[Reader-list] [Announcements] Electronic Literature: New Horizons For The Literary by N. Katherine Hayles.

[Mark Marino]

Hi,

Here's some news about an exciting new elit publication:

**

N. Katherine Hayles' new work, Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the
Literary, offers a starter kit for bringing electronic literature into the
classroom.

This publication, from Notre Dame Press, brings together, for the first
time, a comprehensive guide to digital narrative and poetry, studies of key
works, a CD with a wide range of examples, and a companion website that
features discussion and new essays.  <
http://newhorizons.eliterature.org/index.php>


* ELC 1 in Every Edition:

Included with the book is a CD, The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume
1 (ELC 1), containing sixty new and recent works of electronic literature
with keyword index, authors' notes, and editorial headnotes.

Representing multiple modalities of electronic writing--hypertext fiction,
kinetic poetry, generative and combinatory forms, network writing, codework,
3D, narrative animations, installation pieces, and Flash poetry--the ELC 1
encompasses comparatively low-tech work alongside heavily coded pieces.

The ELC 1 can also be accessed online at  <
http://collection.eliterature.org/1/>

* New Horizons Website:

Complementing the text and the CD-ROM is this website offering resources for
teachers and students, including sample syllabi, original essays, author
biographies, and useful links. Together, the three elements provide an
exceptional pedagogical opportunity.


* Hayles' Approach:

Hayles develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic
literature both draws on the print tradition and requires new reading and
interpretive strategies.

Grounding her approach in the evolutionary dynamic between humans and
technology, Hayles argues that neither the body nor the machine should be
given absolute theoretical priority. Rather, she focuses on the
interconnections between embodied writers and users and the intelligent
machines that perform electronic texts.

Through close readings of important works, Hayles demonstrates that a new
mode of narration is emerging that differs significantly from previous
models. Key to her argument is the observation that almost all contemporary
literature has its genesis as electronic files, so that print becomes a
specific mode for electronic text rather than an entirely different medium.

Hayles illustrates the implications of this condition with three
contemporary novels that bear the mark of the digital.


Electronic Literature: New Horizons For The Literary can be ordered from
Notre Dame Press and Amazon.com.

Contact person:  Marjorie C. Luesebrink.  Luesebr1 at ix.netcom.com

Mark Marino
Communications
Electronic Literature Organization

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Writing Program
University of Southern California
http://WriterResponseTheory.org
http://CriticalCodeStudies.com
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