Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

Platformstuck

2017-11-30T07:07:16Z

Auxiliatrix:

(The title of the project is a work in progress.)

[[File:pdfstuck.png|400px|thumb|right| A picture from the pdf.]]

SO I REALLY LIKE HOMESTUCK. There's actually a print version of the first parts of the comic, which I happen to own. Actually I'm just going to copy/paste the description I wrote for the friends who are helping me with it.

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Now at this point I (hopefully) have explained to you why I even asked you to help out and voice act in the first place, but in case I haven’t: This is part of my final project for my Electronic Literature class. This project is essentially an experiment answering the question: what happens when you take an object, make it post-digital, and then re-digitalize it? How does the reading change, and how does the interaction with the work change?

To do this, I’m using my FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, Homestuck. It started out as a webcomic, and it is definitely a story that can only come to fruition because of the Internet. The comic uses different types of storytelling to convey its story. And then...the author made a print rendition of it. I have a copy of the first act in book form (roughly 200 pages on the website, and ~150 in the book itself). The plan is to take the book and put it back online in three different ways: through an Instagram retelling, a youtube video, and a scanned and annotated pdf. That Youtube video is where you come in!

I essentially want to do a “Let’s Read Homestuck” (an actual video series) of the first act...but the book version. None of you have actually read Homestuck, and despite my ramblings you probably know very little about it. That is part of the project too. I’d prefer it if you didn’t read the comic for this -- I think it’ll make it that much more interesting! Because you don’t really have experience with it, you’ll add your own meaning to it as you read the character’s lines and become familiar with them! I’ll give you all basic information on your characters, but other than that, it’s up to you to breathe life into them! You can do that any way you see fit, but I asked all of you to do this because I believed you would be a good fit for that character.

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Each form would incorporate interactivity in its own way. Homestuck was originally driven by reader commands, and it was very much a story that encouraged reader interaction even after commands were no longer taken. Each platform allows for a personal element in its own way: the Instagram account through hashtags and captions, the Youtube video through the readings the voice actors will do, and the pdf through the comments I add. They all also play with the format and become a game in itself: how do you tell a story through different mediums and what does that look like to even approximate a similar experience to the original?

Platformstuck

2017-11-30T07:06:53Z

Auxiliatrix: Created page with "(The title of the project is a work in progress.) A picture from the pdf. SO I REALLY LIKE HOMESTUCK. There's actually a print versi..."

(The title of the project is a work in progress.)

[[File:pdfstuck.png|200px|thumb|right| A picture from the pdf.]]

SO I REALLY LIKE HOMESTUCK. There's actually a print version of the first parts of the comic, which I happen to own. Actually I'm just going to copy/paste the description I wrote for the friends who are helping me with it.

----

Now at this point I (hopefully) have explained to you why I even asked you to help out and voice act in the first place, but in case I haven’t: This is part of my final project for my Electronic Literature class. This project is essentially an experiment answering the question: what happens when you take an object, make it post-digital, and then re-digitalize it? How does the reading change, and how does the interaction with the work change?

To do this, I’m using my FAVORITE THING IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD, Homestuck. It started out as a webcomic, and it is definitely a story that can only come to fruition because of the Internet. The comic uses different types of storytelling to convey its story. And then...the author made a print rendition of it. I have a copy of the first act in book form (roughly 200 pages on the website, and ~150 in the book itself). The plan is to take the book and put it back online in three different ways: through an Instagram retelling, a youtube video, and a scanned and annotated pdf. That Youtube video is where you come in!

I essentially want to do a “Let’s Read Homestuck” (an actual video series) of the first act...but the book version. None of you have actually read Homestuck, and despite my ramblings you probably know very little about it. That is part of the project too. I’d prefer it if you didn’t read the comic for this -- I think it’ll make it that much more interesting! Because you don’t really have experience with it, you’ll add your own meaning to it as you read the character’s lines and become familiar with them! I’ll give you all basic information on your characters, but other than that, it’s up to you to breathe life into them! You can do that any way you see fit, but I asked all of you to do this because I believed you would be a good fit for that character.

----

Each form would incorporate interactivity in its own way. Homestuck was originally driven by reader commands, and it was very much a story that encouraged reader interaction even after commands were no longer taken. Each platform allows for a personal element in its own way: the Instagram account through hashtags and captions, the Youtube video through the readings the voice actors will do, and the pdf through the comments I add. They all also play with the format and become a game in itself: how do you tell a story through different mediums and what does that look like to even approximate a similar experience to the original?

File:Pdfstuck.png

2017-11-30T06:52:11Z

Auxiliatrix: yeah

yeah

Pokemon

2017-11-28T05:59:29Z

Auxiliatrix:

[[File:Twitch.gif||right]]

Patrick Jagoda referenced the 2014 effort of ''Twitch Plays Pokemon'' in his essay on [http://www.zachblas.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jagoda_network-ambivalence_contemporaneity_2015.pdf Network Ambivalence]. He describes as a way to "defamiliarize human behavior." That's an interesting way of looking at the game -- one I had not considered before.

Users of Twitch collectively played a game of Pokemon together. At its height of popularity, some 100,000+ players were inputting commands at the same time, trying to get the player character to obey their individual whims. This created a kind of hive mind, similar to an insect colony. At first, the character would only respond to the first commands inputted, but due to the chaotic nature of many players inputting commands at the same time, a system of choice was implemented. Democracy allowed for players to vote on how to move next, often making it easier to solve puzzles, while anarchy used the same almost-random command input as before. It took a couple of weeks, but somehow, they managed to beat the game and defeat the Elite 4.

What was interesting about TPP is how much of a network formed around the single game. They created their own mythos based off events in the game, such as labeling a Flareon they received as a False Prophet, and making their Pidgeot into a Messianic character. It created a community out of literally nothing. It even became an artistic argument in its own merit. TPP is a great example of the kinds of network that can develop through digital media.

Pokemon

2017-11-28T05:57:31Z

Auxiliatrix:

[[File:Twitch.gif|right|Twitch Plays Pokemon in its typical kind of progress]]

Patrick Jagoda referenced the 2014 effort of ''Twitch Plays Pokemon'' in his essay on [http://www.zachblas.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jagoda_network-ambivalence_contemporaneity_2015.pdf Network Ambivalence]. He describes as a way to "defamiliarize human behavior." That's an interesting way of looking at the game -- one I had not considered before.

Users of Twitch collectively played a game of Pokemon together. At its height of popularity, some 100,000+ players were inputting commands at the same time, trying to get the player character to obey their individual whims. This created a kind of hive mind, similar to an insect colony. At first, the character would only respond to the first commands inputted, but due to the chaotic nature of many players inputting commands at the same time, a system of choice was implemented. Democracy allowed for players to vote on how to move next, often making it easier to solve puzzles, while anarchy used the same almost-random command input as before. It took a couple of weeks, but somehow, they managed to beat the game and defeat the Elite 4.

What was interesting about TPP is how much of a network formed around the single game. They created their own mythos based off events in the game, such as labeling a Flareon they received as a False Prophet, and making their Pidgeot into a Messianic character. It created a community out of literally nothing. It even became an artistic argument in its own merit. TPP is a great example of the kinds of network that can develop through digital media.

Pokemon

2017-11-28T05:55:17Z

Auxiliatrix: Created page with "File:Twitch.gif Patrick Jagoda referenced the 2014 effort of ''Twitch Plays Pokemon'' in his essay on [http://www.zachblas.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jagoda_network-..."

[[File:Twitch.gif]]

Patrick Jagoda referenced the 2014 effort of ''Twitch Plays Pokemon'' in his essay on [http://www.zachblas.info/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/jagoda_network-ambivalence_contemporaneity_2015.pdf Network Ambivalence]. He describes as a way to "defamiliarize human behavior." That's an interesting way of looking at the game -- one I had not considered before.

Users of Twitch collectively played a game of Pokemon together. At its height of popularity, some 100,000+ players were inputting commands at the same time, trying to get the player character to obey their individual whims. This created a kind of hive mind, similar to an insect colony. At first, the character would only respond to the first commands inputted, but due to the chaotic nature of many players inputting commands at the same time, a system of choice was implemented. Democracy allowed for players to vote on how to move next, often making it easier to solve puzzles, while anarchy used the same almost-random command input as before. It took a couple of weeks, but somehow, they managed to beat the game and defeat the Elite 4.

What was interesting about TPP is how much of a network formed around the single game. They created their own mythos based off events in the game, such as labeling a Flareon they received as a False Prophet, and making their Pidgeot into a Messianic character. It created a community out of literally nothing. It even became an artistic argument in its own merit. TPP is a great example of the kinds of network that can develop through digital media.

