From Game Playing to Creative Writing: Literary Games and Formal Experiments in Creative Writing

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Students compose original works by experimenting with language's visual and sonic qualities, modifying literary and non-literary forms (e.g. sonnet, cookbook, grocery list), and utilizing non-traditional compositional techniques: cut-up, content scraping, n+1 aggregation. Because experimental writing often adheres to rules/formal procedures, students adopt rule-bound, constraint-driven forms that share an affinity with literature and gaming. Fulfills the Information and Technological Literacy requirement for Gen Ed.