Schedule of Classes

Date Agenda Reading
Tue, Aug 25

Introductions

Syllabus Overview

Thu, Aug 27

Introducing Narratology

Introduction
Tue, Sep 1

Tom Thumb

Website Introduction

Thu, Sep 3

Quiz!

Introducing Avatars of Story

p. xi - xxiv
Tue, Sep 8

Film Narrative

Chapter 1
Thu, Sep 10

Film Narrative, continued

Tue, Sep 15

Television Narrative

Thu, Sep 17

Television Narrative

Tue, Sep 22

TV Assignment Due

Thu, Sep 24

Quiz!

Comics and Narrative

Selections of Little Nemo

Tue, Sep 29

The comic medium

Little Nemo, continued.

Thu, Oct 1

Comics

Tue, Oct 6

Comics

Images and Narrative

Thu, Oct 8

Comics, continued

Thu, Oct 15

Narrative!

Chapter 1
Tue, Oct 20

Story, Discourse, and Comics

Thu, Oct 22

Animation!

Tue, Oct 27

Animation!

Fiction!

Chapter 2
Thu, Oct 29

Reality TV

Chapter 3
Tue, Nov 10

Choices

Interactive Narratology

Thu, Nov 12

Interactive Narratology

Chapter 5
Tue, Nov 17

"Twelve Blue"

Thu, Nov 19

Interactive Fiction

Chapter 6
Tue, Nov 24

Discuss Final Projects

Project proposals (blog entries) due

Ch. 7
Tue, Dec 1

Video games and storytelling

Chapter 8
Thu, Dec 3

Video games and narrativity

Course Evaluation