File:Twitch.gif

2017-11-28T05:42:13Z

Auxiliatrix:

UCLA

2017-11-28T05:41:03Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''UCLA'''
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Renowned for cutting-edge scientific research, arts and athletics, UCLA is dedicated to the health and welfare of the world.
The official Twitter account of the UCLA Athletic Department. Champions Made Here.
As one of America's top hospitals, UCLA Health provides the best healthcare to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world. Official UCLA Health account.
UCLA School of Law, the youngest major law school in the nation, established a tradition of innovation in its approach to teaching, research and scholarship.
UCLA BruinAlert via Twitter is a secondary means for parents, friends & family to receive validated information from campus officials about ongoing emergencies.
Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA- dedicated to the advancement of dance, music, spoken word and theater as well as emerging digital platforms.
Our mission is to foster mindful awareness across the lifespan through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society.
The Afrikan Student Union at UCLA represents and advocates for the needs and interests of all UCLA students of Afrikan descent.
The UCLA Volunteer Center is a community of volunteer enthusiasts, changemakers, and leaders. Join us!
Snorlax, Dragonite, Lapras alerts only around UCLA campus and Westwood Village. For less rare [[pokemon]], follow: https://twitter.com/uclapokemon
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''All excerpts taken from UCLA affiliated Twitter bios. I'm still not sure what the letters stand for.''

==See also==
*[[creation]]
*[[01001001 00100000 01110100]]

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-13T22:45:03Z

Auxiliatrix:

Ahh [http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/product2.aspx?from=CustomDesigner&number=161166709][[File:capture.jpg]]

Ultimate Sith Lord [https://www.zazzle.com/pd/spp/pt-zazzle_button?pd=145189715486365911&get_started_dialog=false&style=round_button&size=4.0&design.areas=%5Bround_button_4_front%5D&context=114948436752540819&view=113175413667360156&customize_it=true] [[File:BiPin.png]]

Gone Girls: A Chinese Social Media Calendar [https://www.zazzle.com/z/ohnkn?rf=238584585323274374]
[[File:Calendar.png]]

[http://www.cafepress.com/+gray_victorian_stripes_personalized_mini_button,1650185276]
TC- [[File:SL.png]]

B.L. [https://www.zazzle.com/pd/spp/pt-fuji_fleximagnet?pd=160253066305325380&get_started_dialog=false&style=3x4&design.areas=%5B3x4_front_vert%5D&context=114997964782531219&view=113340096181419361&customize_it=true]
[[File:Magnet.png]]

R.T. [http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/product.aspx?number=162336037]
[[File: Post-digital product.png]]

L.R.[http://www.cafepress.com/cp/viewcart.aspx?s=selfbuy&keepshopping=%2fselfbuy]
[[File: Shower-Curtain.jpg]]

K.U. [https://www.zazzle.com/pd/spp/pt-zazzle_keychain?dz=e2e516a1-3529-438d-a001-29e3aa13f2e5&side_name=front&style=round_keychain&size=2.25&design.areas=%5Bfront_horz%5D&context=114529070928263395&view=113908062333046724]
[[File: Keychain product.jpg]]

CC
[https://www.makestickers.com/design/171113155203-0t0lv0dxhff4go0lioz2hq1u?pgid=cb689947-8001-4c34-911b-8c1b96e80dd2]
 
[[File: In_a_deserted_airport.jpg|400px]]

B.K.S. [http://www.cafepress.com/mf/111447537/postdigital-cage_mugs?productId=163153093]
[[File: Post-cage_mug.png]]

File:Post-cage mug.png

2017-11-13T22:44:05Z

Auxiliatrix: A post-digital masterpiece, created from my Newhive page for class.

A post-digital masterpiece, created from my Newhive page for class.

Post-Digital Reading Library

2017-11-09T06:29:34Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''The Platformers:'''
(J.L., S.S., J.C., C.C., I.B., R.T., A.G.)
''The Platformers and the Post-Digital'':[https://docs.google.com/a/g.ucla.edu/document/d/1DjSTWoKpeLq-xbm3sI7MmGyl-R7v4caMltqO49y7z8U/edit?usp=sharing]
PDF: [http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_78/21819000/21819850/2/print/21819850.pdf], cover [http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_78/21819000/21819850/2/print/21819850_cover.pdf]

'''The Texters:'''
''The Texters' Guide to the Post-Digital'': [http://www.lulu.com/shop/texters-elit/the-texters-guide-to-the-post-digital/paperback/product-23400298.html]
PDF: [https://www.scribd.com/document/363828024/ELit-Post-Digital-Book-Texters]

'''The Movers:''' (S.K., S.G., L.M., and J.K.)
''How to be Digital in a Post-Digital World'': [http://www.lulu.com/shop/the-movers/how-to-be-digital-in-the-post-digital-world/paperback/product-23401689.html]
PDF: [https://www.scribd.com/document/363919539/How-to-Be-Digital-in-the-Post-Digital-World]

'''The Gamers:''' (b.k.s.,
''Gamers of the World UNITE!!!'': [http://www.lulu.com/shop/ucla-e-lit-2017-gamers/gamers-of-the-world-unite/paperback/product-23401778.html]
PDF: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/wic19xwby19upol/gamers%20book%20pdf.pdf?dl=0]

Post-Digital Reading Library

2017-11-09T06:27:14Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''The Platformers:'''
(J.L., S.S., J.C., C.C., I.B., R.T., A.G.)
''The Platformers and the Post-Digital'':[https://docs.google.com/a/g.ucla.edu/document/d/1DjSTWoKpeLq-xbm3sI7MmGyl-R7v4caMltqO49y7z8U/edit?usp=sharing]
PDF: [http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_78/21819000/21819850/2/print/21819850.pdf], cover [http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_78/21819000/21819850/2/print/21819850_cover.pdf]

'''The Texters:'''
''The Texters' Guide to the Post-Digital'': [http://www.lulu.com/shop/texters-elit/the-texters-guide-to-the-post-digital/paperback/product-23400298.html]
PDF: [https://www.scribd.com/document/363828024/ELit-Post-Digital-Book-Texters]

'''The Movers:''' (S.K., S.G., L.M., and J.K.)
''How to be Digital in a Post-Digital World'': [http://www.lulu.com/shop/the-movers/how-to-be-digital-in-the-post-digital-world/paperback/product-23401689.html]
PDF: [https://www.scribd.com/document/363919539/How-to-Be-Digital-in-the-Post-Digital-World]

'''The Gamers:'''
''Gamers of the World UNITE!!!'': [[http://www.lulu.com/shop/ucla-e-lit-2017-gamers/gamers-of-the-world-unite/paperback/product-23401778.html]]
PDF: [https://www.dropbox.com/s/wic19xwby19upol/gamers%20book%20pdf.pdf?dl=0]

Empowerment

2017-11-07T18:58:55Z

Auxiliatrix:

[[File:Tina_fey.png|frame|Tina Fey empowering others through eating cake.]] In the process of creating a hyperlink, you are also creating empowerment! Click the link to buy this product. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tina-fey-sheet-cakes_us_5996fb33e4b0e8cc855d3ca1 Lucky you!]

Hayles and DeLosa know that hyperlinks and the "World Wide Web" is not democratic, and can often involve assassinations of sorts. The limits of empowerment on the internet are already delineated by the hidden elements of code. Code that belongs to corporations with hidden intentions and an ever expanding inventory of data.

"''Furthermore, general belief in myths of digital democracy emblematized in Google and its search results means that users of Google give consent to the algorithms’ legitimacy through their continued use of the product, despite its ineffective inclusion of websites that are decontextualized from social [[meaning]], and Google’s wholesale abandonment of responsibility for its search results''" (Noble.)[https://urresearch.rochester.edu/institutionalPublicationPublicView.action;jsessionid=3981AF546CDC3311879B89ED791B823B?institutionalItemId=27584&versionNumber=1]

Noble suggests that the search and link are connected to stores of metadata and user preferences (and programmer's preferences). We'd like to imagine the internet as the mythic utopia it pretends to be, but it is often bogged down by the same hegemonic values of the offline. But I am not a techno-pessimist. So, I'd like to know, where can electronic literature > go.

"''You can feel the rope coarse on your throat, and the knot heavy on the nape of your neck. On reflex, hands move up, but are caught by the manacles. There is no way out of here.''" (DeLosa.)

I couldn't finish the game. I eventually got stuck, never getting to Rome. Perhaps without the hyperlink to click and follow down the rabbit-hole, I did not know where to go.

== See also ==

• [[democracy]]

• [[hypertext]]

• [[freedom]]

• [[E-empowerment]]

File:Tina fey.png

2017-11-07T18:53:28Z

Auxiliatrix: Tina Fey empowering others through eating cake.

