Paweł Frelik
Methodologies in American Studies, 14.02.2013
Dr. PaweĹ Frelik
pawel.frelik@umcs.edu.pl
Media Narratives and (so-called) Popular Culture
Required reading:
01. Katherine Hayles – Print Is Flat, Code Is Deep. The Importance of Media-Specific Analysis
02. Jonathan Gray – Show Sold Separately (excerpts)
03. Jeffrey Sconce – Trashing the Academy_ Taste, Excess and an Emerging Politics of Cinematic Style
Optional reading:
04. Andrew Darley – Visual Digital Culture (excerpts)
05. Steven E. Jones – The Meaning of Video Games (excerpts)
06. Steven Shaviro – Southland Tales
Further reading:
07. Bolter and Grusin – Remediation (excerpts)
08. Lev Manovich – Database as Symbolic Form
09. Henry Jenkins – Game Design As Narrative Architecture
10. Henry Jenkins – Convergence Culture (excerpts)
11. Katherine Hayles – Translating Media – Why We Should Rethink Textuality
12. Jonathan Lethem – The Ecstasy of Influence – A Plagiarism
13. Steven Shaviro – Post-Cinematic Affect. On Grace Jones, Boarding Gate and Southland Tales