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Butterflies, Busy Weekends, and Chicken Salad: Genetic Criticism and the Output of @Pentametron
Textual analysis places great emphasis on determining the development and direction of authorial intention to illuminate a text’s layers of meaning. How, though, is one to determine the development of authorial intention in a text that appears to remove the traditional human author? This paper explores issues of authorship presented to genetic criticism (critique génétique) by algorithmically-produced texts – that is, texts produced through programmed logic in a computer rather than through direct human agency – such as those of the Twitter bot Pentametron (twitter.com/pentametron). This paper considers the perceived importance of authorship and human agency in the creation of a text. Algorithmic texts challenge contemporary notions of textual creation and development, in turn posing challenges to genetic criticism that are similar to those posed by cut-up texts in other media.
leahhenrickson - 13.08.2018 - 21:18
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS (Fall 2018)
When you consider that writing as a form hasn’t really changed all that much since The Epic of Gilgamesh, some 4,000 years ago, what’s occurring in the world of new media becomes that much more impressive. Digital writing is already able to do things that authors aspired towards for years; incorporating visuals, music, and sound, as well as interacting directly with audience. In this issue we’ve tried to put forth work that exemplifies the wide range new media is capable of.
(Source: https://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/18Fall/editor.html)
Lucila Mayol Pohl - 17.10.2020 - 13:18
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A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS (Spring 2018)
The world as we know it is changing: drones can deliver burritos, cars can drive themselves, all movies are remakes, and our middle school math teachers were all wrong – we do always have a calculator in our pocket. Welcome to the future! We’re talking about your smartphone. These small rectangular devices have affected nearly every aspect of our lives. New media is no exception. For this issue, we have curated a collection of pieces, both desktop and mobile, that exemplify all that new media has to offer in this future we live in.
(Source: https://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/18Spring/editor.html)
Lucila Mayol Pohl - 17.10.2020 - 14:20