Tina Fey empowering others through eating cake.

Wreading E-Lit

2017-11-06T04:36:45Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''An Inventory of Approaches to Wreading E-Lit'''

Optionally compiled November 5th, 2017

R.T. "Unfailed Gaiman Tales" Front page [http://newhive.com/rebeccatan/ufgt-front-page], story for January [http://newhive.com/rebeccatan/ufgt-january], story for February [http://newhive.com/rebeccatan/ufgt-february], story for March [http://newhive.com/rebeccatan/ufgt-march], story for April[http://newhive.com/rebeccatan/ufgt-april].

I.B. "Calling Card 3 and 4" https://www.instagram.com/callingcard3and4/

L.M. "Snap-a-Poem" [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9KYQXmD2VI]

K.U. "The Garden of Forking Paths" https://www.instagram.com/pentsui/

T.C "Suicide Letter" [https://markjinstory.wixsite.com/suicideletter]

B.L. "beginning of the world" [http://philome.la/bellaleeeee/beginning-of-the-world/play]

B.K.S. "escape." [http://philome.la/brianna_kelly__/escape/play]

Poor Bootleg

2017-11-02T22:49:48Z

Auxiliatrix:

Collective NewHive Bootleg Experiment

Links:

NOT THE BEES[https://newhive.com/auxiliatrix/not-the-bees]

Poor Bootleg

2017-11-02T22:49:27Z

Auxiliatrix:

Collective NewHive Bootleg Experiment

Links:

[NOT THE BEES https://newhive.com/auxiliatrix/not-the-bees]

Poor Bootleg

2017-11-02T22:49:15Z

Auxiliatrix:

Collective NewHive Bootleg Experiment

Links:

NOT THE BEES[https://newhive.com/auxiliatrix/not-the-bees]

Dronestagram

2017-10-31T18:45:30Z

Auxiliatrix: Created page with "I think Dronestagram is very interesting -- even moreso as a political statement than an art statement. It shows the destruction that bombing creates, especially in places tha..."

I think Dronestagram is very interesting -- even moreso as a political statement than an art statement. It shows the destruction that bombing creates, especially in places that many people wouldn't pause to think about. I've been reading about Syria recently -- as well as the other political climates in the middle east -- and it's heartbreaking how much death and destruction there is. It isn't just ISIS killing these civillans. The US is as well. Those drone strikes target cities as well.

I really don't have much to say for this wiki post. But the way we continue to hurt each other is astounding in the worst possible way.

View

2017-10-31T18:41:07Z

Auxiliatrix:

I've had a hard time trying to figure out what is considered electronic literature and what isn't. With this class, we've gone through so many different works, and I think I've come to the conclusion that almost anything and everything is considered electronic literature, as long as it's electronic of course. From Twitter concepts to Instagram concepts, each work has a meaning with its art, and that's what makes it literature. It's been hard trying to take myself out of the realm of just academic essays and novels, but the things we've read and studied have been a great introduction to the rest of the literature world. This week, what caught my eye the most was [[Dronestagram]]. The only time that I've ever really heard of drones being used was when my friends would play around and fly them to get some nice views of the beach or campus, but it never crossed my mind that drones could most definitely be used as a method of surveillance, a way to view a piece of the world and gain intel. But I mean, why wouldn't they? If a drone was tens of thousands of feet above ground level, no one could ever spot it. Looking at the photos though, I realize that all these news stories we hear and read about aren't just some made up story, they're '''real'''. Sure, learning about these current events is one thing, but being able to conceptualize and understand, especially see where these events are happening, really bring them to life. From first glance, all of the photos look the same: a dry land with a few structures which could be houses or buildings of some sort, barren and seemingly like there is no life, some trees and greenery here and there, but so much is happening.

It's hard to understand the breadth and brevity of current events when it isn't happening to you, simply put. I find myself reading tragic stories on the news and feeling terrible for a couple minutes, only to move on to something else. But these photos of villages from these surveillance drones give us insight on what's going on in the world, in the parts of Afghanistan and Yemen. Bridle makes a strong point when he mentions that these posts make everything feel more real. To have some hard evidence, these photos bring another layer of dimension onto these news reports that we hear. These attacks, these innocent children being targeted and losing their lives, it isn't just a headline, rather it hits home when context is given, such as a picture from the drone. In the way that the government is trying to view these areas and gain information, we as readers also gain a new sense of perspective on news like this. We learn that we shouldn't just react towards a new headline and forget about it after ten minutes. We learn to understand that these things are real. But most importantly, we learn that we should act, speak up, and engage in conversation about this in order for any spark of movement to occur.

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T21:39:05Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''ALT INTRO TO E-LIT SYLLABUS'''

UCLA 2017
ENGL 116B

Collectively compiled & appended to the "official" syllabus, 10.26.17.

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SB Sultan -
Critical Reading: Gaming the Literary: On Video Games and Literature[[http://www.nymgamer.com/?p=12515]]
Darkness - Chapter 1, Yedda Morrison [[http://littleredleaves.com/ebooks/darkness.pdf]]

LCS ~ Unit: The Role of Social Media in Preserving Poetry

'''Critical Readings:''' Digital Poets: Can Social Media Save Poetry (Natalie Zfat) [[https://iq.intel.com/digital-poets-can-social-media-save-poetry/]]; Hello 'Poetry' [[https://hellopoetry.com/words/socialmedia/]]

'''Creative Works:''' Top 10 Poetic Tweets (LW Lundquist) [[http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2015/11/19/twitter-poems-top-10-poetic-tweets-4/]]; Instagram: @poemsporn_ [[https://www.instagram.com/poemsporn_/?hl=en]]

LR - Textualities and Interactive Fiction
Critical Readings : Nick Montfort "Riddle Machines: The History and Nature of Interactive Fiction" [[http://digitalhumanities.org/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405148641/9781405148641.xml&chunk.id=ss1-5-8&toc.id=0&brand=9781405148641_brand]]

Creative Works : Stevens & Montfort [[https://nickm.com/poems/]] Personal Fav: Field of Dreams

QG ~ Writing in Electronic Age

'''Critical Readings:''' The End of Books (Robert Coover) [[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Screen (Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover, et. al.) [[http://collection.eliterature.org/2/works/wardrip-fruin_screen.html]]

a.k. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Toward a Theory of Interactive Fiction (Nick Monfort) [[http://nickm.com/if/toward.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Photopia by Adam Cadre (1998) ( [[http://adamcadre.ac/if/photopia.html]]

.jk. – Consequences of Disappearing Electronic vs. Print Literature

'''Critical Readings:''' One + One = Zero – Vanishing Text in Electronic Literature (Marjorie C. Luesebrink) [[https://conference.eliterature.org/sites/default/files/papers/OnePlusOneEqualsZero_0.docx]]
Vanishing Letters in Text-based Digital Installations (Janez Strehovec) [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6811/5892]]

'''Creative Work:''' Share a secret – One Time [[https://onetimesecret.com/]]

I.B. - Interactive Fiction

'''Critical Work:''' Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (JENNIFER S. ROUDABUSH) [[http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz10/special-feature-e-lit-reviews/electronic-literature-showcase-at-the-library-of-congress.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky) [[http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/3cbedqimquselmanehhzxg/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy]] [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2017/02/10/choose-your-own-youtube-adventure/]]

TC- Fan Fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction (Christina Yatrakis) [[http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd]]

'''Creative Work:''' HEATHENS (--LJ--) [[https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1156476/heathens-markjin]]

JR - Remediation
"Critical Reading:" Emoji Portrait Art [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html]]
"Creative Work" Emoji Ink [[http://emoji.ink]]

SG - Serial Narrative through Social Media
'''Critical Reading''': Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media (Ruth Page) [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/507669/pdf]

'''Creative Works''': Black Box (Jennifer Egan) [https://storify.com/cbcbooks/jennifer-egan-s-black-box] (Tweet Collection), [http://stuyww.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/0/6/14065772/black_box_--_jennifer_egan.pdf] (PDF Format)
Dear David (Adam Ellis) [https://storify.com/moby_dickhead/dear-david] (Tweet Collection), [https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead?lang=en] (Actual Twitter Account)

RT - Twitter Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' The Great American Twitter Novel (Ian Crouch) [https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/great-american-twitter-novel]
Twitter Fiction: Social Networking and Microfiction in 140 Characters (Carla Raguseo) [http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej52/ej52int/?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%]
Neil Gaiman sets Twitter ablaze with fan collaboration (Laura Blackwell) [https://www.pcworld.com/article/2030776/neil-gaiman-sets-twitter-ablaze-with-fan-collaboration.html]
Neil Gaiman + Twitter = Interactive Storytelling (Barb Dybwab) [http://mashable.com/2009/10/13/neil-gaiman-twitter-audiobook/#sf42aDR8bSqN]

