WHAT IS E-LITS RAISON DTRE ? AN INTRODUCTION TO FLASH POETRY ENG - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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

STRICKLAND, “BORN DIGITAL” Let’s read and know these essential definitions. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/features/articles/detail/69224

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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: obsolescence is almost certain.

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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

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.

TIPOEMAS, ANIPOEMAS ANA MARIA URIBE, ARGENTINA, 1968 • http://collection.eliterature.org/3/works/tipoemas-y-anipoemas/index.html

FIRST SCREENING NICHOL, CANADA, 1987 • http://collection.eliterature.org/3/works/first-screening/BPNICHOL-FIRST - SCREENING.html

JOHNNY C ASH PROJECT AARON KOBLIN &CHRIS MILK, UNITED STATES, 2011 • http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/

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

REMEMORI BY CHRISTINE WILKS, UK, 2012 http://crissxross.net/elit/rememori.html

LOSS OF GRASP SERGE BOUCHARDON, FRANCE, 2011 http://lossofgrasp.com/ Playthrough: https://vimeo.com/15779853

UPSIDE-DOWN CHANDELIER MENCIA, ET AL. , 4 EU COUNTRIES, 2013 https://www.mariamencia.com/pages/upsidedown.html

DAKOTA YOUNG—HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES SOUTH KOREA, 2000 http://www.yhchang.com/DAK OTA.html