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1. The Experience of the Unique in Reading Digital Literature

   Traditionally in literary criticism, importance has been laid on the uniqueness of the expression (the author says something that nobody else has said before, or, says something in a way that nobody else has done before) and the uniqueness of experience (my reading of a book is always different compared to any other readings). With digital literature we are facing a wholly new situation. Cybertextual literature possesses devices for creating a different textual whole for each reader and reading session. Even though the piece of computer code underlying the work remains the same, the surface level may be different on each and every run. In this situation the reader may truly face a unique text, something that nobody else may ever see.

   I will ponder the consequences of this new textual condition, especially from the perspective of personal reception and interpretation. I will also present some examples of this sort of works, and classify certain main categories, such as truly unique vs. pseudo unique text, and text where uniqueness is created through programming alone, and such where (one or several) reader(s) is partly responsible.

   Patricia Tomaszek - 12.01.2011 - 20:40

2. Reading Moving Letters: Digital Literature in Research and Teaching

   Digital media is increasingly finding its way into the discussions of the humanities classroom. But while we have a number of grand theoretical texts about digital literature we as yet have little in the way of resources for discussing the down-to-earth practices of research, teaching, and curriculum necessary for this work to mature. This book presents contributions by scholars and teachers from different countries and academic environments who articulate their approach to the study and teaching of digital literature and thus give a broader audience an idea of the state-of-the-art of the subject matter also in international comparison.(Source: Publisher's abstract)

   Patricia Tomaszek - 14.01.2011 - 01:39

3. Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace

   Murray discusses the unique properties and pleasures of digital environments and connects them with the traditional satisfactions of narrative. She analyzes the dramatic satisfaction of participatory stories and considers what would be necessary to move interactive fiction from the formats of childish games and confusing labyrinths into a mature and compelling art form.

   (Source: Publisher's description)

   Published in paperback by the MIT Press, 1998.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 14.01.2011 - 12:17

4. Hypertext 2.0: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology

   Hypertext 2.0: The Convergence of Contemporary Critical Theory and Technology

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 14.01.2011 - 12:19

5. Robert Coover

   Robert Coover

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 14.01.2011 - 12:24

6. Anders Fagerjord

   Anders Fagerjord

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 17.01.2011 - 14:30

7. Katarina Peovic Vukovic

   Croatian literary theorist and politician.

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 26.01.2011 - 15:28

8. E-poetry: the Palpable Side of Signs

   In his famous essay entitles “Linguistics and Poetics” (1958) Roman Jakobson asserted that the “[poetic function] stresses the palpable side of signs”. Paul Valéry states that “a poem […] should create the illusion of an indissoluble compound of sound and sense”.

   We traditionally call poetry an artistic experience related to the word both in oral and written form, whose composition unity is the verse line (alexandrine verse, free verse, etc.). The oral medium should be normally richer. The written poetry, in fact, translated into the page only the segmental part of a text, but it is not able to show the over-segmental part as the tone, modulation, etc. However, we can say that this discrepancy has been cancelled: for instance, emphasis, oral procedure concerning duration, has its graphic form highlighted.

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 27.01.2011 - 15:55

9. Littérature numérique: le récit interactif

   The expression interactive literary narrative applies to a variety of works. In its diversity, the interactive literary narrative raises questions on narratives, interactive architecture, multimedia as well as on literature. It is because the interactive literary narrative is wrought by tensions that it has this questioning and maybe even revealing capacity.

   Scott Rettberg - 30.01.2011 - 15:03

10. Matières textuelles sur support numérique

    Matières textuelles sur support numérique

    Scott Rettberg - 30.01.2011 - 17:45

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