While
traditional book publishing and visual media production are still
multibillion-dollar industries, new media such as podcasts, games, web
series, and self-published original and transformative works offer
creators
different ways to tell stories and engage with audiences. This course
will focus on selected fantasy works in new media, examining in
particular how they talk back to the genre. By the end of this course,
students will be able to identify some of the ways in
which format influences content, analyze selected works of fiction in
new media, and discuss how these works interrogate and challenge some of
the tropes and trappings of traditional fantasy. Some familiarity with
the fantasy genre will be expected.
The SL is achievable by
completing three of four possible in-class writing exercises based on
that week's reading/viewing/listening assignment(s). The PL
qualification will take the form of a 4000-word term paper,
due on August 30.
- Dozent/in: Cassandra Ashton