This book explores one of the most exciting new developments in the literary field to emerge over recent decades: the growing body of work known as ‘electronic literature’, comprising literary works that take advantage of the capabilities of digital technologies in their enactment. Focussing on six leading authors within Latin(o) America whose works have proved pioneering in the development of these new literary forms, the book proposes a three-fold approach of aesthetics, technologics, and ethics, as a framework for analyzing digital literature.
Author(s): Claire Taylor
Series: New Directions In Latino American Cultures
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 279
Tags: Culture And Technology, Electronic Literature, Latin America
Front Matter ....Pages i-xi
From Text to Hypertext: Electronic Literature in Latin America (Claire Taylor)....Pages 1-49
Revitalising Legacy Media: Carlos Labbé’s Pentagonal: Including You and Me (2001) (Chile) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 51-84
Foregrounding Fragments and Gaps: Marina Zerbarini’s Eveline, Fragments of a Reply (2004) (Argentina) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 85-116
Reanimating the Whodunnit: Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez’s Coup de Grace (2006) (Colombia) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 117-151
Animating the Baroque and Resisting the Brand: Belén Gache’s Góngora Word Toys (2011) and Radical Karaoke (2011) (Spain-Argentina) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 153-191
Twitter Poetry and Rethinking the Aphorism: Eduardo Navas’s Minima Moralia Redux (2011 to date) (US-El Salvador) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 193-223
Critiquing Web Structure and Online Social Capital: Doménico Chiappe’s Minotaur Hotel (2013–2015) (Claire Taylor)....Pages 225-260
Conclusion (Claire Taylor)....Pages 261-266
Back Matter ....Pages 267-272
