Narratology of New Media

Class meetings will be held in one of two classrooms, Rolfs 114 and Weil 412. Most class meetings after the second will be held in Weil 412. Jan 10 (W), Rolfs 114 Course introduction Raymond Queneau, “A Story As You Like It.” (photocopied handout) Jan 17 (W), Rolfs 114 Mieke Bal, Narratology, “Introduction,” Section 1 (“Text: Words,” 3-77), “Afterword” Lecture: Introduction to MOOville; introduction to hypertext fiction Jan 24 (W), Weil 412 Michael Joyce, afternoon, a story. Jan 31 (W), Weil 412 Espen Aarseth, Cybertext. Michael Joyce, “What I Really Wanted to Do I Thought” (photocopied handout) Feb 7 (W), Weil 412 Mieke Bal, Narratology, Section 2 (“Story: Aspects,” 78-174) Feb 14 (W), Weil 412 Smoking Car Productions, The Last Express. Feb 21 (W), Weil 412 Steven Poole, Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution. Take-home midterm distributed Feb 23 (F) Take-home midterm due by 5 PM Feb 28 (W) No class meeting (Prof. Harpold will be at a conference) Mar 7 (W) No class meeting (Spring Break) Mar 14 (W), Weil 412 Mieke Bal, Narratology, Section 3 (“Fabula: Elements,” 175-219) Core Design, Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft. Mar 21 (W), Weil 412 Shelley Jackson, Patchwork Girl. Mar 28 (W), Weil 412 Open class discussion. No assigned reading is due. April 4 (W), Weil 412 Open class discussion. No assigned reading is due. April 11 (W), Weil 412 Cyan Interactive, realMYST. April 18 (W) No class meeting - students may meet individually with Professor Harpold during extended office hours April 25 (W), Weil 412 Course review Research paper due Last meeting of class

University of Florida syllabus from 2001. Commendable dispersal of theory with new media exploration.