###Schedule:
Week 1
Tuesday ---> Jan. 15 Distribute Syllabus & introduction to the themes of the course
Thursday ---> Jan 17 __Introductions & Discussion of Reading assignment:
"Electronic Literature and The Reader’s Deadline" &
"The Extent of Our Decline".
- Also, a discussion about blogs and blogging.
Week 2
Tuesday ---> Jan. 22 Jupiter Hammon's "An Evening Thought" & "An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley" also Read Walter Benjamin’s Aura: Open Bookmarks and the future eBook
Thursday ---> Jan. 24 Jupiter Hammon's "An Evening's Improvement"
Week 3
Tuesday ---> Jan. 29 Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (The first 10 poems) & Text: A Massively Addressable Object
Thursday ---> Jan. 31 Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (The second 10 poems)
Week 4
Tuesday ---> Feb. 5 Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (The third series of 10 poems) & 5 realisations that helped me write regularly
Thursday ---> Feb. 7 ---> No Class
Week 5
Tuesday ---> Feb. 12 A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, A Native of Africa & Film: Documentary on Venture Smith (We will watch this 30 min. film in class).
Thursday ---> Feb. 14 Lecture on Venture Smith & Video in the House of the Word: How e-Lit Intersects With Cinema
Week 6
Tuesday ---> Feb. 19 My Bondage and My Freedom, chapters 1-6) & & Everything wants to be digital
Thursday ---> Feb. 21 ---> No Class (Continue Reading MyBondage and My Freedom, chapters 7-12 )
Note: I will be in New Haven, Connecticut from Feb. 20-27. I will be available via email and will also be grading and commenting on blog posts during my time away. So make sure you do your postings on time, and the blog post, plus comments, will be counted toward your class participation.
Week 7
Tuesday ---> Feb. 26 ---> No Class (Continue Reading MyBondage and My Freedom, chapters 13-18)
Thursday ---> Feb. 28 My Bondage and My Freedom, (chapters 19-25)