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Fiction and Innovative Form View Online (CRW020X322S) (Academic year 2021-2022)
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Essential Reading (6 items) Essential readings for this module are to be found listed between WEEK 1 & WEEK 8
The Writing Experiment (2 items) This Anthology / Workbook provides an overview to many of the strategies that will be outlined over the course of the module. Please work your way through this book, trying out some of the writing activities as you go.
The writing experiment: strategies for innovative creative writing - Hazel Smith, 2005 Book | Essential Reading | NB There is an ebook available through the library as well as the print copy.
The writing experiment: strategies for innovative creative writing - Hazel Smith, 2005 Book | Further Reading
Essays, short stories, extracts (4 items) NON-ESSENTIAL TEXTS: these are follow-up readings which may be read in addition to the essential readings which are listed in Week 1 - Week 8
Image, music, text - Roland Barthes, Stephen Heath, 1977 Book | Essential Reading | Please read 'The Death of the Author', a short essay by Roland Barthes.
The Norton anthology of contemporary fiction - R. V. Cassill, Joyce Carol Oates, c1998 Book | Essential Reading | Please read Rob Coover's The Babysitter.
The End of Books - Rob Coover Article | Essential Reading | Please read this article by Rob Coover, published in the New York Times in 1992. https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html
The whole story and other stories - Ali Smith, 2004 Book | Essential Reading | Please read the (very short) short story 'Erosive' from this collection. It's a good example of a writer attempting to disrupt the narrative line.
Context and orientation (5 items)
NON-ESSENTIAL TEXTS: Contextual reading related to the theory we cover in this module, especially useful if you haven't studied literary theory before.
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Poetics - Aristotle, 1996 Book | Further Reading
Introducing postmodernism - Richard Appignanesi, Chris Garratt, Ziauddin Sardar, Patrick Curry, 2004 Book | Further Reading | One of the icon books 'Introducing…' series, which use graphic narrative to illustrate key theories. There's also one on Barthes, for instance. Very useful for context.
The Oxford dictionary of literary terms - Chris Baldick, 2015 Book | Further Reading
Beginning theory: an introduction to literary and cultural theory - Peter Barry, 2009 Book | Further Reading | Very good contextual reading for the theory we touch on in this module, especially if you haven't done literary theory before. If you only read one book from the contextual reading, make it this one.
Cultural theory and popular culture : a reader - John Storey, 2009 Book | Further Reading
Innovative fiction (7 items) NON-ESSENTIAL TEXTS: Other examples of the use of innovative form in fiction.
A child again - Robert Coover, c2005 Book | Further Reading | I suggest you read 'Heart Suit' from this collection.
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski, 2001 Book | Further Reading
Cloud atlas - David Mitchell, 2004 Book | Further Reading | Noted for its 'onion-like' structure, and the story-within-a-story motif, this is a 21st century novel that uses traditional storytelling as well as innovative form. It's one of the most successful pieces of innovative fiction from recent years.
Gargantua - Franc ̧ ois Rabelais, 2003 Book | Further Reading
253: the print remix - Geoff Ryman, 1998 Book | Further Reading
Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade : a duty-dance with death - Kurt Vonnegut, 2000 Book | Further Reading
Hypertext Hotel SW15 – Innovative Writing from the Creative Writing Programme at the University of Roehampton Website | Further Reading
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NON-ESSENTIAL TEXTS : Background Reading (20 items)
Some of these may be of interest depending on the topic(s) you are researching.
Great Expectations - Kathy Acker Chapter | Further Reading
Rabelais and his world - M. M Bakhtin, c1984 Book | Further Reading
Mythologies - Roland Barthes, Annette Lavers, 1972 Book | Further Reading
Simulacra and simulation - Jean Baudrillard, c1994 Book | Further Reading | Read 'Introducing Postmodernism' by Richard Appignanes first.
