Beyond the BookDiscover Electronic Literature

English Week @ UPR Aguadilla April 11, 2016

“Seattle Drift” (1997) by Jim Andrewshttp://www.vispo.com/animisms/SeattleDriftEnglish.html

IntroductionsLeonardo Flores

Professor of English UPR: Mayagüez

leonardoflores.net

What is Electronic Literature?

Electronic literature (of e-lit) is literature that thrives at the intersection of

language and digital media.

Ferranti Mark 1 ComputerManchester University (1951)

Ferranti Mark 1 ComputerManchester University (1951)

“Love letters” Christopher Strachey (1952)

“Love letters” Christopher Strachey (1952)

“Love letters” http://www.gingerbeardman.com/loveletter/

Computational Literature in Translationhttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/collection-renderings.html

Taroko Gorge and its Remixeshttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/collection-taroko.html

Twitter botshttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/collection-bots.html

Hypertext fiction, poetry, gameshttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#hypertext

Audio Poetryhttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#audio

Video Poetryhttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#video

Flashhttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#flash

BASIChttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#basic

Code Poetryhttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#code

Video Gameshttp://collection.eliterature.org/3/keyword.html#game

Grassroots Electronic Literature

Memes GIFs

Comics Hashtags

Lyrics Videos

WHATIFITOLDYOU

YOU’REALREADYWRITINGE-LIT

“Memory” by Pedro Valle Javierhttp://synesthesiasinestesia.blogspot.com/2013/04/memory-e-poetry.html

Comicshttp://knowyourmeme.com/memes/captain-america-civil-war-4-pane-

captain-america-vs-iron-man

Hashtagshttps://twitter.com/search?q=%23lesserfilms&src=typd

Lyrics Videos (Kinetic Typography)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAcM0dj_o8s

Thank you!Leonardo Flores, PhD

blog: leonardoflores.net e-mail: leonardo.flores@upr.edu

Twitter: @leonardo_UPRM Project: iloveepoetry.com