Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

Sampling

2017-11-28T02:20:19Z

Bliss: Created page with "For my final project I wanted to do a sampling of Poe's Tell-Tale heart where I find all the words from various youtube videos and just form it together to create the short st..."

For my final project I wanted to do a sampling of Poe's Tell-Tale heart where I find all the words from various youtube videos and just form it together to create the short story in its entirety. Initially, I wanted to do Moby Dick (and call it Youtube Dick) but I was quite aware I would not be able to complete a behemoth of a novel like that. If that was not clear enough I'll give an example. Tell-Tale heart starts with the word "True!" I was thinking of sampling a part of Nas' The Genesis where Nas yells "True! True!" and take one of the true's as the replacement for Poe's literary "true". This won't be limited to just hip hop videos though, I will attempt to create a wide variety as a way to truly embrace the variety that could be found on youtube. Here's the Tell-Tale Heart:

True! --nervous --very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses --not destroyed --not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily --how calmly I can tell you the whole story.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees --very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this, And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously --cautiously (for the hinges creaked) --I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.

Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back --but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily. I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?" I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; --just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.

Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself --"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney --it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel --although he neither saw nor heard --to feel the presence of my head within the room.

When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye. It was open --wide, wide open --and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness --all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense? --now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.

But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eve. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! --do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.

If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye --not even his --could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out --no stain of any kind --no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all --ha! ha! When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock --still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, --for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises. I smiled, --for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search --search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.

The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: --It continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness --until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears. No doubt I now grew very pale; --but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased --and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound --much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath --and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly --more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men --but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed --I raved --I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder --louder --louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! --no, no! They heard! --they suspected! --they knew! --they were making a mockery of my horror!-this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now --again! --hark! louder! louder! louder! louder!

"Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! here, here! --It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

Nothing more post-lit than sampling this!

Communicate our experiences

2017-11-28T02:13:19Z

Bliss:

Charles Bernstein

Class Profiler: Check Levels

This is a list of rhetorical features of individual classes. Pick one class and rate it for each of these characteristics. Rate the levels of these features on a one to ten scale with one the lowest level and ten the highest level. Be specific: give examples to support assessment. Compare two classes based on these features. Also: compare any group of classes based on their likeness/difference from one another. (NOTE: please provide additional parameters for the Profiler, which is in development.)

Name of Class: ENGL 116B - Introduction to Electronic Literature

Professor: D. Snelson

Today’s Date: 10/14/2017

Your name: AW

ratings 1 (low) to 10 (high)

Stylistic Textures and Poetic Diction

Coefficient of weirdness (wackiness quotient)___10

Ambiguity____9

Ambivolence____8

Irreverence____8

Sobriety____2

Humor____6

Eloquence____7

Plainness____1

Sincerity____4

Smoothness (vs roughness, bumpiness, striation)____3

Neat (vs messy)____1

Pretentiousness____2

Subtlety (vs bluntness)____3

Indirect (vs straightforward)____4

Intelligence____9

Visual imagery____7

Dreaminess____3

Particularity (vs generality) of details____3

Stylistic consistency____1

Innovation____8

Originality____10

Ornamental/decorative____2

Relevance____3

Tastefulness____4

Speech-like____1

Dialect___1

[[Sampling]] (use of found or quoted material)____10

Comprehensibility____5

Coherence____5

Spontaneity____8

Exploratory____10

Density____8

Predictability____1

Abstractness____8

Sensuousness____1

Weariness____1

Sophistication ____6

Timidity____1

Bravado____3

Courage___6

Unusual vocabulary____9

Complexity____9

Repetitiveness____2

Self-consciousness____7

Artifice (vs “natural”)____8

Difficulty____8

Modern/contemporary (vs old fashioned)____9

Transparency Ratio (outward vs inward pointing)____9

==See also==
*[[you]]
*[[poetry]]

©Charles Bernstein 2009; may be reproduced for noncommericial use only.

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2017-11-14T06:55:17Z

Bliss:

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-14T06:54:59Z

Bliss:

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Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-14T06:54:06Z

Bliss:

Comments

2017-11-07T07:29:26Z

Bliss:

Rather than write a summary about what I learned from this week's reading, I decided to simply copy/paste the comments I made while annotating the Ian Bogost -- I will limit it to the introduction and 1st chapter of his book. I felt it would be interesting to look at these comments I made in a new light -- that is, stripped from its original context of Ian Bogost's book. Hope I'm making sense!

