I just read one of the most fascinating examples last night in a comic book! "The Enchanter's Apprentice" and "Battle for the Palace of the Gods" by Steve Gerber, in _Fear_ #19 and _The Man-Thing_ Volume 1, #1, is one of the strangest takes on the subject yet. These are from 1972/73, so they can be kind of expensive, though. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Umland" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Non-linear narrative > >I am looking for films and resources for a course I am preparing on > >non-linear narrative. I am also analizing films in which you can > >detect the influence of multimedia visual strucutures/ metafors > > >I' d appreciate any help and sugestions you may have. > > Patricia-- > > I strongly suggest you read Janet H. Murray, "The Pedagogy of Cyberfiction: > Teaching a Course on Reading and Writing Interactive Narrative," in Edward > Barrett and Marie Redmond, eds., Contextual Media: Multimedia and > Interpretation. MIT Press, 1995. Examples of films she uses are Chuck > Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon, "Duck Amuck," the film Groundhog Day, and the > Star Trek: TNG episode "Parallels." A paradigmatic literary (nonlinear) > narrative here is Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths." See also many > short stories by Robert Coover, including for instance "The Magic Poker" > and "The Gingerbread House," both in his 60s collection Pricksongs & > Descants. > > SJU > > ---- > Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the > University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu