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eLit Intro

Anneke Nussbaum

Created on March 18, 2022

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<eLiterature |

the new media age

Let's take a look at how new media is shaping how authors express their ideas and how readers engage with the texts.

Start

electronic poetry

<Index>

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Combinatory Poetics

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The Digital Age

Click on any topic to navigate directly to that section of the lesson. You can come back to this page at any time by clicking the symbol.

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ePoetry

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References

Return

electronic poetry

What is happening to literature as our society becomes more digital?

electronic Literature

<Combinatory Poetics>

power

memory

Click and drag the words to the fridge to create a poem of your own.

shadow

ever

only

who

honest

like

hope

too

too

storm

picture

night

something

like

without

bright

nothing

do

new

did

when

fridge

whose

for

for

paint

star

not

are

here

with

by

an

as

ed

ly

ed

ly

kind

am

ing

ing

empty

start

he

at

fire

the

soft

them

the

so

on

drowsy

is

day

is

light

you

us

from

in

his

had

time

it

as

as

tremble

has

listen

make

they

sight

stop

of

tear

home

and

to

rain

were

like

she

dream

like

see

everything

take

never

write

you

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theirs

wonder

hers

always

why

hide

what

but

electronic Literature

<Reflect>

  • What was your resulting poem(s)?
  • What do you notice about your poem(s) adn the poems of others?
  • What drove your choices?
  • How did the activity impact the writing process?
Click the button below to record your ideas.

fridge

empty

nothing

honest

ly

tremble

Reflection

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electronic Literature

<The Digital Age>

  • View and read the two texts to the right.
  • Select a key word or phrase from each text and discuss the connection in the link below.
  • The authors may agree or disagree with eachother.
  • Extend by adding your opinion in relation to the authors.

Laptop Love

An Ode to a User Friendly Pencil

by Ian Keteku (he/him (2010) Canada Grand Poetry Slam, YouTube

by Bonnie Liang (she/her) (1980, April 29) The Globe and Mail, D6

DISCUSS

Note: the link will open another window to Pro Quest with the UBC library

electronic poetry

Electronic literature is most simply described as [experimental] forms and genres of [born-digital] writing that explore the specific capabilites of the computer and network - literature that would not be possible without the contemporary digital context.

scott rettberg (he/him) 2019

electronic Literature

<ePoetry>

  • View and read the two texts about the impact new media has had on poetry.
  • Then move to the next page to explore some ePoetry examples.

How Instagram Saved Poetry

Memes and Poetry

by Lilli Van Belle (she/her) (2017) TEDx Amsterdam Women, YouTube

by Faith Hill (she/her) & Karne Yuan (she/her) (2018, October 15) The Atlantic

electronic Literature

<ePoetry examples>

nick montfortI ♥ E-Poetry

astridoxford blackout poetry

rupi kaur instapoetry

Shane KoycZan troll

Botpoetrysocietytwitter bot

shane koyzcan trolls

jim andrews seattle drift

go to full wiki

electronic Literature

<click> and drag the poems to the "form" [you think] matches|

shane koyzcan trolls

Shane KoyCzan troll

jim andrews seattle drift

Networked Social

KineticVideo

Generative

Interactive

Combinatory

Botpoetrysocietytwitter bot

nick montfortI ♥ E-Poetry

astridoxford blackout poetry

rupi kaur instapoetry

electronic Literature

<Word Splash>

Click on the activity board to the right.Add words, questions, associations, thoughts, examples on the stickynotes (double-click) to extend our collective understanding of e-literature Click for full-screen.

electronic poetry

E-literature is inviting, innovative, interactive, immersive, and intimate. E-literature is about experimentation.

electronic poetry

<References>

Andrews, J. (1997). Seattle Drift. Vispo Animisms. https://www.vispo.com/animisms/SeattleDriftEnglish.html

BotPoetsSociety. (2022, March 19). If I were a song. Twitter. https://twitter.com/BotPoetsSociety/status/1505120393253773314?s=20&t=Pg3IEJvcOYCbvdRkBQ3eMg

Hill, F. & Yuan, K. (2018, October 15). How instagram saved poetry. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/rupi-kaur-instagram-poet-entrepreneur/572746/

Kaur, R. (2021, November 15). rupikaur_, Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/CWUKP4mMZAJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Keteku, I.(2010). Laptop Love [Video]. Grand Poetry Slam (Canada). YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2QrdxucIUE

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electronic poetry

<References>

Koyczan, S. (2014, September 14). Troll [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=670if6Etx0o

Liang, B. (1989, April 29). An ode to a user-friendly pencil. The Globe and Mail, D6. Retrieved from ProQuest at https://www.proquest.com/docview/1237714852?accountid=14656&pq-origsite=summon

Montfort, N. (n.d.). I Heart E-Poetry. https://nickm.com/poems/i_heart_e-poetry.html

Neils, A. (2019, July 1). astridoxford, Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYk7NrohKl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Rettburg, S. (2019). Electronic Literature. Polity.

Van Bell, L. (2017, November 13). Memes and Poetry [Video]. TEDx Amsterdam Women. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qumI5I3XFtI

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