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Section 01 UNORIGINAL GENIUS |
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keywords |
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WEEK 1 Sept 8 |
Introductions: Course
goals & requirements, syllabus, policies Log in
to Blackboard (BB) and visit course website Keywords Diagnostic Lewitt Drawing Activity from
DIA:Beacon Paragraphs
on Conceptual Art by Sol Lewitt "Innovative writing of any sort must always be,
among other things, a reading lesson. Because new media writing departs from
the print structures we know, it has to teach us how to think about its
compositional strategies."- Dee Morris, University of Iowa |
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In-class diagnostic á
Start grammar test |
"unoriginal
genius" "moving
information" authorship digital
age context content form,
process, procedure |
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Section
02 CONCEPTUAL
WRITING: why? how? |
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WEEK 2 Sept 13 |
"Reasoning," by Val Ross "Explanatory Reasoning" by Val Ross "Propositions" by Val Ross "Why
Conceptual Writing? Why Now?" by Kenneth Goldsmith Exercise
w/ Explanatory propositions |
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3 explanatory propositions about conceptual writing |
conceptual
writing technical
innovation source |
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Sept 15 |
"Premises" by Val Ross "Guide to Says/Does Outlines" by Val
Ross "Explanatory Reasoning Exercise" by
Val Ross "The
Fate of Echo" by Craig Dworkin Explanatory
premises. Outline
comparisons. Intro to
peer review. |
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Explanatory Exercise 1: (400 words)
& outline. |
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Sept 18 |
"Outline & Provide Keywords for
the Book" by Val Ross Outline and
keywords for "Introduction" and "Revenge of the Text" from Uncreative
Writing |
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WEEK 3 Sept 20 |
"Justificatory Reasoning" by Val Ross "Reasons vs. Evidence" by Dave Farris Watch: Sucking on Words: Kenneth Goldsmith (2007) a film by Simon Morris Read: complete film transcript
Justificatory
premises. 41 |
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Revised Explanatory Exercise & outline. |
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Sept 22 |
"Why These Short Exercises?" by Val
Ross selections from Unoriginal Genius by Marjorie Perloff "Towards a Conceptual Lyric: from Content to
Context" by Marjorie Perloff via Jacket2 "How can younger writers proceed in an entirely new
way, using current technologies and modes of distribution?" (UW 121) " |
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Justificatory Exercise 2 (400 words) & outline á
begin online grammar test via mycomplab
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Sept 25 |
Outline and keywords for "Language as Material" from Uncreative Writing (Post to BB Research Blog) |
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Section
03 LANGUAGE
AS MATERIAL |
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WEEK 4 Sept 27 |
"Customized Proofreading Sheet" by
Val Ross "Refutation/Concession" by Val Ross "Timed Essay Tips" by Val Ross " A User's Guide to Detourment"
(1965) by Guy Debord Theory of the Derive (1958) by Guy Debord ** Timed writing: bring your laptop and a copy of the topic readings.
