Wednesday, December 6

December 6, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements

2.  Evaluations

3.  Presentations

Katy Schwager http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~schwager

Trevor Westmoreland http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~twestmoreland

Marissa Stockham http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~mstockham/

Delilah Carlson www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~djo/

Chris Fitch http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~cefitch/ 

Randall Ziman http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~randall_ziman

Krista Smith http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~kristasmith

Roger Wilkerson http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~rlw

Peter Potash http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~ppotash

Annie Wilkes http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~anne_wilkes


Monday, December 4 – Endings and Beginnings

December 4, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements

2.  What have we learned this quarter?

3.  “Ulysses”

4.  “Declaration of Independence Cyberspace”

your responses: http://transciptions.19.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=1

(5. Evaluations)

6.  Presentations:

Merlin: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~merlin/

 Christine: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~cwilliams/

 Eliana: http://www.uweb.ucsb.edu/~eporton/


Wednesday, November 29 – “The Garden of Forking Paths”

November 29, 2006

1.  Attendance and Collect Papers

2.  Questions from Monday’s discussion  (online discussion forum)

3.  Chris’s presentation

4.  “The Garden of Forking Paths” as hypertext   

5.  “Borges and I”

6.  Hypertext and Literature

7.  Krista’s Presentation

8.  Extra Credit Assignments

9.  Web Assignments

10.  For Next Time: our final day of class discussion

Think about our four final poems; what they have to say about endings and beginnings


Poetry and Structure II — Wednesday, November 15

November 15, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements

2.  George Herbert

3.  Marissa’s Presentation

4.  Poetry

5.  For Next Time:

  • Paper II
  • Final Projects

Poetry and Structure – Monday, November 13

November 13, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements:

Santa Barbara March for Peace and Diversity
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Web Design Workshops: next Tuesday, the week after Thanksgiving

2.  Paradise Lost
-
enjambment
-simile (Miltonic simile)
-internal rhyme
-alliteration
-caesura

3.  Peter’s Presentation 

4.  “Kubla Khan”

5.  Remediation: pop-up books, the eidophusikon (4:40)

6.  For Next Time: Poetry and Structure II: physical components of poetry 


Monday, November 6

November 6, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements:

  • Facade
  • Election Day!
  • Reading for next Monday

2.  Close Reading Exercise

3.  Krista

4.  Class Discussion

5.  For Next Time: “Sex, Secrecy, and Self-Alienation”

6.  Return Papers


Wednesday, November 1

November 1, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements

2.  Mid-quarter Evaluations

3.  Robot Stories: small discussion groups

4.  Delilah’s Presentation

5.  Group Discussion

6.  For Next Time: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


25 October 2006 – Patchwork Girl

October 25, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements.
Return close reading assignments.

2.  Robin Chin: Introduction to Hypertext and Patchwork Girl.

  • Here is a copy of the powerpoint from today’s “Patchwork Girl” presentation in Transcriptions. Download the file here.

3.  Class Discussion: Your discussion questions.

http://transciptions.19.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=23

4.  Web Project presentation

5.  Final Questions about Paper?

6.  Next Time: Meet in Transcriptions; Papers due.


23 October 2006 – Frankenstein

October 22, 2006

1.  Announcements and Assignments

2.  Preface and Introduction – Roger’s Presentation

3.  Johnson Article -Eliana’s Presentation

4.  Group Discussion:

  • film as translation of novel
  • representation of women and domesticity in novel
  • your discussion questions

5.  Thesis Statement Workshop

6.  For Next Time:

  • Meet in Transcriptions Studio to discuss Patchwork Girl
  • how does Patchwork Girl reflect/comment upon the themes of Frankenstein

18 October 2006

October 18, 2006

1.  Attendance and Announcements

  • Patchwork Girl viewing

2.  Brief discussion of Intellectual Property Seminar

3.  The Monster’s Story and Language

4.  Volume III; Merlin’s Presentation

(5.  Preface and Introduction; Roger’s Presentation)

6.  From Close Reading to Argument: Using a Sample Quotation

Example of using a quotation from Frankenstein in a paragraph

7.   Paper Topics and Close Reading Activities

8.   For Next Time:

  • Thesis Statements
  • Consider the role of women and the domestic world in the novel
  • How does the novel translate into film?