1st Edition

Digital Literature and Critical Theory

By Annika Elstermann Copyright 2023
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

The aim at the core of this book is a synthesis of increasingly popular and culturally significant forms of digital literature on the one hand, and established literary and critical theory on the other: reading digital texts through the lens of canonical theory, but also reading this more traditional theory through the lens of digital texts and related media. In a field which has often regarded... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Core Examples

2 Partitioned Works and Seriality

3 Participatory Storytelling

4 Interactive Text Production

5 Computer-Generated Text

6 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Annika Elstermann is a lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at the English Department at Heidelberg University. Her approach to literary and cultural analysis is generally via socio-political contexts of production and reception, and corresponding literary and social theory. She has previously published papers on player immersion in video games, and computer-generated text.