'''Creative Works:''' THE RIGHT SORT from Sceptre Books on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SceptreBooks/timelines/488586138048004096]
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/12/twitter-fiction-140-character-novels]
Hearts, Keys and Puppetry by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse [https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Hearts-Keys-and-Puppetry-Audiobook/B0037BODY8?ref_=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl&qid=1508991209&sr=1-1]
13 Beautiful Pieces of Twitter Fiction Remind Us How Powerful Reading Can Be (Anne Charlton) [https://mic.com/articles/84883/13-beautiful-pieces-of-twitter-fiction-remind-us-how-powerful-reading-can-be#.BuprgLPLI]

BKS - Digital Academia

'''Critical Reading:''' Living in a Digital World: Rethinking Peer Review, Collaboration, and Open Access by Shiela Cavangh [http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-4/living-in-a-digital-world-by-sheila-cavanagh/]

'''Creative Work''': The Knotted Line [http://knottedline.com/]

B.L. - The Transformation of ELit: Different Forms on Social Media

'''Critical Readings:''' Towards a History of Electronic Literature [http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2619&context=clcweb]
Digital poet Jason Nelson urges others to forge new frontiers in electronic literature [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-02/digital-poet-urges-authors-to-turn-over-new-leaf/5182306]
Has Twitter given birth to a new literary genre? [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jan/10/twitter-birth-new-literary-genre]

'''Creative Work''': InstagramELiterature [https://instagrameliterature.wordpress.com/]
Real Human Praise [http://directory.eliterature.org/individual-work/4714]

LM - Snapchat

'''Critical Readings:''' The Oral Paradigm and Snapchat (Oren Soffer) [http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2056305116666306?rss=1]

'''Creative Works:''' Snap Art (Dasha Battelle) [http://dbatsnap.com/]

HA - Typography/Fonts

'''Critical Readings:''' “Type:Rider” Is The Ultimate Video Game About Typography [https://www.fastcodesign.com/3019584/typerider-is-the-ultimate-video-game-about-typography]

'''Creative Works:''' Type Rider | Part 1 | Let's Play Gameplay Walkthrough Playthrough [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVGK31j9ino]

BL-S - Vaporwave

'''Critical Readings:''' Do You Want Vaporwave, or Do You Want the Truth? [http://capaciousjournal.com/issue/capacious_vol-1_no-1_2017.pdf#page=70]

'''Creative Works:''' ff015 - t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 and Silver Richards - 夜遊び tape by freak friendly diy [https://freakfriendlydiy.bandcamp.com/album/ff015-t-e-l-e-p-a-t-h-and-silver-richards-tape]

RS- Materiality

'''Critical Readings:''' The Aesthetics of Materiality in Electronic Literature (Serge Bouchardon) [http://www.utc.fr/~bouchard/articles/Bouchardon-Bergen-materiality-2008.pdf]

'''Creative Works:''' Richard With Hair Doing Things (Richard MacDougall) [https://www.instagram.com/richardwithhairdoingthings/]

J.C. - Hypertext Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' Reading Hypertext and the Experience of Literature (David S. Miall and Teresa Dobson) [https://journals.tdl.org/jodi/index.php/jodi/article/view/35/37]

'''Creative Works:''' 24 Hours (Philippa J Burne) [http://www.glasswings.com.au/GlassWings/modern/24hours/]
My Body - a Wunderkammer (Shelley Jackson) [http://collection.eliterature.org/1/works/jackson__my_body_a_wunderkammer.html]
Shade (Andrew Plotkin) [http://www.eblong.com/zarf/zweb/shade/]

DK - Interfaces

'''Critical Readings:''' "Race In/For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet" Lisa Nakamura [https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3531/da9329d2b7158bd697e1aa8ef073f78de6fb.pdf]

'''Creative Works:''' Between Page and Screen by Amarunth Borsuk [http://www.betweenpageandscreen.com]
Bad Nudes [http://badnudes.com]
Laurel Halo and Hatsune Miku [http://www.aft3r.us/still-be-here/]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aap4eLlt2WI]
Solitude by Martine Syms [https://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/contents/solitude/#title-page]
Dissolution of the Sovereign… by Elysia Crampton [https://soundcloud.com/eande/dissolution-of-the-sovereign-a-time-slide-or-a-non-abled-offenders-exercise-in-jurisprudence]
Glass press [http://www.glasspressofthefuture.com/about]

KU- Instagram
'''Critical Readings:''' What is Instagram and Why is it so Popular [https://ischool.syr.edu/infospace/2011/12/15/what-is-instagram-and-why-is-it-so-popular/]
Instagram Influences Creative Work [https://www.warc.com/NewsAndOpinion/News/35288?]
'''Creative Works:''' Instagram-Creative Workshop [https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/] The 20 Most Creative Instagram Pages [http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-20-most-creative-instagram-accounts-that-will-inspire-you.html]

CC

Spirit Surfing, Kevin Bewersdorf [http://veryinteractive.net/content/4-library/1-spirit-surfing/bewersdorf-spiritsurfing.pdf]
Screen. Image. Text., Orit Gat [http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/may/16/screen-image-text/]
Jodi's Infrastructure, Alexander R. Galloway [http://www.e-flux.com/journal/74/59810/jodi-s-infrastructure/]

Live Simulations, Ian Cheng [http://iancheng.com/#simulations]
When all my friends are on at once [http://allmyfriendsatonce.com/]
Tripod Zoo by my dear friend Gabe Pine! [http://gabepine.com/]

J.K. -Interactive Fiction

Creative: "Choose Your Own Youtube Adventure!" [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2014/02/01/on-visual-novels-one-in-particular/]]
Critical: "On Visual Novels, One in Particular" [[http://elit.umwblogs.org/2017/02/10/choose-your-own-youtube-adventure/]]

SK - Commenting on Comments

'''Critical''': Why Are YouTube Comments the Worst on the Internet [[https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/internet/2016/10/why-are-youtube-comments-worst-internet]]
'''Creative''': Rooster_86 [[https://www.reddit.com/r/HighQualityGifs/comments/77d9ou/the_predictable_threads_are_driving_me_insane/#bottom-comments]]

LY- GIFS
'''Critical Readings:''' Fast, Cheap, and Good: Why Animated GIFs Engage Us [http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/2860000/2858532/p575-bakhshi.pdf?ip=131.179.61.143&id=2858532&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=CA367851C7E3CE77%2E79535EF926D6BC05%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35%2E4D4702B0C3E38B35&CFID=999019442&CFTOKEN=72613616&__acm__=1509047554_4015bb14b1cc2a3313309d563bcf7be5]
How GIF Won the Internet [http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170825-how-the-gif-won-the-internet]
'''Creative Works:''' The Story of Gif [http://thestoryofgif.com/]
Being An English Major as told by 'The Office' [https://www.theodysseyonline.com/english-major-told-office-gifs]
Classical Art as Gifs [https://www.boredpanda.com/classic-painting-gifs-kiszkiloszki/]
j.l. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Electronic Literature its Emerging Forms (by Dr. Dene Grigar) [[http://dtc-wsuv.org/elit/elit-loc/denes-curatorial-statement]]

'''Creative Works:''' r/nosleep ( [[https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/78td1x/the_part_of_the_deep_web_that_we_arent_supposed/]]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T04:31:23Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''ALT INTRO TO E-LIT SYLLABUS'''

UCLA 2017
ENGL 116B

Collectively compiled & appended to the "official" syllabus, 10.26.17.

