digital fiction

Courtney GLover

Digital Fiction

Digital Fiction

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Postmodernism

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postmodernism

postmodernism

digital fiction in the era of post(post?)modernism

Postmodernism is a literary and cultural movement that emerged in the mid-20th century. It is characterized by a rejection of absolute truth, grand narratives, and traditional modes of representation. In postmodern literature, authors experiment with different narrative techniques, perspectives, and styles, often blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, and challenging readers to question their assumptions about reality.

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digital fiction in the era of post(post?)modernism

Digital fiction, on the other hand, is a relatively new genre that emerged with the rise of digital technology. It uses multimedia elements such as text, images, sound, and video to create interactive and immersive narratives that can be accessed through a variety of platforms, from web browsers to mobile devices. Like postmodernism, digital fiction challenges traditional modes of storytelling, offering new ways to engage with narrative and to explore the boundaries between reality and fiction.

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digital fiction in the era of post(post?)modernism

Both postmodernism and digital fiction share a skepticism towards the idea of a stable, objective reality. They question the authority of the author, and emphasize the active role of the reader or user in constructing meaning. They also share a fascination with fragmentation, non-linear narratives, and the deconstruction of conventional genres and narrative structures.

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Black box

In 2012, The New Yorker used Twitter as a unique way to share a story that was soon to be published in their journal. Installments of the story “Black Box” by Jennifer Egan were tweeted every minute between the hours of 8 and 9pm, spanning ten days.

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“ I came by "Black Box" less cerebrally than is usual for me. It started with a desire to use Twitter to create a serialised work of fiction. I was struggling to find a voice that might require small structural units for its expression. The challenge of using a radical structural approach is not "Hmmm... how can I create work that can somehow be squeezed into this unconventional structure?" but the opposite: how can I create work that requires such a structure, and can't be written any other way?”

jennifer egan

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A crissxross trail

Loss of grasp

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