'''INTRODUCTION'''
Aim?
His Theory is that contemporary literary analysis similar to computation

Move/Swing Back

Hardwork

Video Games controlled by the market

Still unsure what that means

Interesting

True

Yes!

Jargon is a unit?

?

Criticism is a toolbox

Give a working definition of Ludology

Just talks about game theory

Video games are different!

Interchangeable

Only part you care about!

Cool!

[[File:IanBogost.jpg|400px|thumb|right|Mr.Unit-Based Analysis himself, Ian Bogost]]

'''Chapter 1'''

? What

So its not like system operations?

Unit operation interpret networks? What networks?

System operations = literary authority

Bleh. Just filler about bio.

Unit operation = function

System = Context

Not as simple as binary opposition

New definitions for systems derived by networking of components

More genome bleh

Meh just talking about the history of the shift from system -> unit complexity

Definition time!

Systems can be units to other systems! Wow!

Unit =/= object because of c.s definition

Unit = object

Units are everything

Should I care about Luhmann?

Ok. Makes sense

Problems with system operations

Less focused on discovery with complex

Yikes. Heidegger

All this Heidegger talk

Operation is the transformation of input

How abstract

Heidegger = Software engineering

Why do you repeat yourself?

No principle only function and logic

God & Nature = Unit..

1 Substance, many modes

Useless paragragh

Ok here we go

ball of TWINE

Spinoza more digitial

Cantor: Coherent totality

Contain the infinite through set

Count as one & Situation

Every one is a multiple =/= no unit

One = operation

Being belonging to a situation

meh review

Badiou configuring multiples to one

Procedurality in computers the ability of formalizing many units

Problem with count as one

Unit operation universal shouldn't be limited

Procedularity and literary formula

Unit analysis good for unpacking

Example of unit analysis

Good example

Interesting

-Bliss

File:IanBogost.jpg

2017-11-07T07:28:40Z

Bliss:

Comments

2017-11-07T07:28:23Z

Bliss:

Rather than write a summary about what I learned from this week's reading, I decided to simply copy/paste the comments I made while annotating the Ian Bogost -- I will limit it to the introduction and 1st chapter of his book. I felt it would be interesting to look at these comments I made in a new light -- that is, stripped from its original context of Ian Bogost's book. Hope I'm making sense!

'''INTRODUCTION'''
Aim?
His Theory is that contemporary literary analysis similar to computation

Move/Swing Back

Hardwork

Video Games controlled by the market

Still unsure what that means

Interesting

True

Yes!

Jargon is a unit?

?

Criticism is a toolbox

Give a working definition of Ludology

Just talks about game theory

Video games are different!

Interchangeable

Only part you care about!

Cool!

'''Chapter 1'''

? What

So its not like system operations?

Unit operation interpret networks? What networks?

System operations = literary authority

Bleh. Just filler about bio.

Unit operation = function

System = Context

Not as simple as binary opposition

New definitions for systems derived by networking of components

More genome bleh

Meh just talking about the history of the shift from system -> unit complexity

Definition time!

Systems can be units to other systems! Wow!

Unit =/= object because of c.s definition

Unit = object

Units are everything

Should I care about Luhmann?

Ok. Makes sense

Problems with system operations

Less focused on discovery with complex

Yikes. Heidegger

All this Heidegger talk

Operation is the transformation of input

How abstract

Heidegger = Software engineering

Why do you repeat yourself?

No principle only function and logic

God & Nature = Unit..

1 Substance, many modes

Useless paragragh

Ok here we go

ball of TWINE

Spinoza more digitial

Cantor: Coherent totality

Contain the infinite through set

Count as one & Situation

Every one is a multiple =/= no unit

One = operation

Being belonging to a situation

meh review

Badiou configuring multiples to one

Procedurality in computers the ability of formalizing many units

Problem with count as one

Unit operation universal shouldn't be limited

Procedularity and literary formula

Unit analysis good for unpacking

Example of unit analysis

Good example

Interesting

-Bliss

[[File:IanBogost.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mr.Unit-Based Analysis himself, Ian Bogost]]

Future

2017-11-07T07:21:44Z

Bliss:

Universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → arm → star system → telluric planet → continent → grassland → settlement→ tent → leather → skin cells → nucleus → DNA → genetic code → A → molecules → atoms → neutrons → down quark → qwubble → bubbleverse → universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → life → ogaggaddler → body → brain → neuron → atoms → protons → quarks ← thoughts ← skull ← head ← embodiment ← creation ← wiki ← concept art ← collective creation ← Engl 116 ← [[Room]] 160 ← Royce Hall ← North Campus ← University of California, Los Angeles ← Westwood ← West Los Angeles ← Los Angeles County ← SoCal ← California ← West Coast ← United States ← North America ← Northern Hemisphere ← earth ← solar system ← milky way ← galactic supercluster ← universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → arm → [[star system]] → asteroid belt → asteroid → ice → water → oxygen → electron → q. wubble → cookieverse → universe→ galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → nebula → a brooding interstellar cloud → helium → proton → up quark → qwubble → planiverse → universe
[[File:milkyway.jpg|200px|thumb|Nested was my favorite game]]

==See Also==
*[[Want]]
*[[Choice]]
*[[New]]
*[[Dead-end pages]]

File:Milkyway.jpg

2017-11-07T07:20:41Z

Bliss:

Future

2017-11-07T07:20:19Z

Bliss:

Universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → arm → star system → telluric planet → continent → grassland → settlement→ tent → leather → skin cells → nucleus → DNA → genetic code → A → molecules → atoms → neutrons → down quark → qwubble → bubbleverse → universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → life → ogaggaddler → body → brain → neuron → atoms → protons → quarks ← thoughts ← skull ← head ← embodiment ← creation ← wiki ← concept art ← collective creation ← Engl 116 ← [[Room]] 160 ← Royce Hall ← North Campus ← University of California, Los Angeles ← Westwood ← West Los Angeles ← Los Angeles County ← SoCal ← California ← West Coast ← United States ← North America ← Northern Hemisphere ← earth ← solar system ← milky way ← galactic supercluster ← universe → galactic supercluster → galaxy → arm → [[star system]] → asteroid belt → asteroid → ice → water → oxygen → electron → q. wubble → cookieverse → universe→ galactic supercluster → galaxy → galactic center → nebula → a brooding interstellar cloud → helium → proton → up quark → qwubble → planiverse → universe

[[File:milkyway.jpg|200px|thumb|Nested was my favorite game|]]
==See Also==
*[[Want]]
*[[Choice]]
*[[New]]
*[[Dead-end pages]]

Book

2017-11-07T07:15:08Z

Bliss:

Robert Coover attests that we are encountering the "end of books," and I must say this class provides a compelling support for his argument. We are moving away from the novel, so he says. Before the novel was, what? Epic poetry and amores? Classical treatises? It exists as a tradition of history, to be played with, but not replicated, by modern authors. Will the novel pass into this level of distance? The novel which we have credited as the major literary form of fiction and even nonfiction writers. What of genre? What of tonality? How will these be represented, and in what form?

I overheard an old man from the English depart yesterday saying that emojis were the new tonality, and that they took away all sincerity to communication. The woman next to him disagreed somewhat, she chimed that emojis are the new sincerity. I tend to agree. But as I'm ''''''Bold text'''''working on my novel''''' this weekend, how can I combat the fear of the novel leaving me?

[[File:okcomputer.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Hypertext has killed the book. All hail the computer! OK Computer!]]

File:Okcomputer.jpg

2017-11-07T07:14:11Z

Bliss:

Book

2017-11-07T07:13:40Z

Bliss:

Wreading E-Lit

2017-11-05T07:03:47Z

Bliss:

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

Optionally compiled November 5th, 2017

Wreading E-Lit

2017-11-05T07:02:43Z

Bliss:

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

Optionally compiled November 5th, 2017

Reddit.com/r/elitstarthere

Linking-mechanisms

2017-11-04T04:02:43Z

Bliss: Created page with "https://www.reddit.com/r/ElitStartHere/ (midterm)"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ElitStartHere/ (midterm)

Poor Bootleg

2017-11-02T22:52:52Z

Bliss:

Collective NewHive Bootleg Experiment

Links:

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

Beach Each[https://newhive.com/bellalee/beach-each]

POOR IMG [http://newhive.com/bleecka/2017_11_02]

ANXIETY [http://newhive.com/fajfnajk/poor-image]

Issues

2017-10-31T04:23:08Z

Bliss:

