Introduction to Electronic Literature - User contributions [en]

File:Lies.jpg

2017-11-30T01:48:43Z

Whatisreal:

Book of lies

2017-11-30T01:48:05Z

Whatisreal:

I will be making a book of lies for my final project. The form will be a book of however many pages I come up with after gathering lies, or mention of the words 'lie', 'lies', 'lying', 'liar', and so forth. I will probably structure it by word or platform and I want to somehow make it into a poem or story...I was thinking about incorporating images of lies as well and in that sense I would be able to incorporate digital lies such as photo shopped images or pictures of written lies. This may or may not happen once I begin gathering my content and see different patterns. The materials used will thus be different platforms of social media i.e. Facebook, Twitter (which I will have to make for this project I believe), Instagram, and perhaps song lyrics, so the Internet in general. I may be working with too many platforms if I use all of them though...Anyhow, this project relates to the course content because it deals with how things are sent out and gathered online and how any content put up is essentially able to be taken and warped however someone so chooses. In this way nothing is private, and everything can be transformed, thus creating lies of what really is. It also illustrates how people communicate and express themselves online to convey a variety of different feelings.

[[File:lies.jpg|200px|thumb|right|book of lies]]

Book of lies

2017-11-30T01:41:31Z

Whatisreal: Created page with "I will be making a book of lies for my final project. The form will be a book of however many pages I come up with after gathering lies, or mention of the words 'lie', 'lies',..."

Confused

2017-11-30T01:25:36Z

Whatisreal:

While I definitely believe I've learned a lot from this class in regards to all things electronic (since I was quite terrible with anything electronic before) I still am unsure about what I want to do for my final project. Sitting in the Study, I think about what interests me; music, books, pictures, nature, people, beauty, language, food, shopping, movies, and so forth. So the trick is to somehow combine the maximum number of these interests while still being a relatively easy and cool project for Elit. My current idea is to create a fake person through a social media profile (maybe twitter since I do not have one) formed by eavesdropping and/or taking pictures and information from other public profiles, or idealized things today, to illustrate how easily information can be obtained and abused through the internet as well as to demonstrate the deceptive cloak the Internet can create. Another idea would be to create a [[book of lies]] filled with statements, pictures, or mentions of the word 'lie' from different platforms compiled into one PDF. Another idea could be a "How to start a conversation" filled with what peoples' opening lines or moves are to start a conversation online or in real life...in which case I could incorporate how people use memes, gifs, and cheesy jokes and all. (May ask people specifically or just go off of what people have used on me and what can be found on the Internet). So I suppose I have multiple ideas, none of which I'm sure would be good per se or even as easy as I hope. I would also really love to do something with food/drinks, but I have no idea what I could do along those lines...so some feedback would definitely be amazing! See y'all tomorrow :D

Confused

2017-11-28T01:01:16Z

Whatisreal: Created page with "While I definitely believe I've learned a lot from this class in regards to all things electronic (since I was quite terrible with anything electronic before) I still am unsur..."

While I definitely believe I've learned a lot from this class in regards to all things electronic (since I was quite terrible with anything electronic before) I still am unsure about what I want to do for my final project. Sitting in the Study, I think about what interests me; music, books, pictures, nature, people, beauty, language, food, shopping, movies, and so forth. So the trick is to somehow combine the maximum number of these interests while still being a relatively easy and cool project for Elit. My current idea is to create a fake person through a social media profile (maybe twitter since I do not have one) formed by eavesdropping and/or taking pictures and information from other public profiles, or idealized things today, to illustrate how easily information can be obtained and abused through the internet as well as to demonstrate the deceptive cloak the Internet can create. Another idea would be to create a book of lies filled with statements, pictures, or mentions of the word 'lie' from different platforms compiled into one PDF. Another idea could be a "How to start a conversation" filled with what peoples' opening lines or moves are to start a conversation online or in real life...in which case I could incorporate how people use memes, gifs, and cheesy jokes and all. (May ask people specifically or just go off of what people have used on me and what can be found on the Internet). So I suppose I have multiple ideas, none of which I'm sure would be good per se or even as easy as I hope. I would also really love to do something with food/drinks, but I have no idea what I could do along those lines...so some feedback would definitely be amazing! See y'all tomorrow :D

What

2017-11-28T00:37:03Z

Whatisreal:

[[WHAAAAT?]] [[File: jim.gif |200px|thumb|right|The author's feels as depicted by Jim. Taken from the Alt Syllabus article, "Being an English Major as Told By the Office."]] I'm so [[confused]]. I read the critical piece regarding aesthetics of materiality in electronic literature, and (I think) it helped me view Instagram, specifically, as a literary medium. Unfortunately, I don't see how certain pages such as @Richardwithhairdoingthings would be considered electronic literature. I do see it as art though, since the person behind the Instagram handle is telling a story in his/her own unique way; they are placing certain pictures, images, and captions in a sort of aesthetically pleasing way. (Oh) Is that considered electronic literature? It is indeed like the twitter concept pages we created, the memes that we looked at, the games that we played, the interactive stories that we moved through, and the GIFs that we discussed. If these are all included in the electronic literature genre, I absolutely love it. (I'm rambling a bit cause I'm still confused, but writing down exactly what comes to my mind is actually helping). Regardless of what I think/know, I admire those who are able be get creative with their social media platforms. Instagram users post one picture with a moving caption, and their grid tells an amazing story. The user knows how to arrange their grid in a cohesive manner, so that it is aesthetically pleasing to whoever randomly lands upon it. The captions are usually super clever too - puns, poems, quotes, hashtags, etc.. There really is no limit to what medium you can use when it comes to telling a story.

File:Keychain product.jpg

2017-11-13T05:52:12Z

Whatisreal:

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-13T05:51:53Z

Whatisreal:

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]]

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-13T05:47:39Z

Whatisreal:

Post-Digital Objects

2017-11-13T05:45:33Z

Whatisreal:

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/design_your_own_round_photo_keychain-146641332104920587]
[[File: Key Chain product.jpg]]

File:Twitter.jpg

2017-11-06T21:20:22Z

Whatisreal:

Recorded

2017-11-06T21:20:01Z

Whatisreal:

THE TWITTER NARRATIVE

Seriality and Storytelling in Social Media poses an intriguing point about the importance of the relationship between the creation of a narrative and the eventual meaning of the narrative. From the first letter typed on the page to the final compilation of thoughts in the entire plot, every step is important to the eventual context of the narrative. Social media narratives, specifically, reinforce contextual significance because a short phrase has little meaning without prior platform context or social context. The entire meaning of the narrative can be changed through the simplest shift of context.

The essence of a twitter narrative is centered around the disjointed yet fluid nature of the content, as presented in a series of punctuated phrases that each elicit a different emotion or aim to suggest a specific idea. Jennifer Egan’s artful piece about “The Beauties” begins in the same vague manner that its narrative holds as a key characteristic in the storyline. A multi-level parallelism. The sequential nature of this piece both reflects and creates, actively shifting the meanings of past entries through the addition of new content that progresses the narrative as well as shapes what has already been established as part of the narrative. Egan’s narrative features a series of individual tweets that could each be standalone, retaining an individual meaning, but altogether have a contextual meaning.

Dear David’s documentation of the ghost haunting his apartment is similar to Egan’s narrative in that it is a series of rather disjointed thoughts that all come together to celebrate a greater contextual meaning. The disparity, though, lies in the fact that each of David’s new tweets is posted as a reply to the previous thought. This gives the narrative an additional dimension of its sequential aspect, and deepens the notion that these pieces were not intended to represent their standalone meanings, but rather serve to emphasize the overall meaning and progress the narrative. This is a much more structured attempt at creating a narrative from a series of individual thoughts, as shown through the sequential method of presentation.

The 140-character novel trend is a rather frustrating one. A novel is called a novel because it has the characteristic of being long-winded and detail-filled, and these tweet novels represent no such identity. While I appreciate the creativity behind the careful and simultaneous allocation of letters and meaning, I do not like the cliffhangers whose characters have no name or description, and whose details consist of a single adjective. Never will a single tweet be the platform upon which a great novel will be built. An idea, though, is a viable option.

In ‘13 Beautiful Pieces of Twitter Fiction Remind Us How Powerful Reading Can Be’ we see just how useful social media can be in reinventing historical works of fiction to provide updated context and meaning. Chaucer as a participant in the twittersphere is just as impressive as it is unfathomable. The sheer difficulty of the Canterbury Tales is enough to make us question the decision to transfer his works onto a platform so colloquial. Twitter reworkings of original texts also provide the opportunity to further develop and explore the characters of these texts by creating a contextually based inner monologue diary that deepens the plot and creates unheard of intricacies between the storyline and the characters’ identities.