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LCS ~ Unit: The Role of Social Media in Preserving Poetry

'''Critical Readings:''' Digital Poets: Can Social Media Save Poetry (Natalie Zfat) [[https://iq.intel.com/digital-poets-can-social-media-save-poetry/]]; Hello 'Poetry' [[https://hellopoetry.com/words/socialmedia/]]

'''Creative Works:''' Top 10 Poetic Tweets (LW Lundquist) [[http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2015/11/19/twitter-poems-top-10-poetic-tweets-4/]]; Instagram: @poemsporn_ [[https://www.instagram.com/poemsporn_/?hl=en]]

LR - Textualities and Interactive Fiction
Critical Readings : Nick Montfort "Riddle Machines: The History and Nature of Interactive Fiction" [[http://digitalhumanities.org/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405148641/9781405148641.xml&chunk.id=ss1-5-8&toc.id=0&brand=9781405148641_brand]]

Creative Works : Stevens & Montfort [[https://nickm.com/poems/]] Personal Fav: Field of Dreams

QG ~ Writing in Electronic Age

'''Critical Readings:''' The End of Books (Robert Coover) [[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Screen (Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover, et. al.) [[http://collection.eliterature.org/2/works/wardrip-fruin_screen.html]]

a.k. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Toward a Theory of Interactive Fiction (Nick Monfort) [[http://nickm.com/if/toward.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Photopia by Adam Cadre (1998) ( [[http://adamcadre.ac/if/photopia.html]]

.jk. – Consequences of Disappearing Electronic vs. Print Literature

'''Critical Readings:''' One + One = Zero – Vanishing Text in Electronic Literature (Marjorie C. Luesebrink) [[https://conference.eliterature.org/sites/default/files/papers/OnePlusOneEqualsZero_0.docx]]
Vanishing Letters in Text-based Digital Installations (Janez Strehovec) [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6811/5892]]

'''Creative Work:''' Share a secret – One Time [[https://onetimesecret.com/]]

I.B. - Interactive Fiction

'''Critical Work:''' Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (JENNIFER S. ROUDABUSH) [[http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz10/special-feature-e-lit-reviews/electronic-literature-showcase-at-the-library-of-congress.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky) [[http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/3cbedqimquselmanehhzxg/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy]]

TC- Fan Fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction (Christina Yatrakis) [[http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd]]

'''Creative Work:''' HEATHENS (--LJ--) [[https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1156476/heathens-markjin]]

JR - Remediation
"Critical Reading:" Emoji Portrait Art [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html]]
"Creative Work" Emoji Ink [[http://emoji.ink]]

SG - Serial Narrative through Social Media
'''Critical Reading''': Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media (Ruth Page) [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/507669/pdf]

'''Creative Works''': Black Box (Jennifer Egan) [https://storify.com/cbcbooks/jennifer-egan-s-black-box] (Tweet Collection), [http://stuyww.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/0/6/14065772/black_box_--_jennifer_egan.pdf] (PDF Format)
Dear David (Adam Ellis) [https://storify.com/moby_dickhead/dear-david] (Tweet Collection), [https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead?lang=en] (Actual Twitter Account)

RT - Twitter Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' The Great American Twitter Novel [https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/great-american-twitter-novel]
Twitter Fiction: Social Networking and Microfiction in 140 Characters [http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej52/ej52int/?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%]
Neil Gaiman sets Twitter ablaze with fan collaboration [https://www.pcworld.com/article/2030776/neil-gaiman-sets-twitter-ablaze-with-fan-collaboration.html]

'''Creative Works:''' THE RIGHT SORT from Sceptre Books on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SceptreBooks/timelines/488586138048004096]
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/12/twitter-fiction-140-character-novels]
Hearts, Keys and Puppetry by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse [https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Hearts-Keys-and-Puppetry-Audiobook/B0037BODY8?ref_=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl&qid=1508991209&sr=1-1]

BKS - Digital Academia

'''Critical Reading:''' Living in a Digital World: Rethinking Peer Review, Collaboration, and Open Access by Shiela Cavangh [http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-4/living-in-a-digital-world-by-sheila-cavanagh/]

'''Creative Work''': The Knotted Line [http://knottedline.com/]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T04:30:37Z

Auxiliatrix:

'''ALT INTRO TO E-LIT SYLLABUS'''

UCLA 2017
ENGL 116B

Collectively compiled & appended to the "official" syllabus, 10.26.17.

----

LCS ~ Unit: The Role of Social Media in Preserving Poetry

'''Critical Readings:''' Digital Poets: Can Social Media Save Poetry (Natalie Zfat) [[https://iq.intel.com/digital-poets-can-social-media-save-poetry/]]; Hello 'Poetry' [[https://hellopoetry.com/words/socialmedia/]]

'''Creative Works:''' Top 10 Poetic Tweets (LW Lundquist) [[http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2015/11/19/twitter-poems-top-10-poetic-tweets-4/]]; Instagram: @poemsporn_ [[https://www.instagram.com/poemsporn_/?hl=en]]

LR - Textualities and Interactive Fiction
Critical Readings : Nick Montfort "Riddle Machines: The History and Nature of Interactive Fiction" [[http://digitalhumanities.org/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405148641/9781405148641.xml&chunk.id=ss1-5-8&toc.id=0&brand=9781405148641_brand]]

Creative Works : Stevens & Montfort [[https://nickm.com/poems/]] Personal Fav: Field of Dreams

QG ~ Writing in Electronic Age

'''Critical Readings:''' The End of Books (Robert Coover) [[http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/coover-end.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Screen (Noah Wardrip-Fruin, Josh Carroll, Robert Coover, et. al.) [[http://collection.eliterature.org/2/works/wardrip-fruin_screen.html]]

a.k. – interactive fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Toward a Theory of Interactive Fiction (Nick Monfort) [[http://nickm.com/if/toward.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' Photopia by Adam Cadre (1998) ( [[http://adamcadre.ac/if/photopia.html]]

.jk. – Consequences of Disappearing Electronic vs. Print Literature

'''Critical Readings:''' One + One = Zero – Vanishing Text in Electronic Literature (Marjorie C. Luesebrink) [[https://conference.eliterature.org/sites/default/files/papers/OnePlusOneEqualsZero_0.docx]]
Vanishing Letters in Text-based Digital Installations (Janez Strehovec) [[http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/6811/5892]]

'''Creative Work:''' Share a secret – One Time [[https://onetimesecret.com/]]

I.B. - Interactive Fiction

'''Critical Work:''' Hyperrhiz: New Media Cultures (JENNIFER S. ROUDABUSH) [[http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz10/special-feature-e-lit-reviews/electronic-literature-showcase-at-the-library-of-congress.html]]

'''Creative Works:''' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky) [[http://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/3cbedqimquselmanehhzxg/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy]]

TC- Fan Fiction
'''Critical Readings:''' Fan fiction, fandoms, and literature: or, why it’s time to pay attention to fan fiction (Christina Yatrakis) [[http://via.library.depaul.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd]]

'''Creative Work:''' HEATHENS (--LJ--) [[https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1156476/heathens-markjin]]

JR - Remediation
"Critical Reading:" Emoji Portrait Art [[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/26/style/emoji-portraits-yung-jake.html]]
"Creative Work" Emoji Ink [[http://emoji.ink]]

SG - Serial Narrative through Social Media
'''Critical Reading''': Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media (Ruth Page) [https://muse.jhu.edu/article/507669/pdf]

'''Creative Works''': Black Box (Jennifer Egan) [https://storify.com/cbcbooks/jennifer-egan-s-black-box] (Tweet Collection), [http://stuyww.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/0/6/14065772/black_box_--_jennifer_egan.pdf] (PDF Format)
Dear David (Adam Ellis) [https://storify.com/moby_dickhead/dear-david] (Tweet Collection), [https://twitter.com/moby_dickhead?lang=en] (Actual Twitter Account)

RT - Twitter Fiction

'''Critical Readings:''' The Great American Twitter Novel [https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/great-american-twitter-novel]
Twitter Fiction: Social Networking and Microfiction in 140 Characters [http://www.tesl-ej.org/wordpress/issues/volume13/ej52/ej52int/?iframe=true&width=80%&height=80%]
Neil Gaiman sets Twitter ablaze with fan collaboration [https://www.pcworld.com/article/2030776/neil-gaiman-sets-twitter-ablaze-with-fan-collaboration.html]

'''Creative Works:''' THE RIGHT SORT from Sceptre Books on Twitter [https://twitter.com/SceptreBooks/timelines/488586138048004096]
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/12/twitter-fiction-140-character-novels]
Hearts, Keys and Puppetry by Neil Gaiman and the Twitterverse [https://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Hearts-Keys-and-Puppetry-Audiobook/B0037BODY8?ref_=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl&qid=1508991209&sr=1-1]

BKS - Digital Academia
'''Critical Reading''': Living in a Digital World: Rethinking Peer Review, Collaboration, and Open Access by Shiela Cavangh [http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-4/living-in-a-digital-world-by-sheila-cavanagh/]

'''Creative Work''': The Knotted Line [http://knottedline.com/]

Transformations

2017-10-24T21:08:12Z

Auxiliatrix: /* See Also */

trans·for·ma·tion
(noun)
- a thorough or dramatic change in form or appearance.

"Its landscape has undergone a radical transformation" (via Google Definitions).