[[For]] [[this]] [[week]]'s "alt-syllabus" [[readings]], [[I]] [[decided]] [[to]] [[read]] "Reading Hypertext and the Experience of Literature." [[I]] [[mainly]] [[chose]] [[this]] [[article]] [[because]] [[I]] [[thought]] [[it]] [[would]] [[be]] [[a]] [[useful]] [[toolbox]] [[for]] [[the]] [[upcoming]] [[midterm]] [[and]] [[I'm]] [[very]] [[happy]] [[I]] [[did]]! [[The]] [[paper]] [[was]] [[a]] [[great]] [[counter-argument]] [[to]] [[all]] [[the]] [[pro-hypertext]] [[pieces]] [[that]] [[we've]] [[read]] [[throughout]] [[the]] [[quarter]]. [[The]] [[authors]]' [[main]] [[problem]] [[with]] [[the]] [[possible]] [[future]] [[use]] [[of]] [[hypertext]] [[as]] [[an]] [[alternative]] [[or]] [[replacement]] [[to]] [[the]] [[linear]] [[book]] [[was]] [[that]] [[with]] [[such]] [[liberation]] [[through]] [[the]] [[choosing-of-link]] [[process]] [[that]] [[comes]] [[with]] [[hypertext]] [[fiction]], [[the]] [[reader]] [[becomes]] [[too]] [[preoccupied]] [[with]] [[the]] [[linking-mechanisms]] [[that]] [[the]] [[narrative]] [[itself]] [[becomes]] [[secondary]]. [[Moreover]], [[the]] [[authors]] [[conducted]] [[studies]] [[that]] [[concluded]] [[that]] [[readers]] [[that]] [[were]] [[using]] [[the]] [[hypertext]] [[liberation]] [[format]] [[had]] [[trouble]] [[keeping]] [[up]] [[with]] [[the]] [[narrative]] [[compared]] [[to]] [[those]] [[that]] [[were]] [[reading]] [[with]] [[the]] [[traditional]] [[linear]] [[book]] [[format]]. [[Thus]], [[the]] [[authors]] [[disproved]] [[the]] [[optimistic]] [[outlook]] [[that]] [[many]] [[literary]] [[critics]] [[in]] [[the]] [[90s]] [[had]]; [[that]] [[hypertext]] [[would]] [[become]] [[the]] [[killer]] [[of]] [[the]] [[almighty]] [[book]]. [[After]] [[reading]] [[the]] [[paper]], [[I]] [[had]] [[just]] [[one]] [[question]]: [[how]] [[would]] [[linking-mechanisms]] [[affect]] [[the]] [[reading]] [[of]] [[a]] [[wiki]] [[post]]? [[So]], [[as]] [[a]] [[little]] [[experiment]], [[I]] [[decided]] [[to]] [[make]] [[every]] [[word]] [[of]] [[this]] [[post]] [[a]] [[link]] [[to]] [[see]] [[how]] [[distracting]] [[it]] [[could]] [[be]].

Issues

2017-10-31T04:12:21Z

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[[For]] [[this]] [[week]]'s "alt-syllabus" [[readings]], [[I]] [[decided]] [[to]] [[read]] "Reading Hypertext and the Experience of Literature." [[I]] [[mainly]] [[chose]] [[this]] [[article]] [[because]] [[I]] [[thought]] [[it]] [[would]] [[be]] [[a]] [[useful]] [[toolbox]] [[for]] [[the]] [[upcoming]] [[midterm]] [[and]] [[I'm]] [[very]] [[happy]] [[I]] [[did]]! [[The]] [[paper]] [[was]] [[a]] [[great]] [[counter-argument]] [[to]] [[all]] [[the]] [[pro-hypertext]] [[pieces]] [[that]] [[we've]] [[read]] [[throughout]] [[the]] [[quarter]]. [[The]] [[authors]]' [[main]] [[problem]] [[with]] [[the]] [[possible]] [[future]] [[use]] [[of]] [[hypertext]] [[as]] [[an]] [[alternative]] [[or]] [[replacement]] [[to]] [[the]] [[linear]] [[book]] [[was]] [[that]] [[with]] [[such]] [[liberation]] [[through]] [[the]] [[choosing-of-link]] [[process]] [[that]] [[comes]] [[with]] [[hypertext]] [[fiction]], [[the]] [[reader]] [[becomes]] [[too]] [[preoccupied]] [[with]] [[the]] [[linking-mechanisms]] [[that]] [[the]] [[narrative]] [[itself]] [[becomes]] [[secondary]]. Moreover, the authors conducted studies that concluded that readers that were using the hypertext liberation format had trouble keeping up with the narrative compared to those that were reading with the traditional linear book format. Thus, the authors disproved the optimistic outlook that many literary critics in the 90s had; that hypertext would become the killer of the almighty book. After reading the paper, I had just one question: how would linking-mechanisms affect the reading of a wiki post? So, as a little experiment, I decided to make every word of this post a link to see how distracting it could be.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-31T03:46:39Z

