Spring 2008, Section 4177
TUR 2334, MWF period 4 (10:40 - 11:30)
www.zachwhalen.net/s08/
Instructor: Zach Whalen
zwhalen [at] english.ufl.edu
www.nwe.ufl.edu/~zwhalen/
Office: TUR 4357, Tuesdays 2:00 – 4:00
Course Description
This course will be an introduction to narrative theory by way of the thresholds of what may be considered narrative. We will attempt to define narrative by studying texts which possess a controversial status as story-telling artifacts. Many of the texts under consideration will be “new media,” including hypertext fiction, interactive fiction, videogames and alternate reality games, while others will be predominantly visual, including comics, advertisements, graphic design, and typography. Many of these media can be considered examples of popular culture, so one consideration will be how notions of labels like “popular” or generic labels like “horror” come to bear on perceptions of narrative status. read more »