~LCS

[[File:Twitter.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Twitter as a social media platform for electronic literature and other works of art]]

File:Typewriterpoem.jpg

2017-11-06T21:17:16Z

Whatisreal:

Computer

2017-11-06T21:16:59Z

Whatisreal:

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The system of code relies on an incredibly complex process of [[abstraction]], compression, and encryption. Digital technology runs on code and us humans use digital technology nearly all day, every day, yet code is not broadly understood and is rarely made visible. Instead, it seems as though code is intentionally obscured. In his online-book ''Poetic Computation: Reader'' Taeyoon Choi brings code out of the shadows and discusses it as a form of poetry and aesthetic––an idea with which I myself now identify. I still don't really know what code is and will probably never be able to read it :( , but after reading and viewing some of Choi's work, I am able to see code as both a visual art and as a type of poetry, one that possesses certain "literary" aspects characteristic of "E-Lit." In other words, code is extremely dynamic.
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Choi discusses ''the poetics of code,'' whereby there is something inherently poetic about code itself, as well as the ''poetic effect of code,'' which he defines as an aesthetic experience realized through code. I looked at some of Choi's art, his "code poems" to be specific, and from these works I observed that code has the unique ability to repeat itself just like words in a poem do. One might even say that his code poems contain rhyme schemes, alliterations, enjambments, stanzas, couplets, etc. Here, the equation is simple: code = poetry.

[[File:Typewriterpoem.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Typewriter poems as stylistic choice in digital times]]

Computer

2017-11-06T21:16:13Z

Whatisreal:

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The system of code relies on an incredibly complex process of [[abstraction]], compression, and encryption. Digital technology runs on code and us humans use digital technology nearly all day, every day, yet code is not broadly understood and is rarely made visible. Instead, it seems as though code is intentionally obscured. In his online-book ''Poetic Computation: Reader'' Taeyoon Choi brings code out of the shadows and discusses it as a form of poetry and aesthetic––an idea with which I myself now identify. I still don't really know what code is and will probably never be able to read it :( , but after reading and viewing some of Choi's work, I am able to see code as both a visual art and as a type of poetry, one that possesses certain "literary" aspects characteristic of "E-Lit." In other words, code is extremely dynamic.
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Choi discusses ''the poetics of code,'' whereby there is something inherently poetic about code itself, as well as the ''poetic effect of code,'' which he defines as an aesthetic experience realized through code. I looked at some of Choi's art, his "code poems" to be specific, and from these works I observed that code has the unique ability to repeat itself just like words in a poem do. One might even say that his code poems contain rhyme schemes, alliterations, enjambments, stanzas, couplets, etc. Here, the equation is simple: code = poetry.

[[File:Typewriter.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Typewriter poems as stylistic choice in digital times]]

File:Instagram.jpg

2017-11-06T21:10:34Z

Whatisreal:

Releases

2017-11-06T21:10:13Z

Whatisreal:

I'm interested in how the internet has changed the way that artists, writers and musicians interact with their audience and how social media platforms, like bandcamp have created a new form of personal narrative through accessibility and transparency. Technology has made it possible for art to be instantaneously shared, accessed and responded to (commented on) by consumers. Today, many artists would rather release a smaller output of music more frequently, for example an EP every few months rather than a full length album every year. Songs are also typically shorter. I think this format improves the narrative experience as it naturally interactive as well as encourages artists to take their time. Transparency is an equally important element to this genre, which embraces vulnerability or “baring one’s soul” to the world. I think this is currently pushing literature/ music to be involved, personal and original than it ever has been—look up Frankie Cosmos. Lastly, I think that process of discovery is also unique to this form. As Hayles refers to it, sifting through the “[[drivel]]”, I believe that doing this can sometimes be very gratifying when you discover a writer or band who moves/ inspires you.