Topic: Explanatory reasoning on the
premises of class**** |
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Revised Justificatory Exercise and outline. á
Online
grammar test. |
detourement situationism concrete
poetry materiality
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Sept 29 |
"Introductions" by Val Ross
from Sentences on Conceptual Writing" Kenneth Goldsmith Publisher's Weekly review of Soliloquy Following Piece (1969) by Vito Acconci PDF á from Soliloquy, "I have this story you're gonna adore..." (2:17) á from Soliloquy, "Well, Janet's sitting next to
Douglas..." |
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Exercise 3:
Concession (400 words) & outline (due by 10/2 at 5 pm)
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Customized Proofreading Sheet Draft One (due by 10/2 at 5 pm) |
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Oct 2 |
Outline and keywords for "Anticipating Instability" from Uncreative Writing (Post to coursekit) |
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Section
04 ANTICIPATING
INSTABILITY |
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WEEK 5 Oct 4 |
"Arrangement" by Val Ross "Nestorian Exercise" by Val Ross "The Work of Art In The Age of
Mechanical Reproduction " by Walter Benjamin |
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Peer Review of Exercise 3 submitted to BB by end of
class |
Materiality
vs. proposition Product
vs. instruction Authored
vs. original Recontextualization |
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Oct 6 |
"Endings" by Val Ross Little Brown Handbook, Part 1:
Academic Writing 1-21 "The Work of Art In The Age of
Mechanical Reproduction " by Walter Benjamin |
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Nestorian Exercise 4, with intro (500 words) &
outline á
Peer Review of Exercise 4 submitted to BB by NOON, Friday 10/6/11 |
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FALL
BREAK Oct 9 &
Oct 11 |
Outline and keywords for "Towards a poetics of hyperrealism" and
"Why Appropriation" from Uncreative Writing (post
to Coursekit before Oct 13) |
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Section 05 POST
IDENTITY WRITING PRACTICES |
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WEEK 6 Oct 13 |
"Identity Theft" by Robert Fitterman
from Rob The Plagiarist from Testimony by Charles Reznikoff from Statement of Facts by Vanessa Place "Berkeley" by Ron Silliman
(commentary via MAPS)
[Read this word by Vito Acconci] Peer
Review in class Based on the proposition that "Uncreative
writing is a post-identity literature," consider definitions of "post identity
writing practices" and the ways they are tied to "the role of the author is
being significantly challenged, expanded and updated." (UW 85,
90, 24) |
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Draft one Position Paper (Justificatory Reasoning)
& sources (1000 words, with intro and conclusion, & outline) á
Peer Review of Position Paper submitted to BB by
end of class |
Identity Subjectivity "post
identity writing practices" reframing
(recontextualizing) reflecting.
vs. expressing appropriation citation "voice" chance
operations assemblage collage hypertext "dialectical
image" "authorial
authenticity" |
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Oct 16 |
Outline and keywords "Infallible
Process" and "Retyping on the
Road" from Uncreative Writing (post to BB research blog) |
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Section
06 THE FACTORY BOSS: PROCESS & PRODUCT |
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WEEK 7 Oct 18 |
Little Brown Part 4: Punctuation 76-9 "The Death of the Author" by Roland
Barthes Simon MorrisÕs On the Road blog project & the book & an essay/review of the project Peer
review in class |
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Draft 1 Cover Letter (300-500
words) á
Draft 2 Position paper, sources and outline (1000
words) á
Draft 2 Custom Proofreading Sheet á
In-class peer review |
Labor Process/procedure Product collaboration Readership/viewership/audience "authorless
art" "retyping" "moving information" |
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Oct 20 |
"Making the Turn to Research Writing"
by Val Ross Assign examples
of
Conceptual Writing for presentations on November 1 & 3 Mid-term
portfolio due, 11:59 p.m. |
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Oct 23 |
Finish Uncreative Writing: POST COMPLETE OUTLINE AND KEYWORDS TO THE BOOK to coursekit before Tuesday's class "Parsing
the New Illegibility" "Seeding
the Data Cloud" "The
inventory and the Ambient" "Afterword" "Now,
the poetÕs task is not to be authentic, create beauty, or intuit truth but to
move information around: to manage, parse, organize and distribute the
ceaseless torrent of information that constitutes contemporary culture." -Kenneth Goldsmith from Uncreative Writing questions
to think about: Where does beauty come from in conceptual writing? What does it mean
for literary production to engage with new technologies? |
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Reading
strategies "impossibly
scoped projects" "unreadable
text" reading
vs. parsing human
vs. machine writer
as cataloguer poem
generator/poery machine found
poetry "sought
poetry" transcription Flarf |
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Section 07 CLOSE READING UNCREATIVE WRITING |
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WEEK 8 Oct 25 |
Little Brown 109-124 |
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Statement of Research
Interest (post to CourseKit before class!) |
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Oct 27 |
Little Brown 125-133
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Outline/abstract 1 (keyword) (250 words) |
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Oct 30 |
Draft 2 Research
proposal and updated sources (post to Coursekit) |
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WEEK 9 Nov 1
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Little Brown 133-141 Rob The Plagairist, by Robert Fitterman Dies: A Sentence by Vanessa Place: Seth Statement of Fact by Vanessa Place: Emily G & Sarah Revolutions by Kim Rosenfeld Sports by Kenneth Goldsmith Traffic by Kenneth Goldsmith The Weather by Kenneth Goldsmith Head Citations by Kenneth Goldsmith: Tiffany Soliloquy by Kenneth Goldsmith Fidget by Kenneth Goldsmith: Son No. 111.2.7.930-10.20.96 by Kenneth Goldsmith: Naomi & Sam Pad by Steven Zultanski: Harry Nets by Jen Bervin Emily J and Alex Parse by Craig Dworkin: Iris Status & Status Update by Darren Wershler and Bill Kennedy: Sanae Via by Caroline Bergvall As you
read at least one of
your chosen works, track the intersection[s] between information and meaning, talk about the role of the
author, the meaning of creativity. What do these two terms mean in this text?
