Letras Hispanas Volume 11, 2015 SPECIAL SECTION: Paperless text: Digital Storytelling in Latin America and Spain (1976-2016) TITLE: Estéticas digitales y cibercultura: un análisis a partir de dos casos de literatura digital en Chile AUTHOR: Carolina Gainza E-MAIL:
[email protected] AFFILIATION: Universidad Diego Portales; Escuela de Literatura Creativa, Facultad de Comunicación y Letras; Vergara 240; Piso 6; Santiago, Chile ABSTRACT: The article’s aim is to explore the existence of a digital aesthetic and identify its characteris- tics. In order to do that, we will analyze two contemporary works from Chilean literary production, highlighting their relation to the uses of digital technologies. The first work that I will present is Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo by Carlos Labbé, a digital hypertext meant to be read in an electronic device. The second work corresponds to Synco by Jorge Baradit, published in print, where the rela- tion to the digital is in its thematic as well as in the circulation networks that are connected to the process of production and promotion of the literary work. In the last process described, a creative- interactive community is formed through social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Through the revision of the transformations in the practices of creation, circulation and reading that we can observe in this two literary experiences we will discuss the existence of a digital aesthet- ics and its characteristics. KEYWORDS: Digital Literature, Chilean Literature, Digital Technologies, Pentagonal, Synco, Aesthetics, Cultural Practices RESUMEN: El artículo busca identificar elementos que permitan caracterizar una estética de lo digital a partir del estudio de dos obras literarias chilenas contemporáneas y su relación con los usos de las tecnologías digitales.