--AG

==See also==
[[consoles]]

[[not]]

[[File:Instagram.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Instagram as a social media platform for electronic literature]]

Releases

2017-11-06T21:09:07Z

Whatisreal:

Releases

2017-11-06T21:04:57Z

Whatisreal:

File:File.jpg

2017-11-06T21:00:50Z

Whatisreal: Instagram: A social media platform for different works of art-electronic literature

Instagram: A social media platform for different works of art-electronic literature

Releases

2017-11-06T20:57:48Z

Whatisreal:

Wreading E-Lit

2017-11-05T23:03:59Z

Whatisreal:

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

Optionally compiled November 5th, 2017

R.T.: ''(Un)failed Gaiman Tales'', available on Newhive. 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/

Wreading E-Lit

2017-11-05T23:03:43Z

Whatisreal:

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

Optionally compiled November 5th, 2017

R.T.: ''(Un)failed Gaiman Tales'', available on Newhive. 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/

Fun

2017-10-31T03:03:20Z

Whatisreal:

I read the "Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits" critical work, and thought it would be fun to try to make one and put it on here...but for some reason the wiki does not allow pictures, or I just don't know how to get it on here. In which case I probably need more help with electronic stuff than I thought. So instead I went to my Snapchat and wrote down the first snap of people's snapstories. Enjoy ;D

Why is this Lexus sign upside down

4:28PM

"Hurry up and take the damn pictures"

Pray for me (Pray hands emoji)

Peep my boy Henry (yellow heart emoji)

No u

DTLA

Monday

Good and Evil (red heart, green heart, purple heart emoji)

idk why i've been craving this (heart eyes emoji x2)

Yay go!

1 Day until Halloween

UCHA Los Angeles

Chef Cruz

Monday

Wow them tricks to impress the ladies

I love my job (heart eyes emoji)

Gym (pumped nose steam emoji)

So I found out my roommate doesn't like guava so any takers to be my new roomie?

Cogi the cockblock

Early bird 6:56AM

Camp Flog Naw Carnival

Throwin shade just like her momma

bless

When they're about to spill the chisme, but they say nvm instead

When the prof says come to class more. #fuckyobitchass

Monday

Stoddard Park Anaheim, California

El Jolla Shore

This Weekend in Sports

behold my ochem professor

Lsd (cry face emoji)

Finally got the turd

20

Escape day 3 (upside down smile emoji)

This is so embarrassing omg I bring so much stuff every week

(Laughing emoji)

Fun

2017-10-31T03:02:04Z

Whatisreal:

I read the "Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits" critical work, and thought it would be fun to try to make one and put it on here...but for some reason the wiki does not allow pictures, or I just don't know how to get it on here. In which case I probably need more help with electronic stuff than I thought. So instead I went to my Snapchat and wrote down the first snap of people's snapstories. Enjoy ;D

Why is this Lexus sign upside down

4:28PM

"Hurry up and take the damn pictures"

Pray for me (Pray hands emoji)

Peep my boy Henry (yellow heart emoji)

No u

DTLA

Monday
Good and Evil (red heart, green heart, purple heart emoji)
idk why i've been craving this (heart eyes emoji x2)
Yay go!
1 Day until Halloween
UCHA Los Angeles
Chef Cruz
Monday
Wow them tricks to impress the ladies
I love my job (heart eyes emoji)
Gym (pumped nose steam emoji)
So I found out my roommate doesn't like guava so any takers to be my new roomie?
Cogi the cockblock
Early bird 6:56AM
Camp Flog Naw Carnival
Throwin shade just like her momma
bless
When they're about to spill the chisme, but they say nvm instead
When the prof says come to class more. #fuckyobitchass
Monday
Stoddard Park Anaheim, California
El Jolla Shore
This Weekend in Sports
behold my ochem professor
Lsd (cry face emoji)
Finally got the turd
20
Escape day 3 (upside down smile emoji)
This is so embarrassing omg I bring so much stuff every week
(Laughing emoji)

Fun

2017-10-31T03:01:35Z

Whatisreal:

I read the "Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits" critical work, and thought it would be fun to try to make one and put it on here...but for some reason the wiki does not allow pictures, or I just don't know how to get it on here. In which case I probably need more help with electronic stuff than I thought. So instead I went to my Snapchat and wrote down the first snap of people's snapstories. Enjoy ;D