Where are they to be located? And, lastly what are we (the
audience/readership/thinkership) to do with them? | Outline/abstract 2 (keyword) (250 words)
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Nov 3 |
"Coming to Terms" by Val Ross Little Brown 141-151 Plagiarism
exercise CONCEPTUAL WRITING PRESENTATIONS continued! |
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Outlines/abstracts 2 and 3 (keyword) (250 words
each) |
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Nov 6 |
Write reflecting on abstracts. (post to Coursekit Blog) |
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WEEK 10 Nov 8 |
Little Brown: peruse 151-211. [Be able
to name each documentation style and which disciplines typically use it] In-class
peer review/studio |
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Synthesis of Literature: Keyword Articles &
Sources. 800 words (intro optional; no conclusion) á
Customized Proofreading Sheet, Draft 3 |
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Nov 10 |
"Timed Essay Tips" by Val Ross |
á Outlines/abstracts
1 & 2 (complex synthesis) (250 words each |
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Nov 13 |
spend the weekend researching and getting ready to write your research paper proposal |
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WEEK 11 Nov 15 |
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Nov 17 |
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á first draft Complex Synthesis (sources: Uncreative Writing by Goldsmith & your three new sources) and says/does outline
(800-1200 words) |
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Nov 20 |
[Revised] Research Paper Proposal (Post to CourseKit) |
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WEEK 12 Nov 22 |
In class: presentation/discussion of research paper propositions |
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provisional research paper proposition posted to Coursekit before class begins |
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Nov 24 |
THANKSGIVING
BREAK |
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Section
08 SYNTHESIS
OF LITERATURE |
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WEEK 13 Nov 29 |
In class peer review and/or writing studios. Bring laptop and research sources.
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ONE justificatory or explanatory research essay (1200 words) á Customized
Proofreading Sheet, Draft 4 |
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Dec 1 |
Visit from Kenneth Goldsmith, author of our research text,UNCREATIVE WRITING |
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one of cover letter (300-500 words) |
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Dec 4 |
Continue working on an amazing peer review of partner's Research Essay (post to BB Sunday night) |
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WEEK 14 Dec 6 |
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Work on final draft [two] of the research essay (1200
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Work on final draft [two] of cover letter |
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Dec 8 |
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Final portfolio due, 11:59 p.m. Final
class party and presentations |
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[Growing] list
of Conceptual poetry works and books:
Parse by
Craig Dworkin
"Via: 48 Dante Variations"
by Caroline Bergvall from Fig
Metropolis XXX: The
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Robert Fitterman
Traffic by
Kenneth Goldsmith
Weather by
Kenneth Goldsmith
Fidget by
Kenneth Goldsmith
Soliloquy by Kenneth Goldsmith
Sports by
Kenneth Goldsmith
Day by
Kenneth Goldsmith
Day by
Kent Johnson
Statement of Facts by Vanessa Place Identity Theft by Robert Fitterman
blert by
Jordan Scott
Eunoia by
Christian Bok
ISSUE 1
edited by McLaughlin, Laynor and Zykov
"Berkeley" by Ron Silliman
Status Update by Darren Wershler and Bill Kennedy
Update by Darren Weshler and Bill Kennedy (Snare 2010)