Preliminary Reading
Stitching together Narrative,
Sexuality, Self: Shelley Jackson's "Patchwork Girl": a lucid, succinct investigation of Patchwork
Girl written by George Landow, an early practitioner and conceptualizer
of hypertext
Who's in Charge
Here?: a past-paced article exploring
the role of the reader in producing meaning from hypertext
Read both articles before class on Monday,
20 April. The weekly quiz will test your understanding of their content,
and your knowledge of the authors' main ideas. Take notes.
Further Reading
"Stitch
Bitch: The Hypertext Author as Cyborg-Femme: an
informative interview with Shelley Jackson, including links to her more
recent work
Patchwork Girl: a review: a short response
to Patchwork Girl
Student Responses to Patchwork Girl: these brief responses usually focus
on a single aspect of the text. I recommend that you read them to gain
some ideas of what you might find within the reading
Dinosaur or PostModern Mutant?
Narrative in the Age of Information: a more general
article probing the value of hypertext and using Patchwork Girl
as one of its foci
Poles in Your Face: The Promises
and Pitfalls of Hyperfiction: a witty article
from the literary journal, The Mississippi Review, questioning how
far reading hyperfiction actually differs from reading a text-on-paper
book and asking whether practitioners have yet exploited the full potential
of the medium