Flatland - Derek Beaulieu Chapter | Further Reading
Molloy - Samuel Beckett Chapter | Further Reading
Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges, 1971 Book | Further Reading
Nova Express - William S. Burroughs Chapter | Further Reading
The naked lunch - William S. Burroughs, 1964 Book | Further Reading
Dictee - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, 2001 Book | Further Reading
Cambodia: a book for people who find television too slow - Brian Fawcett, 1989, c1986 Book | Further Reading
The postmodern condition: a report on knowledge - Jean-Franc ̧ ois Lyotard, c1984 Book | Further Reading
Storming the reality studio: a casebook of cyberpunk and postmodern science fiction - Larry McCaffery, 1991 Book | Further Reading
Process : the writing lives of great authors - Sarah Stodola, 2015 Book | Further Reading
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48 Writing Cards: A Box Set with Notebook and Pen Webpage | Further Reading
Experimental fiction : an introduction for readers and writers - Julie Armstrong, 2014 Book | Further Reading
Playing with words: an introduction to creative craft - Shelley Davidow, Paul Williams, 2016 Book | Further Reading
Creative Writing Innovations: Breaking Boundaries in the Classroom: Michael Dean Clark: Bloomsbury Academic Webpage | Further Reading
How to write damn good fiction: advanced techniques for dramatic storytelling - James N. Frey, 2002 Book | Further Reading
Writing interactive fiction with Twine - Melissa Ford, 2016], 2016 Book | Further Reading
NON-ESSENTIAL TEXTS: Web resources (9 items)
BeeHive Hypertext/Hypermedia Literary Journal - [volume5:number2] Webpage | Further Reading | Examples of online innovative fiction
Eastgate: Serious Hypertext Website | Further Reading | Specialist hypertext, non-linear publishing company
Front Desk Webpage | Further Reading | What's left of Hypertext Hotel
20 years since the founding of trAce. Do you remember the Noon Quilt? | Sue Thomas: I love my wired life but I have questions - Sue Thomas Webpage | Further Reading | What's become of the Noon Quilt?
Tate Time Machine Webpage | Further Reading | The Tate Time Machine helps you explore artists from the Tate collection.
Want to learn how to write a novel? Check out these resources Webpage | Further Reading
Selected essays - T. S. Eliot, T. S. Eliot, 1951 Book | Essential Reading
Ulysses - Joyce, James, 1882-1941 Book | Further Reading
Writers on Writing (reading list)
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Webpage | Further Reading
WEEK 1: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (7 items)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy: Title - Laurence Sterne, 2010, 2014 Book | Essential Reading
The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman - Laurence Sterne, 1903 Book | Further Reading
Exercises in Style - Raymond Queneau Document | Essential Reading | Please read from P.5 to P.12 (and more if you want)
This is Not a Novel and Other Novels - David Markson, David Markson Book | Please read the first ten or so pages of the actual novel.
The writing experiment: strategies for innovative creative writing (ebook) - Hazel Smith, NetLibrary, Inc, 2005 Book | Essential Reading
Postmodern American fiction: a Norton anthology - Paula Geyh, Fred G. Leebron, Andrew Levy, c1998 Book | Essential Reading
Creative Writing and the Radical: Teaching and Learning the Fiction of the Future (New Writing Viewpoints) - Nigel Krauth, 18 July 2016 Book | Further Reading
WEEK 2: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (8 items)
Jack Kerouac: Spontaneous Prose - Jack Kerouac Webpage | Essential Reading | Essential reading
Geography and Plays, by Gertrude Stein—A Project Gutenberg eBook - Gertrude Stein Book | Essential Reading
Memory - Bernadette Mayer Document | Essential Reading | Please read the first 5 pages--and more if you so desire.
Bernadette Mayer Resources - Bernadette Mayer Webpage
Nada Gordon Form's Life: On Bernadette Mayer - Nada Gordon Webpage | Essential Reading | Please read the section on MEMORY
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AMERICAN ONES - Clark Coolidge Webpage | Please read the first two sections
Full text of "Selected Writings Of Gertrude Stein" - Gertrude Stein Webpage | This is a huge document. Search (control + F) for The Making of Americans and read the first 5-6 pages (and more if you like).
