select list

1.  Apply to our Computer Center.  Charge: 300 NTD.  Accessibility: fast

2. Apply to non-profit-oriented institutions such as Educitities (亞卓市).　Charge: free.  Accessibility: slow

3.  Apply to profit-oriented web companies such as Yam or GeoCities.  Charge: free.  Accessibility: slow.

Syllabus

*The syllabus is subject to change.

*Internship will be provided each week.

1. Introduction.  Internship.

2. Pryll, Richard L.  "Lies"; Joyce, Michael. afternoon, a story.

3. Moulthrop, Stuart.  Hegirascope 2; Harrell, Curtis　"Nightmare Wanders Father Song"; Jackson, Shelley.  Patchwork Girl.

4. Loyer, Erik.  "The Lair of the Marrow Monkey." 

5. Moulthrop, Stuart.  Reagan Library

6. Andrews, Jim. "Seattle Drift," "enigma n," "Spas Text"; Waber, Dan.  "Strings."

7. Brandon

8. Nobody Here

9. The Neverending Tale, Muds

10. Mid-term

11.  Joyce, Michael.  Afternoon, a Story (disc).  Jackson, Shelley. Patchwork Girl (disc).  Moulthrop, Stuart.  Victory Garden.   Deemer, Charles.  The Last Song of Violeta Parra.

12.  Lynn, Vicki.  Guardians of the Millennium

13.  Blair, David.  Waxweb

14.  North West Coast Printmakers

15.  Rackham, Melinda.  Carrier ; Aland

16.  Spiller, Teo.  Esmeralda.

17. Review

18. Final

Bring some blank discs (1.44 mb) to the computer room.

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