I want to focus on the opening passage about Brother Jacob. Why would Hayles choose this particular story out of ALL passages in the world? What makes this passage so important in providing context for Electronic Literature? Maybe Hayles picked this passage so the reader can sympathize with Brother Jacob, whom is losing his entire life's works and specialized skills to the mechanical type. Maybe Hayles wants to introduce a connection between the "passing of time" and the transformations that happen over time (Hayles). Or, maybe she wants to stir the pot a little by revealing the uneasiness and fear that many print-poets have towards the inevitable Electronic Literature. E-lit has transformed multiple ideas regarding poetry: the definition of poetry, the platform in which poetry is produced, and the overall expectation of what poetry should be, which would make any "old-fashioned" writer or poet fear for the art they dedicated their lives to. People read poetry to find an emotional connection, and to satisfy their fears that someone out there in the world is feeling the exact same things. [[People]] look for clarity, reality, and deeper meanings to life. Because there are so many expectations as to what true poetry is, poets spend their entire lifetimes trying to produce the perfect pieces for the masses. Hence, not everyone can be a poet. However, Electronic Poetry defies the pre-existing notion of poetry. Electronic poetry transforms the realm of poets and opens up the art to everyone (like John the Computer Science Major.) [[Anyone]] can make electronic poetry, which is what makes this art so incredibly diverse, unique, [[malleable]], and progressive. Electronic Literature is unnerving for people like Brother Jacob and my grandma (who don't know how to work computers or iPhones) because it dives into the unknown. It does not conform to pre-existing notions of poetry in any forms, which I think is pretty cool.

Anyway, I got carried away. Overall, I think Hayles uses Brother Jacob as an example of the fear and uncertainty we all feel with Electronic Literature. Is it poetry or is it mumbo-jumbo?

-Lorel
==See Also==
[[Poetry]]
[[New]]
[[Nonsensical gibberish]]

Transformations

2017-10-24T21:07:45Z

Auxiliatrix:

COOKIE CLICKER

2017-10-24T02:31:26Z

Auxiliatrix:

I have never known my grandma, and yet Cookie Clicker has provided me with all of the grandmas I will ever need in life. Cookie Clicker has everything one could want: a commentary on efficient division of work within a business, how to run an economy, delicious cookies baked with love...what more could you want?

I actually once befriended someone through Cookie Clicker. He was a mutual friend -- we ate lunch together, but he and I never really talked. My Senior year of high school, we had a class together where we were the only Seniors. We always sat in the back together, and though I said hi to him every day, our conversations ended at that.

That is, until one day, when he turned to me and asked, "So do you play Cookie Clicker?" And that was the start of a beautiful friendship.

That day, I learned that cookies bring people together. Silly online games do as well (that's the power of e-lit! well, one of many powers. And in its own way, I do believe Cookie Clicker has its own meaning as well. Again, commentary on running businesses and economics! How to efficiently become a megalith of a corporation), but it was mostly the delicious, delicious cookies and delicious, delicious capitalism.

COOKIE CLICKER

2017-10-24T02:29:04Z

Auxiliatrix: Created page with "I have never known my grandma, and yet Cookie Clicker has provided me with all of the grandmas I will ever need in life. Cookie Clicker has everything one could want: a commen..."

I have never known my grandma, and yet Cookie Clicker has provided me with all of the grandmas I will ever need in life. Cookie Clicker has everything one could want: a commentary on efficient division of work within a business, how to run an economy, delicious cookies baked with love...what more could you want?

I actually once befriended someone through Cookie Clicker. He was a mutual friend -- we ate lunch together, but he and I never really talked. My Senior year of high school, we had a class together where we were the only Seniors. We always sat in the back together, and though I said hi to hi every day, our conversations ended at that.

That is, until one day, when he turned to me and asked, "So do you play Cookie Clicker?" And that was the start of a beautiful friendship.

That day, I learned that cookies bring people together. Silly online games do as well (that's the power of e-lit! well, one of many powers), but it was mostly the delicious, delicious cookies and delicious, delicious capitalism.

Grow

2017-10-24T02:18:38Z

Auxiliatrix:

I PLAYED [[COOKIE CLICKER]] FOR THREE STRAIGHT HOURS.

I didn’t realize how clicking randomly on the screen and watching the number grow could be this satisfying at first. Then I fell into the trap and next second I looked at the screen it’s 2am in the morning. The game is so rewarding that I can’t believe I have never heard of it before. One reason why I assumed people like this game is that there is simply no way to fail the game, all the player needs to do is to watch the cookies being baked, and the gamer doesn’t even need to move his or her fingers. I opened the game again today and I have got to 17 million cookies during the weekend—the baking doesn’t stop even with the window shut off. During the process of the game, one can also see some interesting development on the message box above, which shows cookies, a family-friendly treat, slowly turns into a capitalistic currency as the industry grows. The effect is almost hilarious, and my favorite so far is “there are now museums dedicated to your cookies”. The game itself could be interpreted as a huge ad—my addiction for cookies soon returned after the first hour of binge playing of this game.

Fans

2017-10-17T05:56:42Z

Auxiliatrix:

''Fidonia on Chapter 1 Tue 11 Sep 2012 12:32AM EDT''
Why am I reading this. I KNOW it's going to end in death and sadness and misery and yet I can't resist the urge to read it when I see that it's updated. Why.

''HellboundShadow on Chapter 1 Tue 28 Feb 2017 11:32AM EST''
Oooooo!!

''wow on Chapter 3 Sun 30 Sep 2012 12:09PM EDT''
BEST CHAPTER
GAHHHHHH PERfect

''Viccy on Chapter 5 Fri 14 Sep 2012 12:30AM EDT''
Oh my COD ! STRIDER , that was extremely rude an' Kar doesnt even know you that whale to figure its an ironic (possibly?) rant in deadtone mockery!!! No strider no

''ME on Chapter 9 Thu 22 Nov 2012 11:28PM EST''
U FINITH THOON ? PWEEEEZ

''Mistyminded223 on Chapter 11 Fri 24 May 2013 09:52AM EDT''
Oh gog... Gamzee's sober again. EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR MOTHERFUCKING LIFE!
On another note...
Joooooooooohn! Just admit it already! You know you want some of that vantASS! ;3
And wow. This story is just... Agdgfk;jfxh&tdtgrcgghb(hgjnbh :3 the fangirl giggles could be heard all the way in Timbuktu ;3 Ahh! <3<3<3<3<3<3 This is so wonderful it makes my feels feel like... It makes them feel so amazing I can't even describe the feels my feels are feeling!
But I am a bit weary about that major character death tag... I'm secretly hoping that there's some weird plot twist and Dave commits suicide or some shit like that so that I will only feel a mild sadness and my feels won't explode... AGAIN. :| Sometimes I think I secretly like to torture myself by reading depressing shit. Because I just KEEP COMING BACK. @_@ So, yeah. Imma shut up now. I'm starting to rant...

''ghfhfhgfggh on Chapter 13 Tue 12 Feb 2013 07:41PM EST''
kiss the boy you fuckin douchebag idiot

''Tavbaby (mai_hyuga) on Chapter 15 Mon 04 Feb 2013 12:48AM EST''
as i read the part about the skype call i was like 'oh what about kanaya?'
then i remembered
kanaya is dead.
thanks.
thanks a lot.

''Arualiaa on Chapter 18 Mon 18 Mar 2013 02:53PM EDT''
I just keep thinking about how lukemia sufferers don't feel any symptoms until they are almost at the point of no return, and, and, and! Holy shit, if he's feeling THAT bad, it means that... that...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY POOR FEELS, YOU BASTARD.

''mistyMinded on Chapter 23 Sun 02 Jun 2013 08:38PM EDT''
"*fangirl squeal* :D Ohmaigog I love this SO FUCKING MUCH! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 I have absolutely no idea why I just typed so many hearts. :3 lol <3 I wish I could bookmark this but I don't have an account here :C oh well. I'll just have to check everyday like I do with the apparent armada, that I am reluctantly building, of awesome unfinished JohnKat fanfics. on another note, you are fucking amazing :3 <3<3<3<3<3(lol more hearts)<3<3<3<3<3 C:"

''sassynepeta on Chapter 24 Thu 27 Jun 2013 01:59AM EDT''
This is AMAZING. Like, a literal gem. It is REALLY rare for me to find a fiction that makes me smile and laugh and get teary - I don't usually get so emotional over literature, especially over literature written by people on the internet. I think the only fic I've read that comes CLOSE to this one is "Twist & Shout". I love how all the characters are written. Absolutely lovely. Jade and Dave are usually completely out of character, and I'm in love with how you depicted Jade's and Karkat's relationship. I don't ship JohnKat, but this fic has captivated me regardless. I give you my applause.

''DaeSiggil on Chapter 25 Tue 02 Jul 2013 05:52AM EDT''
"*just stares; lies down on the ground, tries not to cry, cries a lot*"

''CodePurple on Chapter 25 Tue 02 Jul 2013 12:10PM EDT''
do'TN DO THAT

''Katie on Chapter 28 Sun 11 Aug 2013 09:26AM EDT''
This is one of the best fics I have ever read. I pulled an all nighter to read it and I thought you should know, I cried more reading this than I did reading The Fault in Our Stars for the first time. Thank you.