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What is [[see also: nothing?|not]] [[electronic]] literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], ELIT WIKI wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of [[digital]] formats and networked [[consoles]], each of which introduce [[new]] [[practices]] of production, circulation, [[reception]], and [[reading]]. Alongside these [[transformations]], this wiki explores a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, [[computer]] scripts, image [[macros]], flash movies, social media, [[hypertext]] [[bandcamp]] [[releases]], [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand [[Analysis of Diana Hamilton's Dreams|books]]. Thinking through the present, ELIT WIKI examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we track the [[development]] of [[literature]] [[under the influence]] of [[computation]] up to works published in the present, as they emerge online. In lockstep, this wiki considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to [[think]] about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of [[(post-)]]digital formats. The wiki features short pages in an open format, which may be [[critical]] or [[creative]] in form, [[developed]] in [[conversation]] with the editors. No previous experience in [[programming]], [[poetry]], or literature is [[required]] to read these pages.

== Inspiration ==

This wiki surveys the development and current state of electronic literature, from the popularity of hypertext fiction in the 1980's to the present, focusing on a range of emergent genres. It also discusses the central critical [[issues]] raised by electronic literature, pointing out that there is significant overlap with the print tradition. At the same time, the essay argues that the practices, texts, procedures, and processual nature of electronic literature require new critical models and new ways of playing and [[interpreting]] the works. E-Lit WIki is not a systematic attempt to survey and summarize the fast-changing field of electronic literature, artists, designers, writers, critics—instead, it imagines itself a [[playful]] [[engagement]] with the forms and platforms of the present. (See [http://eliterature.org/pad/elp.html Hayles, 2007])

== See Also ==

[[Paragraphs on Conceptual Wiki Posts]]

[[Concept Twitter]]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T05:56:09Z

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'''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 (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]

Interactive

2017-10-24T21:07:34Z

Bliss: /* See also */

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.

==See also==
[[Hypertext]]

[[Video Games]]

Interactive

2017-10-24T21:07:15Z

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Comments

2017-10-23T22:36:55Z

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Rather than write a summary about what I learned from this week's reading, I decided to simply copy/paste the comments I made while annotating the Ian Bogost -- I will limit it to the introduction and 1st chapter of his book. I felt it would be interesting to look at these comments I made in a new light -- that is, stripped from its original context of Ian Bogost's book. Hope I'm making sense!

'''INTRODUCTION'''
Aim?
His Theory is that contemporary literary analysis similar to computation

Move/Swing Back

Hardwork

Video Games controlled by the market

Still unsure what that means

Interesting

True

Yes!

Jargon is a unit?

?

Criticism is a toolbox

Give a working definition of Ludology

Just talks about game theory

Video games are different!

Interchangeable

Only part you care about!

Cool!

'''Chapter 1'''

? What

So its not like system operations?

Unit operation interpret networks? What networks?

System operations = literary authority

Bleh. Just filler about bio.

Unit operation = function

System = Context

Not as simple as binary opposition

New definitions for systems derived by networking of components

More genome bleh

Meh just talking about the history of the shift from system -> unit complexity

Definition time!

Systems can be units to other systems! Wow!

Unit =/= object because of c.s definition

Unit = object

Units are everything

Should I care about Luhmann?

Ok. Makes sense

Problems with system operations

Less focused on discovery with complex

Yikes. Heidegger

All this Heidegger talk

Operation is the transformation of input

How abstract

Heidegger = Software engineering

Why do you repeat yourself?

No principle only function and logic

God & Nature = Unit..

1 Substance, many modes

Useless paragragh

Ok here we go

ball of TWINE

Spinoza more digitial

Cantor: Coherent totality

Contain the infinite through set

Count as one & Situation

Every one is a multiple =/= no unit

One = operation

Being belonging to a situation

meh review

Badiou configuring multiples to one

Procedurality in computers the ability of formalizing many units

Problem with count as one

Unit operation universal shouldn't be limited

Procedularity and literary formula

Unit analysis good for unpacking

Example of unit analysis

Good example

Interesting

-Bliss

Fans

2017-10-23T22:10:44Z

Bliss:

''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

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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

2017-10-23T22:10:03Z

Bliss:

''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.)

