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WHAT IS E-LITS RAISON DTRE ? AN INTRODUCTION TO FLASH POETRY ENG 306U Lecture 9 Videogames and E-literature Prof. Kathi Inman Berens STRICKLAND, BORN DIGITAL Lets read and know these essential definitions.


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WHAT IS E-LIT’S RAISON D’ÊTRE?

AN INTRODUCTION TO FLASH POETRY

ENG 306U Lecture 9 Videogames and E-literature Prof. Kathi Inman Berens

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STRICKLAND, “BORN DIGITAL”

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/articles/detail/69224 Let’s read and know these essential definitions.

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http://www.slideshare.net/jilltxt/dikult103-digital-genres-intro-lecture

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“NOT FOR ALL TIME, BUT OF AN AGE”

Ben Jonson eulogizing Shakespeare: “He was not of an age, but for all time.”

E-literature and obsolescence. See my curatorial statement for the Library of Congress, “The Catalog and the Ephemeral.”

The Wilderness Downtown and a lot of e-literature:

  • bsolescence is almost certain.
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LOAD THIS & READ IT

http://scholarworks.rit.edu/jcws/vol2/iss1/6

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BOUCHARDON: “TENSIONS” DESCRIBE CREATION

  • TENSION ON THE MEDIA
  • TENSION ON THE SEMIOTIC FORMS
  • TENSION ON PROGRAMMED WRITING
  • TENSION ON THE AESTHETICS
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WHAT IS A WORK’S “RAISON D’ÊTRE”?

  • This is the “critical question” you should ask about every work of e-lit.
  • Not all works will have one answer.
  • Let’s begin with works that have a clear raison d’être.
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TIPOEMAS, ANIPOEMAS

ANA MARIA URIBE, ARGENTINA, 1968

  • http://collection.eliterature.org/3/works/tipoemas-y-anipoemas/index.html
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FIRST SCREENING

NICHOL, CANADA, 1987

  • http://collection.eliterature.org/3/works/first-screening/BPNICHOL-FIRST
  • SCREENING.html
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JOHNNY C ASH PROJECT

AARON KOBLIN &CHRIS MILK, UNITED STATES, 2011

  • http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/
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HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF FRENCH COOKING

BY TAN LIN, UNITED STATES, 1997

http://collection.eliterature.org/3/work.html?work=mastering-the-art-of-french- cooking-and-systems-theory

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REMEMORI

BY CHRISTINE WILKS, UK, 2012

http://crissxross.net/elit/rememori.html

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LOSS OF GRASP

SERGE BOUCHARDON, FRANCE, 2011

http://lossofgrasp.com/ Playthrough: https://vimeo.com/15779853

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UPSIDE-DOWN CHANDELIER

MENCIA, ET AL. , 4 EU COUNTRIES, 2013

https://www.mariamencia.com/pages/upsidedown.html

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DAKOTA

YOUNG—HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES SOUTH KOREA, 2000

http://www.yhchang.com/DAK OTA.html