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1. Electronic Literature Without a Map

   The paper discusses several problems that seem to define and determine the field of electronic literature in theory and practice and suggests several strategies to remedy the situation in the spirit that is both analytical and polemical.

   Electronic literature has been around at least for 50 years and many of its typical ergodic ingredients share a cultural (pre)history that reaches back to classical antiquity and beyond (I Ching). Still, the cultural, economical, educational and even literary status and visibility of electronic literature is low and obscure at best despite occasional canonisations of hypertext fiction and poetry (the works of Michael Joyce and Jim Rosenberg), literary groups such as the OuLiPo that from very early on extended their orientation beyond print literature, and the efforts of an international or semi-international organisation (ELO) to promote and preserve electronic literature - not to mention multiple and more or less influential and comprehensive theories of electronic and ergodic literature.

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 27.01.2011 - 16:03

2. Phantasmal Fictions

   from ebr Electronic Book Review: D. Fox Harrell considers how a media theory of the "phantasmal" - mental image and ideological construction - can be used to cover gaps within electronic literary practice and criticism. His perspective is shaped by cognitive semantics and the approach to meaning-making known as "conceptual blending theory."

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 22.02.2011 - 17:57

3. Rencontre: An Experimental Tool for Digital Literature

   For several years, the Paragraph Laboratory, University of Paris 8, has explored new avenues in the field of digital art and literature. In that context, a project is currently ongoing in this lab, in collaboration with the University of Technology of Compiegne and the University of Geneva, supported by the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord. The goal of this project is to design a computer tool for the writing of nonlinear fictions for interactive media and to investigate its impact on both the writing and reading processes.

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 08.03.2011 - 16:33

4. Is Life Like a Book or a Smart Phone? Why Form in Fiction Matters

   Rob Wittig's 17 minute video lecture, recorded for a TEDx event at the University of Minnesota / Duluth, lays out some ideas about connections between the design of printed books and a particular idea of life in contemporary culture, in contrast to a model of life based on postmodern ideas of identity. He also references the context of literary history in considering the forms of literature that might be suited to a culture of multitasking and smart phones, at one point comparing Don Quixote to a contemporary gadget-obsessed digital native. The talk and accompanying slideshow provide a useful introduction to some important questions about the relationship between contemporary technologies and literary form.

   Scott Rettberg - 08.03.2011 - 21:37

5. Reading Digital Literature: Surface, Data, Interaction, and Expressive Processing

   Reading Digital Literature: Surface, Data, Interaction, and Expressive Processing

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 10.03.2011 - 13:58

6. Intermediation: The Pursuit of a Vision

   Twenty-first century literature is computational, from electronic works to print books created as digital files and printed by digital presses. To create an appropriate theoretical framework, the concept of intermediation is proposed, in which recursive feedback loops join human and digital cognizers to create emergent complexity. To illustrate, Michael Joyce's afternoon is compared and contrasted with his later Web work, Twelve Blue. Whereas afternoon has an aesthetic and interface that recall print practices, Twelve Blue takes its inspiration from the fluid exchanges of the Web. Twelve Blue instantiates intermediation by creating coherence not through linear sequences but by recursively cycling between associated images. Intermediation is further explored through Maria Mencia's digital art work and Judd Morrissey's The Jew's Daughter and its successor piece, The Error Engine, by Morrissey, Lori Talley, and Lutz Hamel.

   (Source: Project MUSE abstract)

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 11.03.2011 - 10:27

7. Preface [to Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature]

   Preface [to Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature]

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 24.03.2011 - 12:09

8. Editorial [on Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature]

   Editorial [on Regards Croisés: Perspectives on Digital Literature]

   Eric Dean Rasmussen - 24.03.2011 - 12:15

9. Elektronisk litteratur i Norden

   Artiklen giver en oversigt over elektronisk litteratur i Norden ved at identificere dens vigtigste karaktertræk og se på, hvorledes disse afspejler udviklingen i den internationale elektroniske litteratur. Man får tillige karakteristikker og analyser af værker, som har haft markant betydning for denne litterære tradition i Norden, for eksempel Karl Erik Tallmo’s Iakttagarens förmåga att ingripa, Anne Bang-Steinsvik’s I mellom tiden og Sonja Thomsen’s Ingen elge på vejen den dag.

   Jill Walker Rettberg - 27.03.2011 - 14:19

10. Publish and Die: The Preservation of Digital Literature within the UK

    Publish and Die: The Preservation of Digital Literature within the UK

    Eric Dean Rasmussen - 06.04.2011 - 11:23

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