Language

2017-10-17T03:42:30Z

Bliss:

'''Języki Obce - Andrzej Bursa'''

Czy twój ojciec pali fajkę?

Tak mój ojciec pali fajkę

Yes, my father smokes the pipe

powtórz to zdanie

otworzy ci ono

o-

knonaświat

Gdy będziesz siedział na Broadwayu

w barze piękniejszym niż oczy szatana

spytają cię niezawodnie

czy twój ojciec pali fajkę

wtedy odpowiesz z uśmiechem

Yes, my father smokes the pipe

Widzisz

jak to będzie cudowne

'''Foreign Languages by Andrzej Bursa
'''

Does your father smoke pipe?

Yes my father smokes pipe

Yes, my father smokes pipe

repeat this sentence

it will open

u-

pyourworld

When you'll be sitting on Broadway

in a bar more beautiful than satan's eyes

they will inevitably ask you

does your father smoke pipe

answer then with a smile

Yes, my father smokes pipe

See

how wonderful it'll be

'''Yen-z'key Ohb-Sen by AH'n-Jay Burr-SA'''

Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken?

tack mo'e oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken.

Yes, my father smoked the pipe

Poe-two'j toe-z'dine-aye.

Ought-foe-jay che own'oh.

oh-

cone-no-nah she'vat.

Get D Ben'z-sesh shed-jaw,

nah Broadway-you,

've bah-jet peein'k-nine-knee-sham,

niche oh-che shat-on-yeah,

Spit-ah-yeah che knee'eh-z'ah-void-knee'eh,

Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken,

vet-teddy ode-poe-Vee'ish zen,

Osh-me-him,

Yes my father smokes the pipe.

Vee-Just,

Yak toe ben-gee sue-dove-net.

A terrible recording of me reciting the poem: https://clyp.it/3jzyefxd
-Bliss

Language

2017-10-17T03:42:03Z

Bliss:

'''Języki Obce - Andrzej Bursa'''
Czy twój ojciec pali fajkę?

Tak mój ojciec pali fajkę

Yes, my father smokes the pipe

powtórz to zdanie

otworzy ci ono

o-

knonaświat

Gdy będziesz siedział na Broadwayu

w barze piękniejszym niż oczy szatana

spytają cię niezawodnie

czy twój ojciec pali fajkę

wtedy odpowiesz z uśmiechem

Yes, my father smokes the pipe

Widzisz

jak to będzie cudowne

'''Foreign Languages by Andrzej Bursa
'''

Does your father smoke pipe?

Yes my father smokes pipe

Yes, my father smokes pipe

repeat this sentence

it will open

u-

pyourworld

When you'll be sitting on Broadway

in a bar more beautiful than satan's eyes

they will inevitably ask you

does your father smoke pipe

answer then with a smile

Yes, my father smokes pipe

See

how wonderful it'll be

'''Yen-z'key Ohb-Sen by AH'n-Jay Burr-SA'''

Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken?

tack mo'e oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken.

Yes, my father smoked the pipe

Poe-two'j toe-z'dine-aye.

Ought-foe-jay che own'oh.

oh-

cone-no-nah she'vat.

Get D Ben'z-sesh shed-jaw,

nah Broadway-you,

've bah-jet peein'k-nine-knee-sham,

niche oh-che shat-on-yeah,

Spit-ah-yeah che knee'eh-z'ah-void-knee'eh,

Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken,

vet-teddy ode-poe-Vee'ish zen,

Osh-me-him,

Yes my father smokes the pipe.

Vee-Just,

Yak toe ben-gee sue-dove-net.

A terrible recording of me reciting the poem: https://clyp.it/3jzyefxd
-Bliss

Language

2017-10-17T03:40:49Z

Bliss: Created page with "'''Języki Obce - Andrzej Bursa''' Czy twój ojciec pali fajkę? Tak mój ojciec pali fajkę Yes, my father smokes the pipe powtórz to zdanie otworzy ci ono o- knonaświat G..."