Why is this Lexus sign upside down<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>
4:28PM
"Hurry up and take the damn pictures"
Pray for me (Pray hands emoji)
Peep my boy Henry (yellow heart emoji)
No u
DTLA
Monday
Good and Evil (red heart, green heart, purple heart emoji)
idk why i've been craving this (heart eyes emoji x2)
Yay go!
1 Day until Halloween
UCHA Los Angeles
Chef Cruz
Monday
Wow them tricks to impress the ladies
I love my job (heart eyes emoji)
Gym (pumped nose steam emoji)
So I found out my roommate doesn't like guava so any takers to be my new roomie?
Cogi the cockblock
Early bird 6:56AM
Camp Flog Naw Carnival
Throwin shade just like her momma
bless
When they're about to spill the chisme, but they say nvm instead
When the prof says come to class more. #fuckyobitchass
Monday
Stoddard Park Anaheim, California
El Jolla Shore
This Weekend in Sports
behold my ochem professor
Lsd (cry face emoji)
Finally got the turd
20
Escape day 3 (upside down smile emoji)
This is so embarrassing omg I bring so much stuff every week
(Laughing emoji)

Fun

2017-10-31T03:00:55Z

Whatisreal: Created page with "I read the "Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits" critical work, and thought it would be fun to try to make one and put it on here...but for some reason the wi..."

I read the "Digital Artist Yung Jake Scores With Emoji Portraits" critical work, and thought it would be fun to try to make one and put it on here...but for some reason the wiki does not allow pictures, or I just don't know how to get it on here. In which case I probably need more help with electronic stuff than I thought. So instead I went to my Snapchat and wrote down the first snap of people's snapstories. Enjoy ;D

Why is this Lexus sign upside down
4:28PM
"Hurry up and take the damn pictures"
Pray for me (Pray hands emoji)
Peep my boy Henry (yellow heart emoji)
No u
DTLA
Monday
Good and Evil (red heart, green heart, purple heart emoji)
idk why i've been craving this (heart eyes emoji x2)
Yay go!
1 Day until Halloween
UCHA Los Angeles
Chef Cruz
Monday
Wow them tricks to impress the ladies
I love my job (heart eyes emoji)
Gym (pumped nose steam emoji)
So I found out my roommate doesn't like guava so any takers to be my new roomie?
Cogi the cockblock
Early bird 6:56AM
Camp Flog Naw Carnival
Throwin shade just like her momma
bless
When they're about to spill the chisme, but they say nvm instead
When the prof says come to class more. #fuckyobitchass
Monday
Stoddard Park Anaheim, California
El Jolla Shore
This Weekend in Sports
behold my ochem professor
Lsd (cry face emoji)
Finally got the turd
20
Escape day 3 (upside down smile emoji)
This is so embarrassing omg I bring so much stuff every week
(Laughing emoji)

Playful

2017-10-31T02:36:12Z

Whatisreal:

This past lecture (Thursday, October 19th) we spent some time at the end of class playing online games. I really enjoyed playing the different games, but playing various games helped me realize what elements I prefer a game to have. These include: [[fun music]], colorful visuals, and plenty of options to choose from. Fun music is important because it keeps the game entertaining, rather than making it feel boring or monotonous. Colorful visuals are equally important because they add intrigue and appeal to the game, which attracts people like myself. Lastly, I think it is important for a game to have various options to choose from because that way it can cater to all audiences. In other words, having options for people with different interests, as opposed to only a few options that are rather narrow-minded, enables all audiences to feel included and connected to the game. Therefore, when games had all of those three significant elements, I enjoyed the game a lot more (than when they lacked one or more of those qualities). For example, I was initially attracted to the Kesha game because I heard this game's music from the laptops of my classmates. Upon playing this game, I liked the layout as well as the music, but I felt that the content (the different questions and selections) was a bit lacking and did not cater to many audiences. For this reason, I found the Kesha game [[fun]], but perhaps not one of my absolute favorites.

==See also==
*[[universal]]
*[[Room]]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:53:32Z

Whatisreal:

'''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]

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]

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2017-10-26T06:52:10Z

Whatisreal:

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:50:56Z

Whatisreal:

'''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 (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/]
'''Creative Works:''' Instagram-Creative Workshop [https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:50:24Z

Whatisreal:

'''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 (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/]
'''Creative Works:''' Instagram-Creative Workshop
[https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:49:38Z

Whatisreal:

'''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 (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/]
'''Creative Works:'''
[https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/]

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:48:16Z

Whatisreal:

'''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 (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/
'''Creative Works:'''
https://www.instagram.com/creative_work_shop/

Alt Syllabus

2017-10-26T06:45:55Z

Whatisreal:

'''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 (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/

Truth

2017-10-24T21:07:25Z

Whatisreal:

Trolling the Truth

1. Samuel Pepys on October 2nd, 2017: "I walked home, and there my wife was angry with me for not coming home, and for gadding abroad to look after beauties, she told me plainly."

