Below, you will find information on the digital narratives that we have studied in class. A variety of other examples of digital narratives have been explored across the breadth of student blogs and projects.
Getting Started:
During the Spring 2024 iteration of our course, we explored a variety of initial texts to orient ourselves to the opportunities and challenges of studying digital narratives as literary scholars, writers, and future teachers:
Initial Texts from Previous Courses:
During the Spring 2024 iteration of our course, we explored a variety of initial texts to orient ourselves to the opportunities and challenges of studying digital narratives as literary scholars, writers, and future teachers:
- Jennifer Egan, "Great Rock and Roll Pauses," adapted for her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010)
- Blue Neustifter, "Unknown Number" (2021, Twitter; Hugo Award Nominee in 2022) [alternate site]
- Stories from the #TwitterFiction Festival, 2014 & 2015 [since abandoned, archive only]
- Some extant examples include narratives by Celeste Ng (archived), A Game of Clue, and Matthew Dunn.
- Episodes and transmedia components of The New Adventures of Peter & Wendy (2014-2017)
- Selections from the work of Australian writer/artist Stuart Campbell (Sutu)
- "The Ocean is Broken" (2014)
- "These Memories Won't Last" (2015)
- Selections from Prosthetic Reality (2016)
- Anna Anthropy, "Queers in Love at the End of the World" (2013)
- Brendan Patrick Hennessy, Birdland (2015)
- Julialicia Case, "City of Cobwebs" (2018)
- Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Netflix, 2018)
- Puss in Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale (Netflix, 2017)
Initial Texts from Previous Courses:
- Jennifer Egan, "Black Box," co-sponsored by The New Yorker and Twitter (2012)
- Ian Crouch's article "The Great American Twitter Novel," from The New Yorker (2014)
- Critical commentary on the concepts of transmedia by Henry Jenkins:
- "Transmedia Storytelling 101" (2007)
- "Transmedia 202: Further Reflections" (2011)
- "Travels in Transmedia" video interview (2009 // 23 mins)
- The transmedia components of The Blair Witch Project (1999)
- The original website: https://blairwitch.com/ [since abandoned, archive only]
- The television documentary "The Curse of the Blair Witch" (YouTube) [now behind paywall]
- Selections from the FutureCoast project (2014) [since abandoned, archive only]
- Stuart Campbell (Sutu), Nawlz: The Interactive Comic (2008-2009)
- Stuart Campbell (Sutu), NEOMAD & Other Selections from the Yijala/Yala Project (2011-2016)
Digging In:
The larger-scale digital narratives that we studied in greater depth in Spring 2024:
The larger-scale digital narratives that we studied in greater depth in Spring 2024:
Before Your Eyes (2021):
Developer: GoodbyeWorld Games
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80 Days (2014):
Developer: Inkle
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Her Story (2015):
Developer: Sam Barlow
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Unpacking (2021):
Developer: Witch Beam
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Gone Home (2013):
Developer: The Fullbright Company
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Firewatch (2016):
Developer: Campo Santo
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Life is Strange (2015):
Developer: Dontnod Entertainment
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Larger-Scale Narratives from Previous Courses:
- Device 6 (Simogo, 2013)
- The Stanley Parable (Galactic Cafe, 2013)
- Cibele (Nina Freeman, Star Maid Games, 2015)
- Lifeline (3 Minute Games, 2015)