E-Lit: What Is It? Revised & Expanded UCLA Edition, v2.01, 10.3.17, 3:15-3:45pm UCLA ELIT 624206 800124 5 E-Lit: What is it? v2.01 October 3, 2017 By UCLA E-LIT 2017 For updates, Follow us on Instagram @uclaelit Electronic Literature: What Is It? V.01 N. Katherine Hayles (UCLA) http://eliterature.org/pad/elp.html Suzy Menazza: “What we have is 200 pages of incomprehensible nonsense” — that’s how UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo De Boer commented on the status oF the negotiations early this week during a meeting with NGO representatives here in Bonn, which included The Nature Conservancy. De Boer was reFerring to the new negotiating text For an international climate agreement, which includes a document drafted by the chair of the proceedings back in spring with additions submitted in June by the 192 countries discussing this new agreement. The result is a 199-page-long (and almost unmanageable) document — a combination oF old text, “new paragraphs or subparagraphs,” “alternatives to the original paragraphs” and “special cases” that comprise more than 2,000 brackets and are challenging even the most experienced delegates. Contents 1. Abstract 2. An abstract is a brieF summary oF a research article, thesis, review, conference proceeding, or any in- depth analysis of a particular subject and is often used to help the reader quickly ascertain the paper's purpose.[1] When used, an abstract always appears at the beginning of a manuscript or typescript, acting as the point-of-entry For any given academic paper or patent application. Abstracting and indexing services For various academic disciplines are aimed at compiling a body of literature For that particular subject. 3. The terms précis or synopsis are used in some publications to refer to the same thing that other publications might call an "abstract". In management reports, an executive summary usually contains more information (and often more sensitive inFormation) than the abstract does. 4. 5. PreFace 6. 1 A Context For Electronic Literature 7. 2 Genres of Electronic Literature 8. 3 Electronic Literature Is Not Print 9. 4 Preservation, Archiving, and Dissemination 10. 11. Notes 12. Abstract This essay surveys the development and current state oF electronic literature, From the popularity of hypertext Fiction in the 1980's ELO is launching the Electronic Literature Collection Volume 3 (ELC3) with a Call for Submissions to the Collection by November 5, 2014. The ELC3 will feature outstanding examples of electronic literature from an international community of practitioners. The goal of the Editorial Collective is to collect the most exciting current projects together with examples of historically significant works. ELC3 is slated for publication in 2016. 2. 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It is an outstanding book, whose qualities can be situated at three levels: first that of the chosen topic, which is not just “digital literature” but a very specific subgenre, naAugust 31, 2006 in New E-Lit ELO member Barbara Campbell recently passed the one year benchmark in her performance/writing project 1001 nights cast. Campbell’s first webcast was performed from Paris on June 21st, 2005 and continues for 1001 nights. “In 1001 nights cast, Barbara Campbell performs a short text- based work for 1001 consecutive nights. The performance is relayed as a live webcast to anyone, anywhere, who is logged onto to http://1001.net.au at the appointed time, that is, sunset at the artist’s location.” Reinterpreting and expanding the story of Scheherazade, the daily process of 1001 nights cast begins each morning when Campbell reads news coming out of the Middle East; she selects a phrase from her reading that “generates potential.” Campbell then renders the selected phrase in watercolor and posts the painted image of the phrase on the website. Visitors who choose to participate in the project are “invited to write a story using that day’s prompt in a submission of up to 1001 words. The writing deadline expires three hours before that night’s performance.” To explore and/or participate in the project, visit http://1001.net.au Comments Off Conjoined twin birth announcement: HALF LIFE, by Shelley Jackson August 31, 2006 in Other News ELO member Shelley Jackson, author of “Skin,” and The Melancholy of Anatomy, has published her first novel, Half Life. The novel tells the story of Nora and Blanche, “a two headed woman in a world where conjoined twins have their own subculture, slang, and self-help books.” When Nora decides to pursue a service called “The Divorce” in an effort “to take back her birthright: the first person pronoun,” only one person stands in her way: Blanche. For more information on Half Life, visit http://www.ineradicablestain.com/half_life.html August 31, 2006 in New E-Lit ELO member Barbara Campbell recently passed the one year benchmark in her performance/writing project 1001 nights cast. Campbell’s first webcast was performed from Paris on June 21st, 2005 and continues for 1001 nights. “In 1001 nights cast, Barbara Campbell performs a short text-based work for 1001 consecutive nights. The performance is relayed as a live webcast to anyone, anywhere, who is logged onto to http://1001.net.au at the appointed time, that is, sunset at the artist’s location.” Reinterpreting and expanding the story of Scheherazade, the daily process of 1001 nights cast begins each morning when Campbell reads news coming out of the Middle East; she selects a phrase from her reading that “generates potential.” Campbell then renders the selected phrase in watercolor and posts the painted image of the phrase on the website. Visitors who choose to participate in the project are “invited to write a story using that day’s prompt in a submission of up to 1001 words. The writing deadline expires three hours before that night’s performance.” To explore and/or participate in the project, visit http://1001.net.au Comments Off Conjoined twin birth announcement: HALF LIFE, by Shelley Jackson August 31, 2006 in Other News ELO member Shelley Jackson, author of “Skin,” and The Melancholy of Anatomy, has published her first novel, Half Life. The novel tells the story of Nora and Blanche, “a two headed woman in a world where conjoined twins have their own subculture, slang, and self-help books.” When Nora decides to pursue a service called “The Divorce” in an effort “to take back her birthright: the first person pronoun,” only one person stands in her way: Blanche. For more information on Half Life, visit http://www.ineradicablestain.com/half_li fe.html mely narrative texts in networked environments that rely on digital technology in order to create new forms of storytelling; second, that of the literary vision that informs the readings gathered in this volume, and which is of interest for the study of literature in general; third, that of its own writing, which is elegant and profound, deprived of all jargon-like window dressing but offering a direct and enthusiastic grip on the materials studied. Codework is a type oF creative writing which in some way reFerences or incorporates Formal computer languages (C++, Perl, etc.) within the text. The text itselF is not necessarily code that will compile or run, though some have added that requirement as a Form of constraint. Since 1997, Codework has provided innovative technologies and products For automating, improving, securing and managing enterprise IT systems. Our soFtware utilities address the areas of PC Cloning, Software Distribution, Application Packaging, Security, Employee or Student Internet Access Restriction, Application Usage Blocking and Metering, Remote Control, SoFtware / Hardware Asset Management, Helpdesk, Network Print Management and more.