@samuelpepsys you walked through the door, and there I was stirring the stroganoff while holding our newborn, before calmly handing you a paper towel to wipe off the lipstick from your little detour. #gohardorgohome

2. KimKierkegaardashian on August 25th, 2017: "I am sickened at the thought of having to address my miserable generation, to whom the only proper human response would be a hair flip."

@kimkierkegaard KIM THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_TpRU2hdf8&t=45s

3. Every Word on May 31, 2014: "yorker"

@everyword but if a New Yorker says "yorker" isn't it "yolker?"

-- Continued from May 31, 2014: "you"

@everyword but do "you" even have a 9-5 job?

4. Ernest Shackleton on September 3rd, 2016: "a barber attacked us... - James"

@EShackleton i would like more than just a "snippet," James. Did the barber give you a clean "cut"?? #trollsjustwannahavepun

5. Speed (1994) on October 6th, 2017: "I'll get the wheel!"

@Speed_1994 Jesus beat you to it. #soz

6. Rahm Emanuel on February 23rd, 2011: "And now all I can hear is that music, and suddenly everything just fucking..."

@MayorEmanuel your mom.

==See also==
*[[computer]]
*[[reality]]

Truth

2017-10-24T21:06:47Z

Whatisreal:

Consoles

2017-10-24T21:05:00Z

Whatisreal:

A video game console is an electronic, digital or computer device that outputs a video signal or visual image to display a video game that one or more people can play. After being exposed to and enthralled by Alejandro Miguel Justino Crawford's ''Diana Hamilton's Dreams,'' I was reminded of a 2017 South African video game, ''n Verlore Verstand,'' that is accessible on several different consoles such as Xbox One, Playstation 4, and PC. Developed by Skobbejak Games, '''n Verlore Verstand'' is Afrikaans for "a lost mind," and this sense of unhinged madness is the very essence of the game. As ''Diana Hamilton's Dreams'' attempts to unlock the subconscious and 'approach the truth of dreams...through the navigation and connection and layering of sounds and stories that, half-recognized, slip away when we try to tie them down...' (Kill Screen), ''n Verlore Verstand'' similarly seeks to journey through an uncanny, subterranean consciousness, one that falls outside of our immediate focal awareness. While gameplay varies across the different levels/worlds, from walking through barren and desolate fields to navigating murky and dungeon-like labyrinthine corridors, the fundamental theme is this realm of the unknown. Here, the player must navigate through networks of broken and distant memories in order to unlock the [[truth]].
----
''Diana Hamilton's Dreams'' is not just a collection of poems in the form of a [[game]] but is itself a poem as ''n Verlore Verstand'' functions as its own set of [[beautiful]] images and sounds. Both games have a type of 'literary aspect' and essentially fracture all preexisting knowledge of what constitutes 'literature' in general. Video games such as these access something about us that words on a page cannot do, perhaps due to their overload of sensory information, cognitively demanding environments, and other reasons I am still trying to figure out...

==See also==
*[[game]]
*[[truth]]

You

2017-10-24T00:21:10Z

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So why can't you communicate?

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Wait for love.

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Emptiness.

Electronic

2017-10-24T00:14:29Z

Whatisreal:

E-Lit is to literature as a synthesizer is to music. What is a synthesizer, [[you]] ask? A synthesizer is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through amplifiers, speakers, headphones, etc.. E-Lit is like a synthesizer in that it converts digital material into literature through hypertext, chatterbots, interactive fiction, twitterature, emails, SMS, blogs, etc. Both E-Lit and synthesizers convert digital/electronic forms into high art––conceptual art, even. What’s more, for both synthesizers and E-Lit, the creator is required to traverse through the literature/music in a digital setting, making the very use of the medium part of the artful exchange.

One might question the analogy I established above and wonder why I did not say “A computer is to E-Lit as a synthesizer is to music.” This would seem logical, as you have each electronic device producing the forms of high art, however, I do not support the typical designation of E-lit as an sub-genre of literature. Instead, I have come to view E-Lit as the vehicle or medium in which virtual forms are transformed into literature. Deeming E-Lit as a “sub-genre” of literature seems to undermine E-Lit’s own authority and high quality. By considering E-Lit as the very vehicle in which one makes literature itself, all subjects are treated with the same degree of respect.

