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Credit Hours: 3
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Semester: Spring 2002
Course Description:
IART 325 Foundational Narrative Concepts
The course explores fundamental narrative concepts: story, plot, character, emotion, conflict, dramatic arc, resolution and discovery. The student will apply these concepts in the critical analysis of works in several linear media forms.
IART 326 Multi-Linear Narrative Structures
The fundamental narrative concepts will be extended to interactive media forms (hypertext, video games, web). New concepts of digital media aesthetics will be incorporated (immersion, spatiality, participation, agency, breadth/depth). Students will critique specific works and develop an evaluative framework.
IART 327 Networked Narrative Environments
Fundamental narrative concepts will be traced as they transform in networked contexts, with an emphasis on indeterminacy, polyphony, and mutation, and on emergent and ambient narratives. Critical reflection and analysis of works feeds directly into individual and team-based creative production.
Course Objectives:
IART 325
- Analyze works using a range of fundamental narrative concepts
- Produce a short narrative work and analyze that work with respect to basic narrative concepts.
- Apply or adapt Brecht’s ideas in the analysis of film phenomena.
- Articulate a critique of the traditional narrative framework from a Brechtian or surrealist perspective.
IART 326
- Analyze the narrative structure of linear works that explore multilinear plot construction.
- Apply Murray’s concepts of digital narrative properties and digital narrative pleasures in the analysis of a multilinear work.
- Extend the analysis of the multilinear work to include the fundamental narrative concepts from Course 1.
- Co-construct a conceptual framework for the critical analysis of multilinear works.
IART 327
- Analyze the role of technology and indeterminacy in creating the conditions for networked narrative structures
- Discriminate between an indeterminate compositional process and indeterminacy in the performance of a work
- Construct a diagram of one’s current life as a discursive network
- Gather material to flesh out the discursive network diagram
- Create a team-based Networked Narrative
Delivery Method:
Mixed Collaborative (MC)
In this course delivery model collaborative students engage in face-to-face (F2F) class one week and asynchronous conferencing the next week. In a typical week students work through content within a web presentation, then depending on the cycle, either participate in structured face-to-face or online collaborative learning activities facilitated by learning staff. Cooperative learning activities may be designed for completion within the class session, or they may extend for a week or longer using online team conferences. Asynchronous conferencing may be employed for team conferences, section conferences and the Q&A board. Optional resources may include a textbook, web links, or CD-ROMs. Some courses, using this model, offer an optional Open Lab where students can receive additional learning support. Assessment is based on assignments, individual and group projects, and participation in online discussions
Learning Activities + Evaluation:
*Please note these are the minimum expectations for each course on a weekly basis.
IART 325: F2F Week IART 325: MC Week
Online Presentation: 0.5 hours Online Presentation: 0.5 hours
Online Conferencing: 0 hours Online Conferencing: 4 hours
Offline Reading: 1.5 hours Offline Reading: 1.5 hours
Face-to-Face: 1.5 req'd class Face-to-Face: 0 hrs req'd class
Assignments: 4 hours Assignments: 0 hours
Projects: 0 hours Projects: 2 hours
Other: Other:
IART 326: F2F Week IART 326: MC Week
Online Presentation: 0.5 hours Online Presentation: 0.5 hours
Online Conferencing: 0 hours Online Conferencing: 4 hours
Offline Reading: 1.5 hours Offline Reading: 1.5 hours
Face-to-Face: 1.5 req'd class Face-to-Face: 0 hrs req'd class
Assignments: 4 hours Assignments: 0 hours
Projects: 0 hours Projects: 2 hours
Other: Other:
IART 327: F2F Week IART 327: MC Week
Online Presentation: 0.5 hours Online Presentation: 0.5 hours
Online Conferencing: 0 hours Online Conferencing: 5 hours
Offline Reading: 1.0 hour Offline Reading: 1.0 hour
Face-to-Face: 1.5 req'd class Face-to-Face: 1.5 hrs req'd class
Assignments: 4 hours Assignments: 0 hours
Projects: 0 hours Projects: 0 hours
Other: Other:
Methods of Evaluation
IART 325:Short weekly written assignments assessed through peer review: 60%
Longer written project in Tech Week assessed by learning staff: 40%
IART 326:Short weekly written assignments assessed through peer review: 60%
Longer written project in Tech Week assessed by learning staff: 40%
IART 327:Short weekly written assignments assessed through peer review: 60%
Longer written project in Tech Week assessed by learning staff: 40%
Texts, Resources + Materials:
Course pack of selected readings from diverse sources
Required Textbook: Hamlet on the Holodeck by Janet Murray
Required Textbook: Notebooks of the Mind: Explorations of Thinking by Vera John-Steiner
Software: TK3 Reader, Dreamweaver or other HTML, selection of computer games, graphics, animation, audio & video production software as determined by needs of project.Platform Requirements: PCPrerequisites:
IART 325: None
IART 326: IART 325
IART 327: IART 325 and IART 326
Last Updated: May 13, 2008
These course outlines are drafts and are subject to change.