''Fuck you on Chapter 28 Sat 19 Nov 2016 07:25AM EST''
Just want to let you know that you are a really good writer and stuff.
Okay now that that's out of the way-
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU GOD FUCKING DAMN IT
Why couldn't you have written a happy story? Where Karkat almost died, but didn't? What was even the point of this story? Do you just like making people cry? Good fucking job

----

As hilarious as I think it'd be to leave this page with zero context and force the reader to figure out what it means, I think it's best to provide a little context. I wanted to provide a commentary on fans and how they interact with the specific things they are fans of by showing fan's comments on a fairly notorious fanfiction within the Homestuck fandom. I feel that the comments themselves tell their own story, one complementary to the one that they're reviewing. I chose some because I thought they were funny, but others because they were poignant in one way or another. All of said comments were found [http://archiveofourown.org/works/479498?view_full_work=true here.]

...okay, further context. It's definitely one of my most embarrassing admissions, but I actually wrote this story. I was very active in fandom during the tail end of my middle school/all of high school days, and this was by far the most popular thing I ever wrote. It received over 40,000 hits, which would equate to the entire UCLA undergraduate population AND THEN SOME visiting that page. Wow.

I feel that fanfiction is a brilliant use of electronic literature. Although it did not start as electronic (the first fanfictions were actually published in fan-made magazines in the 70s, fun fact), the creation and spread of the internet has allowed fanfiction to spread like wildfire. It is a brilliant medium for fans to interact not just with each other, but for the creative works they may engage in! And looking at this story - rereading the comments, and even seeing what comes up when I Google the time - blows my mind. So many people have read this, and this story impacted so many people so strongly.

I think that's something unique to electronic literature; it allows anyone the ability to create a work that can reach countless people, regardless of distance.

(Also, I'm still not entirely sure what Twist and Shout is, but I got a lot of comparisons to it. I think it's a Supernatural fanfiction that got incredibly famous where one of the main characters slowly loses his memory due to a brain tumor? I don't know anything about Supernatural.)

Fans

2017-10-17T05:53:25Z

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Fidonia on Chapter 1 Tue 11 Sep 2012 12:32AM EDT
Why am I reading this. I KNOW it's going to end in death and sadness and misery and yet I can't resist the urge to read it when I see that it's updated. Why.

HellboundShadow on Chapter 1 Tue 28 Feb 2017 11:32AM EST
Oooooo!!

wow on Chapter 3 Sun 30 Sep 2012 12:09PM EDT
BEST CHAPTER
GAHHHHHH PERfect

Viccy on Chapter 5 Fri 14 Sep 2012 12:30AM EDT
Oh my COD ! STRIDER , that was extremely rude an' Kar doesnt even know you that whale to figure its an ironic (possibly?) rant in deadtone mockery!!! No strider no

ME on Chapter 9 Thu 22 Nov 2012 11:28PM EST
U FINITH THOON ? PWEEEEZ

Mistyminded223 on Chapter 11 Fri 24 May 2013 09:52AM EDT
Oh gog... Gamzee's sober again. EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR MOTHERFUCKING LIFE!
On another note...
Joooooooooohn! Just admit it already! You know you want some of that vantASS! ;3
And wow. This story is just... Agdgfk;jfxh&tdtgrcgghb(hgjnbh :3 the fangirl giggles could be heard all the way in Timbuktu ;3 Ahh! <3<3<3<3<3<3 This is so wonderful it makes my feels feel like... It makes them feel so amazing I can't even describe the feels my feels are feeling!
But I am a bit weary about that major character death tag... I'm secretly hoping that there's some weird plot twist and Dave commits suicide or some shit like that so that I will only feel a mild sadness and my feels won't explode... AGAIN. :| Sometimes I think I secretly like to torture myself by reading depressing shit. Because I just KEEP COMING BACK. @_@ So, yeah. Imma shut up now. I'm starting to rant...

ghfhfhgfggh on Chapter 13 Tue 12 Feb 2013 07:41PM EST
kiss the boy you fuckin douchebag idiot

Tavbaby (mai_hyuga) on Chapter 15 Mon 04 Feb 2013 12:48AM EST
as i read the part about the skype call i was like 'oh what about kanaya?'
then i remembered
kanaya is dead.
thanks.
thanks a lot.

Arualiaa on Chapter 18 Mon 18 Mar 2013 02:53PM EDT
I just keep thinking about how lukemia sufferers don't feel any symptoms until they are almost at the point of no return, and, and, and! Holy shit, if he's feeling THAT bad, it means that... that...
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY POOR FEELS, YOU BASTARD.

mistyMinded on Chapter 23 Sun 02 Jun 2013 08:38PM EDT
*fangirl squeal* :D Ohmaigog I love this SO FUCKING MUCH! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 I have absolutely no idea why I just typed so many hearts. :3 lol <3 I wish I could bookmark this but I don't have an account here :C oh well. I'll just have to check everyday like I do with the apparent armada, that I am reluctantly building, of awesome unfinished JohnKat fanfics. on another note, you are fucking amazing :3 <3<3<3<3<3(lol more hearts)<3<3<3<3<3 C:

sassynepeta on Chapter 24 Thu 27 Jun 2013 01:59AM EDT
This is AMAZING. Like, a literal gem. It is REALLY rare for me to find a fiction that makes me smile and laugh and get teary - I don't usually get so emotional over literature, especially over literature written by people on the internet. I think the only fic I've read that comes CLOSE to this one is "Twist & Shout". I love how all the characters are written. Absolutely lovely. Jade and Dave are usually completely out of character, and I'm in love with how you depicted Jade's and Karkat's relationship. I don't ship JohnKat, but this fic has captivated me regardless. I give you my applause.

DaeSiggil on Chapter 25 Tue 02 Jul 2013 05:52AM EDT
*just stares; lies down on the ground, tries not to cry, cries a lot*

CodePurple on Chapter 25 Tue 02 Jul 2013 12:10PM EDT
do'TN DO THAT

Katie on Chapter 28 Sun 11 Aug 2013 09:26AM EDT
This is one of the best fics I have ever read. I pulled an all nighter to read it and I thought you should know, I cried more reading this than I did reading The Fault in Our Stars for the first time. Thank you.

Fuck you on Chapter 28 Sat 19 Nov 2016 07:25AM EST
Just want to let you know that you are a really good writer and stuff.
Okay now that that's out of the way-
FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU GOD FUCKING DAMN IT
Why couldn't you have written a happy story? Where Karkat almost died, but didn't? What was even the point of this story? Do you just like making people cry? Good fucking job

----

As hilarious as I think it'd be to leave this page with zero context and force the reader to figure out what it means, I think it's best to provide a little context. I wanted to provide a commentary on fans and how they interact with the specific things they are fans of by showing fan's comments on a fairly notorious fanfiction within the Homestuck fandom. I feel that the comments themselves tell their own story, one complementary to the one that they're reviewing. I chose some because I thought they were funny, but others because they were poignant in one way or another. All of said comments were found [http://archiveofourown.org/works/479498?view_full_work=true here.]

...okay, further context. It's definitely one of my most embarrassing admissions, but I actually wrote this story. I was very active in fandom during the tail end of my middle school/all of high school days, and this was by far the most popular thing I ever wrote. It received over 40,000 hits, which would equate to the entire UCLA undergraduate population AND THEN SOME visiting that page. Wow.

I feel that fanfiction is a brilliant use of electronic literature. Although it did not start as electronic (the first fanfictions were actually published in fan-made magazines in the 70s, fun fact), the creation and spread of the internet has allowed fanfiction to spread like wildfire. It is a brilliant medium for fans to interact not just with each other, but for the creative works they may engage in! And looking at this story - rereading the comments, and even seeing what comes up when I Google the time - blows my mind. So many people have read this, and this story impacted so many people so strongly.

I think that's something unique to electronic literature; it allows anyone the ability to create a work that can reach countless people, regardless of distance.

(Also, I'm still not entirely sure what Twist and Shout is, but I got a lot of comparisons to it. I think it's a Supernatural fanfiction that got incredibly famous where one of the main characters slowly loses his memory due to a brain tumor? I don't know anything about Supernatural.)