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Yours truly,
creature

Improving

2017-10-17T01:05:00Z

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Dear friend,
I am working on improving myself in all areas of life. At this moment, I am attempting to improve my Wiki posts. You may have noticed how my post from last week pertained to the wrong week's readings. That was a flop on my part...but this week I think I have it down; hence this letter/email styled post. So, as I said before, I am always striving to improve myself because I am a struggling college student who just wants more sleep. I also want to understand our readings better; I tend to have a hard time with them. I sometimes think I Won't Change, and maybe I Am That I Am. It makes me think that Life at War may just be everything that is in and around me. But, To Hell with it. I still think I am improving. You may be hoping that I am about to Rap it Up, but with the need of 200 words, I am just getting started. Also, When I'm Talking There Is Something I Have to Tell You...Eventually Everything Will Happen at Once. Sounds very philosophical am I right? Kind of like Life Studies. If we dive deeper into that phrase, I wonder what it could mean? Perhaps when we die, our life flashes before us and it is all there before us in that instance. Or maybe when life finally is how it should be, we recognize it in an instance. Or maybe I am completely off. I haven't had the chance to listen to the audio for the poem since I am in the library. After reading this post, What Didn't You Understand? Are there ways you think I can improve? Best of luck to you, my friend.

-Whatisreal

Vinyl record

2017-10-17T00:40:20Z

Whatisreal:

A '''vinyl record''' is an analog audio recording that is pressed into vinyl in the shape of a flat disc. The first 12" vinyl LP (long-play) record (the standard record most commonly sold today) was created by Peter Carl Goldmark in 1949 while he worked at Columbia Records. The new material allowed for more songs to be placed on each side of an album and noticeably increased the sound quality from the previously used shellacked hard rubber records.

==Defenition ==
Vinyl records are inscribed with a modulated groove in the shape of a spiral that starts on the edge of the disc, and as the record plays in a clockwise motion, a record needle will follow these grooves, producing sound, until the center of the disc is reached, music ceases, and the disc must be flipped.

There a multiple types of vinyl records, most commonly sold today in the 33 1/3 rpm and 45 rpm speeds. Some other speeds include the 78 and the 16 rpm record, but modern record players are not configured to play these more archaic speeds configurations traditionally only available on shellacked hard rubber records. Today, LPs most often refer to 45rpm records and have a playtime of longer than 40 minutes, which make these the popular choice for full album releases. LPs are larger than EPs (extended-play) in both size and capacity, most commonly coming in a 12" format. EPs are 33 1/3 rpm records that come in sizes ranging from 7"-10" and can only hold a couple songs.

== Early History ==
The first vinyl LP was released in 1930 by RCA Victor, but failed due to lack of affordability and the economic down turn of the Great Depression. Columbia also tried selling vinyl records, but it they didn't catch on until the mid-1940s. The increased interest is credited to the increased cost of shellack during World War II and because radio stations began pressing albums onto vinyl because they were lighter to ship in the mail and didn't break as easily.

Columbia Records began working on [[improving]] the vinyl record in 1939. It was Dr. Peter Goldmark and his team's mission to develop a more inexpensive method of pressing vinyl while addressing issues with the modular printing process. It wasn't until June 21st, 1948 that Columbia Records debuted their perfected product at a New York press conference. In the following February of 1949, RCA Victor reentered the vinyl market when they released vinyl 45 rpm EPs, giving us the two popular vinyl record formats of today.

***FECK. I TOTALLY MISUNDERSTOOD THIS WHOLE WIKI THING. I JUST RESEARCHED VINYL RECORDS FOR 2 HOURS INSTEAD OF ADAPTING A NEW ENTRY TO MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE READING, AHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I'LL TRY AGAIN NEXT WEEK. MAY THIS MISTAKE LIVE ON FOREVER IN THIS WIKI. RIP.

Concept Twitter

2017-10-12T02:04:42Z

Whatisreal:

Want

2017-10-08T21:37:06Z

Whatisreal: Created page with "A lot of what we do, or maybe everything we do, is a result of want or desire. Christopher Strachey desires his love and wants to emphasize his affection through his "Love Let..."

