Category Archives: Discussion

Avatars of Story

For February 4th we will be discussing Marie-Laure Ryan’s Avatars of Story. Most of our class will focus on “Part II: Narrative in New Media,” so focus your reading on this part of the book. However, it is certainly useful … Continue reading

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Hayles

I hope you all found the Heidegger seminar thoroughly entertaining and informative (better than cliff notes). For Tuesday: Hayles, Parts I&II. Hayles is far more transparent than Heidegger so you should not have the same difficulty tracing her argument (on … Continue reading

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And so to Heidegger

Post your thought upon reading Heidegger here. As with Derrida in you post explain what you took to be crucial point(s) from the essay, as well as highlight the places where Heidegger’s argument was unclear. See you in class at … Continue reading

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Remediation

Post your comments/thought on Bolter and Grusin here. For this post try to think of an example from your own dealings on the web which highlight/illustrate what Bolter and Grusin are talking about, particularly in relation to how networked communication … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Landow/Foucault

Post here your thoughts on Landow and/or the Barthes reading.

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Comment Here—Saussure and Derrida

Add your thoughts/questions regarding the reading for Tuesday to this post, make sure to revist on Monday so that you can read what others have written. Again, no need for a grand thesis here, just write something that would signal … Continue reading

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