Bandcamp

2017-10-17T03:42:16Z

Auxiliatrix:

Bandcamp is an online music platform co-founded by Ethan Diamond, Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt, and Neal Tucker that caters directly towards fans of independent music. Its goal as a company is "to create the best possible service for artists and labels to share and earn money from their music, and for [[fans]] to discover and enjoy it" (bandcamp.com). By directly supporting artists, the skepticism of artist compensation when buying their songs is eliminated. There is a myriad of creators and projects to choose from when clicking over to the "discover" page on the website. Not only can one pick out a singular genre to focus on, but one could also distinguish between the format of the project: digital, [[vinyl record]], compact disc, and cassette. As antiquated as the non-digital options are, the physicality creates an intimacy that is sometimes lost when targeting specifically digital music. At the same time, the site is "one of the greatest underground-culture bazaars of our time" (thenewyorktimes.com). An overview of the community on Bandcamp reveals an endless ocean of unlimited creativity. Examples of the peculiar side of the platform are revealed on the [[YouTube]] channel "theneedledrop"'s series "IT CAME FROM BANDCAMP!," highlighting strange and interesting projects.

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqA46RPQdZA&index=8&list=PLP4CSgl7K7opu4iUNivGAD1_hEMnR8cK4]]

@Horse ebooks

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[https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks?lang=en Horse ebooks], created in August 2010, is the single greatest creation to ever grace Twitter.com.

"Everything happens so much" - Horse ebooks, sharing possibly the most profound quote in existence.

Horse ebooks is the most perfect blend of surrealism, comedy, and life advice to have ever been created. It is the epitome of nouveau art on the internet, and spent much of its fame straddling the line between reality and fiction. Was Horse ebooks simply a profound bot? Was it a real person hiding behind a mask, like the man behind the curtain in the wizard of Oz? Who was Horse ebooks?

The answer came a few years later. Horse ebooks was simply a man, a farce that had fooled us all. However, Horse ebooks has left behind a legacy. One of realistic bots that leave one guessing for hours: is this a person, or not? Regardless, Horse ebooks is definitely the best Twitter account to have ever existed.

Here are some more wonderful quotes.

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/229849351273459712 All of it was pure garbage.]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/227304325188300801 Like a sponge, I soaked.]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/217355506585579520 we shall and we will and we will and we shall and we do and we care and we live and we love and we care and we shall and we care and we]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/213006342695297026 WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE ARE ALL MOVING]

Random work

2017-10-09T20:59:39Z

Auxiliatrix:

After reading the writings of Lewitt, Goldsmith and Altman, I have to concede that I am still not wholly sure of what conceptual art or conceptual text is. This vagueness of definition is why I selected the title “Random work” for my entry - I felt like there was no clear boundary between what was or was not conceptual work.

However, reading more about it has led me to believe that conceptual text is a form of literature where “the idea or concept is the most important aspect,” and the appearance of completion or aesthetic appeal is of secondary importance (Goldsmith, 2005). Perhaps what characterises conceptual work is the absence of any clearly definable structure or format, but above all the presence of an idea or certain key feature.

One example of conceptual work which comes to mind for me would be the product of our in-class publication exercise: E-Lit: What Is It? Revised & Expanded UCLA Edition, v2.01. The book’s original format was distorted with our numerous additions, to the point where it looked unstructured and unpredictable. However, the key idea behind making it was just adding more information based on what was already in the reading to build a more comprehensive account of the people and contents in it.

While conceptual work may seem ambiguous and thus lacking in clear purpose, I feel that conceptual writing is very valuable, particularly on the Internet where it is viewable by countless. On social media such as Twitter, for example, people can even follow and interact with examples of conceptual writing.

Conceptual writing can be very impressive, as in the case of @everyword, which spent 7 years (2007-2014) to successfully tweet every word in the English language. I found myself amused that someone actually commenced this endeavour, and impressed that it was actually completed. This could be an example of conceptual writing because the Twitter just tweeted words one at a time without further contextualisation, but there was a primary goal of tweeting every English word. Perhaps this is an example of serial text as well, since the various tweets eventually came together to form a single product – a collection of every English word.

Conceptual writing can also amuse and entertain. One of the most prominent examples of this would be @MayorEmanuel, the fake Twitter account of Chicago’s mayor. It seems that what allowed the Twitter to attract such a large following was its “profane, lyrical and heartfelt” nature, something I found to be true when viewing it (Gustin, 2011). The tweets seemed so absurd, non-sequitur and ill-befitting a mayor, but that was what allowed this example of conceptual writing to be so comical and popular. Another example can be seen in [[@Horse_ebooks]], which generates sometimes hilariously nonsensical tweets, and at times very relatable ones such as “Everything happens so much.” I think that because what is most key to conceptual writing is the idea, this allows conceptual writing to resonate with many or at least encourage them to continue interacting with it.

What I have learnt is that conceptual art and text may not be easily definable, but it is nonetheless recognisable. The process of creating and viewing it can actually be fun, and it is a meaningful addition to our world, particularly in the online sphere where it can reach many.

Horse e books

2017-10-09T20:56:44Z

Auxiliatrix:

Horse e books

2017-10-09T20:56:00Z

[https://twitter.com/horse_ebooks?lang=en Horse ebooks], created in August 2010, is the single greatest creation to ever grace Twitter.com.

"Everything happens so much" - Horse ebooks, sharing possibly the most profound quote in existence.

Horse ebooks is the most perfect blend of surrealism, comedy, and life advice to have ever been created. It is the epitome of nouveau art on the internet, and spent much of its fame straddling the line between reality and fiction. Was Horse ebooks simply a profound bot? Was it a real person hiding behind a mask, like the man behind the curtain in the wizard of Oz? Who was Horse ebooks?

The answer came a few years later. Horse ebooks was simply a man, a farce that had fooled us all. However, Horse ebooks has left behind a legacy. One of realistic bots that leave one guessing for hours: is this a person, or not? Regardless, Horse ebooks is definitely the best Twitter account to have ever existed.

Here are some more wonderful quotes.

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/229849351273459712 All of it was pure garbage.]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/227304325188300801] Like a sponge, I soaked.]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/217355506585579520 we shall and we will and we will and we shall and we do and we care and we live and we love and we care and we shall and we care and we]

[https://twitter.com/Horse_ebooks/status/213006342695297026 WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE ARE ALL MOVING]

Engagement

2017-10-05T02:10:47Z

Auxiliatrix:

Engagement - noun

1. a formal agreement to get married.

2. something that engages (ex to hold the attention of)

Electronic literature allows for readers and consumers of said literature to experience engagement that print media simply cannot provide. Christopher Funkhouser describes one of these methods of engagement in his work on digital media. He lists what he classifies as four main forms of hypertext works, one of which is a visual work that the reader has to negotiate and explore themselves. This allows a realm of possibility to open up, far beyond the typical relationship readers have with print literature.

One example of this a project called [http://knottedline.com/tkl.html The Knotted Line], a work referenced to in Miriam Posner's explanation on the unexplored possibilities of digital humanities. The Knotted Line is a webpage that shows a series of winding, interconnected lines and illustrations. Only by clicking and dragging the lines around can the reader reveal the true message of the work. On the "other side" of the line are entirely different illustrations as well as small nodes of information which explain and describe the systematic oppression faced by people of the color in the United States. Rather than passively read the information, readers have to physically look for the information, thus providing a multimedia experience that forces the reader to engage with the work in an entirely new way.

Engagement

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Interactive

2017-10-05T00:06:57Z

Auxiliatrix:

After reading Hayles' introduction to electronic literature, I found myself comparing and contrasting the differences between traditional literature and electronic literature. Traditional literature has the typical plot where the reader follows, but with electronic literature, I find it most intriguing that the reader is able to create their own story within the author's story in interactive fiction. The author usually has the pen and is writing the story, but with electronic media, there gives more of a possibility for a plethora of different variations of stories for each character. Having a say in the storyline, "hypertext is synonymous with democracy and user empowerment" (Hayles). To have a voice brings more enjoyment to a reader overall, and it keeps [[engagement]] high as well as retainment. If a reader has a role in the story itself, they build a stronger connection that allows them to continue on. Interactive fiction allows the interactor to step into the character's shoes virtually instead of imagining in their minds, and that's what makes it so special and unique. It's an experience and connection that did not exist before with traditional literature, and now with this comes more creative outlets for literature. The evolution of interactive fiction continues as new technology is invented each day, and with new forms of literature comes a more integrated way of reading as society changes.

Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

Platformstuck

Platformstuck

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Pokemon

Pokemon

Pokemon

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UCLA

Post-Digital Objects

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Post-Digital Reading Library

Post-Digital Reading Library

Empowerment

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Wreading E-Lit

Poor Bootleg

Poor Bootleg

Poor Bootleg

Dronestagram

View

Alt Syllabus

Alt Syllabus

Alt Syllabus

Transformations

Transformations

See also: nothing?

See also: nothing?

COOKIE CLICKER

COOKIE CLICKER

Grow

Fans

Fans

Bandcamp

@Horse ebooks

Random work

Horse e books

Horse e books

Engagement

Engagement

Interactive