A lot of what we do, or maybe everything we do, is a result of want or desire. Christopher Strachey desires his love and wants to emphasize his affection through his "Love Letters." Judd Morrissey wants to illustrate a new way of reading and interaction with a story through "The Jew's Daughter." People post their work, pictures, stories, ideas, and so forth to many different media outlets because they want to be heard, acknowledged, or merely affect others in some way. We also act certain ways because we want certain things or want to be seen a certain way. We are similar to computers this way. Like the want and desire is programmed in us and the code makes certain it is played out. While the want in all of us may produce beautiful works, innovative ideas, and a happy life, it can also cause problems and destruction. What happens when we can't get or do what we want? Or when what we want does not cooperate with our mind or bodies? There's a glitch in my system. I want to let go, but I can't. I want to forget, but I don't. I want to move on, but I'm stuck. So what am I supposed to do? Can we reprogram ourselves to be different from what we are? Upgrade our system? I suppose this is what reading, listening, and learning does for us...but it is just too slow for my liking. But maybe that's just my desire to grow talking.

Reading

2017-10-08T20:53:32Z

Whatisreal:

It is quite strange how we develop different styles of reading. You can read fast, slow, word by word, or all at once. You can read and analyze, or just let the words flow right out of your brain. From young on we learn our own specific style of reading. True, it may change as we grow up and dive into more subjects and different forms of writing, but our general style is somehow embedded in us...or at least this was the recent thought that came to me while reading, "The Library of Babel." From the beginning of the story, I read it with the intent of analyzing the words and making connections to other topics. This intent was amplified when I read, "The universe (which others call the Library)..." Of course! The universe is represented by the Library, and therefore the hexagonal galleries must be different dimensions, or planets, or places in the universe, and so, the different books that are uniquely their own and all made up of the same elements must be human beings, and that must mean the Man of the Book must be God, or Jesus...and I realized I was completely wrong and read what I wanted to see or hear (I mean it's both right?). I realized just how accustomed I am to reading literature in books, and how basic my mind really is. I didn't think to believe that the Library could be a real place, that a place could have all the books and could tell your past, present, and future...or maybe I didn't [[want]] to. It's unnerving to think all the information of the universe could be in some place where, if anyone found it, they'd have all the knowledge equivalent of God. But in reality, the Internet is becoming the Library. With so much information from all around the world, who knows what it'll know in the future. Who knows what we'll know in the future. Maybe we'll become like the librarians-in continuous search for answers and [[meaning]]...or maybe we'll wither away before that happens, if we're only lucky.

Reading

2017-10-04T18:13:27Z

Whatisreal: Created page with "It is quite strange how we develop different styles of reading. You can read fast, slow, word by word, or all at once. You can read and analyze, or just let the words flow rig..."

It is quite strange how we develop different styles of reading. You can read fast, slow, word by word, or all at once. You can read and analyze, or just let the words flow right out of your brain. From young on we learn our own specific style of reading. True, it may change as we grow up and dive into more subjects and different forms of writing, but our general style is somehow embedded in us...or at least this was the recent thought that came to me while reading, "The Library of Babel." From the beginning of the story, I read it with the intent of analyzing the words and making connections to other topics. This intent was amplified when I read, "The universe (which others call the Library)..." Of course! The universe is represented by the Library, and therefore the hexagonal galleries must be different dimensions, or planets, or places in the universe, and so, the different books that are uniquely their own and all made up of the same elements must be human beings, and that must mean the Man of the Book must be God, or Jesus...and I realized I was completely wrong and read what I wanted to see or hear (I mean it's both right?). I realized just how accustomed I am to reading literature in books, and how basic my mind really is. I didn't think to believe that the Library could be a real place, that a place could have all the books and could tell your past, present, and future...or maybe I didn't want to. It's unnerving to think all the information of the universe could be in some place where, if anyone found it, they'd have all the knowledge equivalent of God. But in reality, the Internet is becoming the Library. With so much information from all around the world, who knows what it'll know in the future. Who knows what we'll know in the future. Maybe we'll become like the librarians-in continuous search for answers and meaning...or maybe we'll wither away before that happens, if we're only lucky.

E-Lit Wiki

2017-10-04T17:37:47Z

Whatisreal:

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

2017-10-04T17:36:18Z

Whatisreal:

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.