Alexandra Saemmer

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Paris
France
FR
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Germany
DE
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Alexandra Saemmer is associate professor of information and communication sciences at University Paris 8. Her current research projects focus on semiotics and aesthetics of digital media, reading and writing in digital environments. She is the author and editor of several books and articles on digital literature and arts.

Critical writing by this author:

Titlesort descending Publication Type Publisher Year
La littérature numérique entre légitimation et canonisation Article in a print journal Culture & Musées 2011
Aesthetics of Surface, Ephemeral and Re-Enchantment in Digital Literature: How Authors and Readers Deal with the Lability of the Electronic Device Article in a print journal, Article in an online journal Neohelicon 2009
Animation and Manipulation Figures in Digital Literature and the Poetics of (De-)Coherence: As Exemplified by Gregory Chatonsky’s The Subnetwork Article in an online journal 2012
Closer again! Conference paper or presentation 2010
Conduit d'Aération : un projet de recherche et création Conference panel or roundtable 2013
De la confirmation à la subversion: Les figures d’animation face aux conventions du discours numérique Article in a print journal Protée 2011
Digital Artists' Books and Augmented Fictions: A New Field in Digital Literature? Conference panel or roundtable 2015
Digital Arts and Literature – Is it Just a Game? Article or chapter in a book, Conference paper or presentation Atelier Multimediale Edizioni 2011
Digital Literature—A Question of Style Article or chapter in a book Transcript 2010
Digital Literature—In Search of a Discipline ? Article or chapter in a book Transcript 2010
Ephemeral passages—La Série des U and Passage by Philippe Bootz: A close reading Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2009
Evaluating Digital Literature: Social Networks, Selection Processes and Criteria Conference paper or presentation, Exhibition Catalog 2012
Fils de l'art et la littérature (Interview with Alexandra Saemmer) Interview 2012
Hyperfiction as a Medium for Drifting Times: A Close Reading of the German Hyperfiction Zeit für die Bombe Article or chapter in a book Routledge 2014
Introduction à la première partie: Le jeu, comme espace de résistance Article or chapter in a book 2011
Les figures de manipulation face aux conventions du jeu Article or chapter in a book 2011
Lire la littérature numérique à l’université : deux situations pédagogiques Article in a print journal ÉLA: Études de Linguistique Appliquee 2010
Littérature et numérique : archéologie d'un paradoxe Conference paper or presentation 2017
Matières textuelles sur support numérique Book (monograph) - print Publications de l'Université de Saint-Étienne 2007
Reading (De)coherent Hypertexts: a Creative Performance Based on a Close Reading of the German Hyperfiction Zeit für die Bombe Article in a print journal 2012

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Electronic Literature Organization 2013: Chercher le texte Paris 23.09.2013 Conference

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