'''Języki Obce - Andrzej Bursa'''
Czy twój ojciec pali fajkę?
Tak mój ojciec pali fajkę
Yes, my father smokes the pipe
powtórz to zdanie
otworzy ci ono
o-
knonaświat
Gdy będziesz siedział na Broadwayu
w barze piękniejszym niż oczy szatana
spytają cię niezawodnie
czy twój ojciec pali fajkę
wtedy odpowiesz z uśmiechem
Yes, my father smokes the pipe
Widzisz
jak to będzie cudowne

'''Foreign Languages by Andrzej Bursa
'''
Does your father smoke pipe?
Yes my father smokes pipe
Yes, my father smokes pipe
repeat this sentence
it will open
u-
pyourworld
When you'll be sitting on Broadway
in a bar more beautiful than satan's eyes
they will inevitably ask you
does your father smoke pipe
answer then with a smile
Yes, my father smokes pipe
See
how wonderful it'll be

'''Yen-z'key Ohb-Sen by AH'n-Jay Burr-SA'''
Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken?
tack mo'e oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken.
Yes, my father smoked the pipe
Poe-two'j toe-z'dine-aye.
Ought-foe-jay che own'oh.
oh-
cone-no-nah she'vat.
Get D Ben'z-sesh shed-jaw,
nah Broadway-you,
've bah-jet peein'k-nine-knee-sham,
niche oh-che shat-on-yeah,
Spit-ah-yeah che knee'eh-z'ah-void-knee'eh,
Che t-void oy-che'its pa'lee five-ken,
vet-teddy ode-poe-Vee'ish zen,
Osh-me-him,
Yes my father smokes the pipe.
Vee-Just,
Yak toe ben-gee sue-dove-net.

A terrible recording of me reciting the poem: https://clyp.it/3jzyefxd
-Bliss

Poetry

2017-10-17T02:57:40Z

Bliss:

Reading The Library of Babel made me reconsider everything I know about the English [[language]] and what we as humans hold as knowledge. We associate a set of arbitrary characters with specific feeling, sounds, smells, sights and meanings and, over time, develop various accepted combinations of characters that transcend the arbitrary position of language to create understanding and connection. One of the things that struck me the hardest in this piece was the idea that everything we know or will eventually come to know about our universe and our situations within in are entirely dependent on this arbitrary set of characters and how we assign [[meaning]] to them. Going further, I wonder if, without language, our world would cease to exist. While I know that it would physically remain, what's the purpose of objects and living beings if we have no ways to [[communicate our experiences]] or articulate what each of these objects is. This realization makes me consider the greater [[purpose]] of The Library of Babel, itself. What is the point of a library full of gibberish? One possible reason is to precisely maintain the arbitrary figures of a language and to organize them into every possible combination so that we may understand the past, present and future on the deepest level possible. With regard to that notion, the piece is quite possibly meant to stem our thinking out from what we know to be true to what could ever possibly be true or false, creating a tree of understanding similar to the connections between these WikiLinks. That, then, leads me back to the existential question: what is the point of knowing everything in existence if we don’t yet know the purpose of our own existence? ~LCS

Concept Twitter

2017-10-11T03:49:15Z

Bliss:

@elitconcept | AH | Bliss | https://twitter.com/elitconcept

Lazy

2017-10-10T01:52:27Z

Bliss: Created page with "Lazy, Lazy, Lazy. Is Conceptual Writing lazy? Dworkin's ''Against Expression'' put much emphasis to the copy/paste function and how it opened up a pandora's box of possibiliti..."

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy. Is Conceptual Writing lazy? Dworkin's ''Against Expression'' put much emphasis to the copy/paste function and how it opened up a pandora's box of possibilities for manipulation and conceptual-based writing. Can this writing be considered a masterpiece like one would think of Herman Melville? IS this still literature? Is taking a passages from the 99th passage of a novel and creating entirely new passages from it (Walter Abish's "Skin Deep") just as important as the original novel? Perhaps I'm asking the wrong question, a question that is not really the point of conceptual art. However, I can't help but be intrigued by the idea of it all. If we can merely copy and paste everything, does this mean that the idea of manual writing (as in "not-copied/pasted") become obsolete? Do we need to write anymore? Going through this week's posts, I see many people have embraced copy/pasted writing. Another topic that has caught my attention was the idea of image anarchism. The idea that once we post something online, it is no longer the property of the you, the creator, but another material that could be used and manipulated as the internet sees fit. Is the act of reblogging a work of art, and creating a new context for it, the same as creating the original work of art? Does this post belong to me or does this post belong to everyone that's reading it and wants to use it?
-Bliss

Word

2017-10-10T01:29:21Z

Bliss:

'''Twitter''' '''has''' decided to change the word limit from 140 to 280 & everyone's freaking out. Which, of course, I don't entirely understand. I mean,

there's obvious criticism that those who are '''horrible''' & use the platform negatively will have more power, but ultimately it's not that true?

