Schedule

Weekly Schedule

Week 1: Week of Sept. 7Introduction to Narratology
WATCH 9/8: Trapped in the Closet, eps 3-4 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 1 2005D
Lost, “Walkabout” – PN1992.77 .L6725 v.1 2009B
Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1997) – MCTR 5841D
READ 9/9: Meister, “Narratology” [Online]
Abbott, “Defining Narrative” [eRes]
*Thompson, “Groundhog Day

Week 2: Week of Sept. 14Storytelling in Moving Images
READ: Bordwell, NiFF, Ch. 1-2
Mittell, “Film & Television Narrative” [eRes]
Chatman, “What is Description in the Cinema?” [CTT]
*Bierce, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” [Online]
*Munro, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” [Online]
*Habibi, “The Magic Moment” [Online]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 5-6 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 1 2005D
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Enrico, 1962) – PN1992.77.T87 v5 2006D
Away From Her (Polley, 2006) – PN1997.2.A939 A1 2007D

Week 3: Week of Sept. 21Narrative Comprehension & Cognition
READ: Bordwell, NiFF, Ch. 3-5
Herman, “Cognitive Narratology” [Online]
Mittell, “Previously On” [eRes]
*Barratt, “Twist Blindness” [eRes]
*Hills, “Torchwood” [eRes]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 7-8 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 1 2005D
Torchwood: Children of Earth, “Day One” – PN1992.77 .T587 v.3 2009B
The Sixth Sense (Shyamalan, 1999) – PN1997.S535 A1 2008B
RECOMMENDED VIEWING: Rear Window (Hitchcock, 1954) – MCTR 6236D

Week 4: Week of Sept. 28 – Character
READ 9/28: Jannadis, “Character” [Online]
Newman, “Characterization as Social Cognition” [eRes]
Smith, “A Case of Cold Feet” [eRes]
Pearson, “Chain of Events” [eRes]
*Rosenblum, “Annie Hall: It Wasn’t the Film He Set Out to Make” [eRes]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 9-10 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 1 2005D
Torchwood: Children of Earth, “Day Two” – PN1992.77 .T587 v.3 2009B
Annie Hall (Allen, 1977) – PN1997.A463 A1 2005D
IN-CLASS THURSDAY: Torchwood: CoE, “Day Three” – PN1992.77.T587 v.3 2009D

Week 5: Week of Oct. 5 – Narrative Temporality and Spatiality
READ: Ryan, “Space” [Online]
Bordwell, NiFF, Ch. 6-7
Thanouli, “Post-Classical Time” [eRes]
Juul, “Fiction” [eRes]
*Ghislotti, “Narrative Comprehension Made Difficult” [eRes]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 11-12 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 1 2005D
Torchwood: Children of Earth, “Day Four” – PN1992.77 .T587 v.3 2009B
Memento (Nolan, 2000) – PN1997.M43341 A1 2006B
WRITE: Analytic Essay due by email, 10/7

Week 6: Week of Oct. 12 Narrative Complexity
READ: Mittell, “Narrative Complexity” [eRes]
Simons, “Complex Narratives” [eRes]
Elsaesser, “The Mind-Game Film” [eRes]
Newman, “Games of Form” [eRes]
*Bordwell & Thompson, “Functions of Film Sound: The Prestige” [eRes]
*Bordwell, “Niceties” [Online]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 13-14 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 2 2007D
Torchwood: Children of Earth, “Day Five” – PN1992.77 .T587 v.3 2009B
The Prestige (Nolan, 2006) – PN1997.2.P725 A1 2007D

Week 7: Week of Oct. 19 Focalization & Point of View (no class 10/19)
READ: Niederhoff, “Focalization” [Online]
Chatman, “New Point of View” [CTT]
Gray, SSS, Intro – Ch. 2
*Johnson, “Portal and the Deconstruction of the Institution” [Online]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 15-16 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 2 2007D
The West Wing, “Noël” (2000) – MCTR 8099D
Lone Star (Sayles, 1996) – MCTR 5838D
PLAY: Complete Portal by 10/21

Week 8: Week of Oct. 26Authorship & Narrators
READ: Margolin, “Narrator” [Online]
Schmid, “Implied Author” [Online]
Chatman, “In Defense of…”, “Implied Author at Work”, “Cinematic Narrator” [CTT]
Foucault, “What is an Author?” [eRes]
Clarke, “Lost and Mastermind Narration” [eRes]
Gray, SSS, Ch. 3
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 17-18 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 2 2007D
Pushing Daisies, “Pie-lette” (2007) – PN1992.77 .P87 v. 1 2008B
Adaptation (Jonze, 2002) – MCTR 7755D

Week 9: Week of Nov. 2Classical vs. Art-Cinema Narration
READ: Bordwell, NiFF, Ch. 8-10
Thanouli, “’Art Cinema’ Narration” [Online]
Ndalianis, “Television and the Neo-Baroque” [eRes]
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 19-20 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 2 2007D
La Jetee – PN1997.J444 A1 2007D
12 Monkeys (Gilliam, 1995) – PN1997.T778 A1 2005D

Week 10: Week of Nov. 9Experimental Modes of Narration
READ: Bordwell, NiFF, Ch. 11-13
Gray, SSS, Ch. 4
*Laass, “Unreliable Narration” and “Is There a Story?”
PRESENT: In-class 11/9, present video narrative projects
WRITE: Email research paper proposal to Professor Mittell by 11/12
WATCH: Trapped in the Closet, eps 21-22 – PN1992.77 .T745 v. 2 2007D
Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2002) – PN1997.2.M865 A1 2002D

Week 11: Week of Nov. 16Television & Serial Form
READ: Allen, “Reader Oriented Poetics of Soap Opera” [eRes]
Newman, “From Beats to Arcs” [eRes]
Warhol, “Feminine Intensities” [Online]
Mittell, “Serial Boxes” [Online]
WATCH: South Park, “Trapped in the Closet” (2005) – PN1992.77 .S68 v. 9 2007D
Arrested Development, “Top Banana” (2003) – PN1992.77.A786 v.1 2004
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, “Surprise” and “Innocence” (1997) – MCTR 7237D

Week 12: Week of Nov. 23Transmedia Narratives (No screening or class 11/24-25)
READ: Gray, SSS, Ch. 5 – Conclusion
Jenkins, “Transmedia Storytelling 101” [Online]
Tryon, “TV Time Lords” [eRes]
Series of videos on transmedia storytelling, 10 parts [Online]

Week 13: Week of Nov. 30Videogame Narrative Logics
READ: Jenkins, “Game Design as Narrative Architecture” & ripostes [online]
Frasca, “Ludologists Love Stories Too” [eRes]
Ip, “Narrative Structures in Computer & Video Games” parts 1 & 2 [eRes]
Booth, “Narractivity and the Narrative Database” [eRes]
WATCH: Run Lola Run (Tykwer, 1998) – PN1997.L65351 A1 2008B
The Simpsons, “Trilogy of Error” (2001) – PN1992.77 .S58 v.12 2009D
TBA

WRITE: Research paper due via email by 12/10 at noon