No. 2  PC  Room (計算中心2樓) 
 

Contact:

Office 306, The Language Center
04-2284-0326 ext., 306 or 9 (message to the TA)

sslee[a]dragon.nchu.edu.tw
http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~sslee

Reading List

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Discussion board

The student webpage

Our course website:

http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~sslee/edu/hyper05-1.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 from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm every weekday.  The English Department's computer room is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm every week day. Make use of them if you  have no access to the Internet elsewhere.

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:

# Apply for a Geocities website address if you don't have one.

Charge: free
The website address should look like this: http://www.geocities.com/xxx (examples for your reference only)

# Set up a page, by the name of "hypertext.htm," and send the following address to your instructor:
        http://www.geocities.com/xxx/hypertext.htm

#Copy and paste the following to "hypertext.htm" on your website:

# My number: xx (not your student number but the one assigned by the instructor)
# My email: xx@yy.zz
# My webpage:  http://www.geocities.com/xxx/hypertext.htm or http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~xxx/hypertext.htm

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

# On "hypertext.htm," 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 creative hypertext (Chinese or English; Wk 14)  *Or to be replaced with a quiz on Wk 15.

*4. An English report on an English hypertext work from our reading list or a 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 15% + 2nd work 15% + 3rd work/quiz 30% + 4th work 30% + website design 10%

# The course contents are subject to change.
# Bring blank discs (1.44 mb) to the computer room.

Syllabus

*The syllabus is subject to change.

*Internship will be provided each week.

1.

Introduction. 

The Garden of Forking Path

Brave New Word

Wonderfully Absurd Temple

HyPersimmon

Internship.

2.

Pryll, Richard L.  "Lies"

Joyce, Michael. afternoon, a story (disk).

Ankerson, Ingrid and Megan Sapnar. (2001) “Cruising.” Poems That Go.

Lee, Shuen-shing. (2000) “Digital Poetics: An Introduction to Hypertextual Forms.” Intergrams 2.1. <http://benz.nchu.edu.tw/~intergrams/intergrams/002/002-lee.htm>.

3.

Harrell, Curtis　"Nightmare Wanders Father Song"

Baker, Laurie and Jared Tarbell.  2001.  "I'Ching Poetry Engine."

Biggs, Simon. (2003a) "Book of Books I."

Bookchin, Natalie.  1999.  "The Intruder."

Jackson, Shelley.  Patchwork Girl (disk).

4.

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

----.  2001.  "Chroma." (The second episode of "Marrow Monkey")  

5.

Andrews, Jim. "Seattle Drift,"

----. "enigma n,"

----. "Spas Text,"

----. "Webarteroids"

Waber, Dan.  "Strings."

6.

 Moulthrop, Stuart.  Hegirascope 2

----. Reagan Library

----. Pax, An Instrument.

7.

Lee, Shuen-shing. (2002b) “Explorations of Ergodic Literature: The Interlaced Poetics of Representation and Simulation.” dichtung-digital: journal für digitale ästhetik 23 (May 2002). < http://www.dichtung-digital.com/2002/05/26-Lee/index.htm>

8.

Kendall, Robert.  Clues.

Larsen, Deena.  "Carving in Possibilities." 

----, et al.  "Bubbles." 

Loudon, Annette.  "Skyline." 

9.

Rettberg, Scott.  "The Meddlesome Passenger." 

Weight, Jenny.  1998.   Rice.

10.

Mid-Term

11.

Memmot, Talan.  Lux.  

---- and Mez.  "Sky Scratchez." 

----. "Lexia to Perplexia."  Iowa Review.

12.

Jugovic, Alexandra, Florian Schmitt and Hi-Res!. "Donnie Darko."

13.

Bulhak, Andrew C. (1996a) “The Postmodernism Generator.”

Weizenbaum, Joseph. (1966) "Eliza."

14.

Cadre, Adam. (1999) Varicella.

15.

MUDs

The Neverending Tale, Muds

16.

Nobody Here

Deemer, Charles.  The Last Song of Violeta Parra.

Lynn, Vicki.  Guardians of the Millennium

17.

Blair, David.  Waxweb

North West Coast Printmakers

Rackham, Melinda.  Carrier

----. Aland

18.

Final

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