Because really, when considering matters, '''users''' can always just go & post two tweets in a thread & get a similar effect? So, I don't really

understand why everyone's freaking out. Another complaint is that it'll make the website harder to navigate, '''but''' not really. Has everyone on

'''twitter''' become so [[lazy]] that the idea of reading a tweet that's the size of two tweets genuinely makes people go on embarrassing rage rants?

There are plenty of positive aspects to having this change, such as the space for more creativity & the fact that people '''will''' no longer have

to '''sacrifice''' grammar for the sake of fitting everything in a single tweet anymore, which I love. After going through some conceptual twitter

accounts & seeing how differently people choose to use twitter, I’m quite excited to see what will happen once '''everyone''' does have access to

this new feature. I have a friend that swore he will start tweeting the Bee Movie script in 280 word tweets (someone did '''before''' in 2014 but

'''they''' were by lines rather than by the 140-word limit [http://twitter.com/beemoviescript?lang=en.]). I told him that he was an idiot, but I will probably still follow the account if

he ends up doing it. Although, I truly wish people would just '''ban''' that awful movie already, please. But anyways, as for those people who

are raging, I do understand that sometimes change can be a bit unsettling, especially because humans like familiarity & dislike pushing '''the'''

boundaries unless necessary. But the fact that '''idiots''' are choosing to focus so strongly on this when there are much more important issues to

rage about, even within the platform itself, is quite bizarre. But then again, people always choose to focus on the things '''that''' don’t matter

even though they '''shouldn’t'''. But hey, if they didn't care before then it's no wonder they still don't care. They're too busy raging at Jack.

The new features will be hard to get used to for some but everyone will still '''be there''', still tweeting on the daily, at the end of the day.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-04T02:02:03Z

Bliss:

ENG 116B: Introduction to Electronic Literature

What is not electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a [[distinct]] literary [[category]], this course wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature [[beyond]] the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The [[creation]] and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of digital formats and networked consoles, each of which introduce [[new]] practices of production, circulation, reception, and reading. Alongside these [[transformations]], we’ll explore a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, computer scripts, image macros, flash movies, social media, bandcamp releases, [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand books. Thinking through the present, this introduction examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we’ll track the development of literature under the influence of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge throughout the quarter. In lockstep, the course considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of (post-)digital formats. The course requires short weekly responses in an open format, as well as a mid-term and final assignment, which may be critical or creative in form, developed in conversation with the instructor. No previous experience in programming, [[poetry]], or literature is required.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-03T19:32:55Z

Bliss:

ENG 116B: Introduction to Electronic Literature

What is not electronic literature today? Rather than introduce electronic literature or “e-lit” as a distinct literary category, this course wonders if it’s still possible to consider literature beyond the electronic circuits that characterize the networked present. The creation and study of literature today is facilitated by a range of digital formats and networked consoles, each of which introduce new practices of production, circulation, reception, and reading. Alongside these transformations, we’ll explore a range of new literary genres inhabiting, for example, computer scripts, image macros, flash movies, social media, bandcamp releases, [[interactive]] applications, and print on demand books. Thinking through the present, this introduction examines the history and future of literature through the everyday experience of computers and electronic devices. From the history of digital poetics to recent internet publications, we’ll track the development of literature under the influence of computation up to works published in the present, as they emerge throughout the quarter. In lockstep, the course considers the category of “electronic literature” as a way to think about historical works remediated to the internet, in a wide range of (post-)digital formats. The course requires short weekly responses in an open format, as well as a mid-term and final assignment, which may be critical or creative in form, developed in conversation with the instructor. No previous experience in programming, poetry, or literature is required.

Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

Sampling

Communicate our experiences

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Post-Digital Objects

Post-Digital Objects

Comments

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Comments

Future

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Future

Book

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Book

Wreading E-Lit

Wreading E-Lit

Linking-mechanisms

Poor Bootleg

Issues

Issues

E-Lit Wiki

Alt Syllabus

Interactive

Interactive

Comments

Fans

Fans

Language

Language

Language

Poetry

Concept Twitter

Lazy

Word

Category

E-Lit Wiki

E-Lit Wiki