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ENG 231 4.R: Meakin et al on Hellbalde / Aristotle’s Poetics

Today’s Plan: Writing Major / Minor Developing a Handbook of Poetic Terms Reading Aristotle’s Poetics New Major is Approved! You can now major in Writing, Editing, and Publishing. You can minor in Writing, too. Developing a Handbook of Poetic Terms … Continue reading

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ENG 231 4.T: Games and/as Tragedy

Today’s Plan: Early Paper Feedback Introducing Project 2: Games and/as Tragedy Games List / Gaming Journal Hypothetical Timeline Homework Early Paper Feedback Rubric scoring Revise and Resubmit Minimum score Canvas Issue Also, remember that procedural rhetoric uses mechanics to emphasize/amplify … Continue reading

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ENG 231 3.T: Reviewing Procedural Rhetoric (Again), [Academic] Paper Crash Course

Today’s Plan: Game Journals & Feedback Academic Paper Crash Course Any time remaining? Two Games Homework Game Journals & Feedback I’ve been checking in on the game journals–I think I got through about 1/2 of them yesterday. I tried to … Continue reading

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ENG 231 2.T/R: Nuts and Bolts of a Procedural Analysis

Reviewing Bogost Questions / Feedback Procedural Rhetoric: Identifying Mechanics To The Google Doc Let’s Play: Papers Please Homework: First Project, a Procedural Analysis Thursday Update I’ve gone through the ideas we developed on Tuesday for a procedural analysis and attempted … Continue reading

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ENG 231 1.R: Bogost, Procedurality /

Today’s Plan: Defining Rhetoric Bogost Discussion Playing Some Games Homework Defining Rhetoric One thing I forgot to do: circle back and “define” rhetoric (how Aristotelian, to singularly identify what some/thing “is”). Let me take a swing. I consider rhetoric as … Continue reading

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ENG 231 1.T: Welcome, Rhetoric & Procedurality

Today’s Plan: Syllabus WTF is Rhetoric? Ian Bogost and Procedurality Homework Syllabus I sort of have one. WTF is(n’t) Rhetoric? Here we go again. Levinas: “Ontology, which reduces the other to the same, promotes freedom–the freedom that is the identification … Continue reading

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