Narrative, interrupted: the plotless, the disturbing and the trivial in literature - Markku Lehtima ̈ ki, Laura Karttunen, Maria Ma ̈ kela ̈ , ebrary, Inc, 2012 Book | Further Reading | Please read chapter 4.
WEEK 3: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (10 items)
Collage and Poetry - Marjorie Perloff Webpage | Essential Reading
Reality Hunger (exerpt) - David Shields Webpage | Essential Reading
Reality Hunger (exerpt) - David Shields Webpage | Essential Reading | There are a few copies of this in the library if you want to read more
Excerpt: 'Novels in Three Lines' : NPR - Felix Feneon Webpage | Essential Reading | Please read the complete excerpt
The Seventh Face of the Die: Poems-Decoupages Webpage | Essential Reading
William S. Burroughs Cut-ups Webpage | Further Reading
Introduction to Cunt-Ups - Dodie Bellamy Webpage | Further Independent Study
Cunt-Ups - Dodie Bellamy Webpage | Further Independent Study
Fictions - Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Kerrigan, 1965, c1962 Book | Further Independent Study
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Pierre Menard Document | Further Independent Study
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WEEK 5
WEEK 6: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (5 items)
Oulipo: A Primer - Warren F. Motte Document | Essential Reading | Please read Warren Motte's INTRODUCTION. Please note that the complete text is fascinating and contains a great deal of inspiring writing.
Eunoia - Christian Bok Webpage | Essential Reading | Read this to get a sense of the constraint that Bok is using.
A Void - Georges Perec, Georges Perec Book | Essential Reading
Georges Perec: distributive constraints, textual liberties - Jacques Neefs Webpage | Further Reading | This rather dense article on Georges Perec contains a clear explanation of a number of constraints that he used to write his novels.
excerpt from Surrealist Games Document | Essential Reading
WEEK 7: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (3 items)
Jacket 16 - Angel Hair feature - Ted Berrigan: from Clear the Range - Ted Berrigan Webpage | Essential Reading | Look at how Berrigan is playing with the Western genre.
M. NourbeSe Philip - M. NourbeSe Philip, 2011 Book | Essential Reading | Please read the first 20 pages.
A Humument - Tom Phillips Webpage | Essential Reading | Please click around the site and get a sense of what Phillips is doing with this book.
WEEK 8: Please read all essential texts in advance of the class for which they are posted (7 items)
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The Weather (Spring) - Kenneth Goldsmith Webpage | Essential Reading
Against Expression by Dworkin & Goldsmith Document | Essential Reading
UbuWeb Film & Video - Kenneth Goldsmith: Sucking on Words (2007) Webpage | Essential Reading | We will watch this film in class. There is no need to view it in advance.
U B U W E B :: Anthology of Conceptual Writing Webpage | Essential Reading | This is a long list of pieces about Conceptual Writing. There is no single "essential" text here. I would like you to have a look at a number of pieces that take your interest and come to class with thoughts about what you have read.
The Nam - Fiona Banner Chapter | Further Reading
exerpts from GRAPEFRUIT by Yoko Ono Document | Further Reading
Rob the plagiarist: others writing by Robert Fitterman, 2000-2008 - Robert Fitterman, 2009 Book | Further Reading
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Bernadette Mayer Resources - Bernadette Mayer Webpage | Essential Reading | Please read (in the WRITINGS section): On Clark Coolidge's MINE Poetry Project Newsletter
Cunt-Ups - Dodie Bellamy Webpage | Further Independent Study | This text is sexually explicit. It is not intended to shock or offend. We will not discuss this text in class, but it is included on the module as it is an important text in the history of queer, collage, genre, erotic, and conceptual writing.
A Void - Georges Perec, Georges Perec Book | Please read the first five pages. Read more if you want!
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