IM098a Digital Fiction I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: z (credit). Other types of completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Panák Husárová, Ph.D. (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Timetable
each odd Tuesday 14:10–17:25 N21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The first part of the course Digital Fiction studies the aspects of the digital fiction, that single out this means of interactive art from the new media art scale. At the end of the course the students will be familiar with the terminological apparatus of digital fiction theory and will manage to define its conceptual instruments (hyperfiction, ergodic literature, fictionality, narrativity, etc.)- mainly oriented at narrative aspects. The students will be able to characterize the specifics of the works of digital fiction. The students will have the knowledge to explain the formation of digital fiction field, due to their awareness of the particular experimental tendencies in literary narratives (protohypertexts, ergodic literature, OULIPO). The students will be lead to formulate their opinions on the phenomena related to digital narratives research. The students will be able to analyse the components of digital narrative, and thus also interpret and compare the pieces. The participation on this course will provide the students with the tools relevant to compose strategies on digital fiction reading and understanding as well as makes them evaluate the qualities of these artworks.
Syllabus
  • Virtuality. Digital fiction. Features.
  • Teory of Fictional Worlds.
  • Narrative Discourse.
  • OULIPO.
  • Hypertext literature. Associative thinking. Links. Structures.
  • Cybertext. Ergodic literature.
Literature
    required literature
  •  AARSETH, Espen J. Cybertext : Perspectives on Ergodic Literature. Baltimore : The John Hopkins University Press, 1997. 203 p. ISBN 0-8018-5579-9.
  •  HAYLES, Katherine, N. Electronic Literature : New Horizons for the Literary. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2008. 240 p. ISBN 0-268-03084-7.
  •  A Companion to Digital Literary Studies [online]. Ed. Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens. Oxford : Blackwell, 2008. Available at: .
  •  Narrative Across Media : The Languages of Storytelling. Ed. Marie-Laure Ryan. Lincoln; London : Nebraska Press, 2004. 422 p. ISBN 0-8032-8993-6.
  • GORMAN, David. Fiction, Theories of. In Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory. Ed. David Herman, Manfred Jahn, Marie-Laure Ryan. London; New York : Routledge. 2008, ISBN 978-0-415-77512-0.
  •  Routledge Encyclopedia of Narrative Theory. Ed. David Herman, Manfred Jahn, Marie-Laure Ryan. London; New York : Routledge. 2008, p. 252-256. ISBN 978-0-415-77512-0.
  •  Oulipo Compendium. Ed. Harry Mathews, Alastair Brotchie. London : Atlas Press, 2005. ISBN 1-900565-18-8.
  •  KOSKIMAA, Raine. Digital Literature : From Text to Hypertext and Beyond [online]. May 2000 [cit. 2008-09- 09]. Available at: .
  •  FOŘT, Bohumil. Úvod do sémantiky fikčních světu. Brno : Host, 2005. p.148. ISBN 80-7294-165-8.
    recommended literature
  •  CRAMER, Florian. Combinatory Poetry and Literature in the Internet [online]. 2000-10-19 [cit. 2008-10-24]. Available at: .
  • Oulipo : A Primer of Potential Literature. Ed. Warren Motte. Chicago : Dilkey Archive Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1564781871.
  •  GENETTE, Gérard. Narrative Discourse : An Essay in Method. Trans. Jane E. Lewin. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 1980. 285 p. ISBN 0-8014-1099-1.
  •  ESKELINEN, Markku. Cybertext Theory : What An English Professor Should Know Before Trying. In Electronic book review [online]. 2001-02-01 [cit. 2008-10-05]. Available at: .
  •  GUNDER, Anna. Forming the Text, Performing the Work - Aspects of Media, Navigation, and Linking [online]. February-March 2001 [cit. 2008-10-07]. Available at:.
  •  SUSINI-ANASTOPOULOSOVÁ, Françoise. Fragmentárne písanie : Definície a prínosy. Prel. Mária Vargová. Bratislava : Kalligram, 2005. 313 s. ISBN 80-7149-752-5.
Teaching methods
lecture, seminar, class discussion, reading, group projects, participation on a collaborative online blog
Assessment methods
1. presentation - analysis of a chosen artwork
2. 3 projects on the blog: A- essay on a theme of DF, B -review of an artistic event, C- comparison of 2 artworks
3. active participation in class and on the blog
4. creative task after/during each seminar
Language of instruction
Slovak
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2015.
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