Electronic Literature: Where Is It?

By Eric Dean Rasmussen, 22 February, 2011
Author
Dene Grigar
Publication Type
Article in an online journal
Language
English
Year
Publisher
Electronic Book Review (ebr)
Series
technocapitalism
URL
Electronic Literature: Where Is It?
License
CC Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
Record Status
Revisions required
Tags
teaching
pedagogy
electronic literature
reading
digital humanities
literary studies
academia
higher education
literary
literacy
Abstract (in English)

 Countering Andrew Gallix's suggestion in a Guardian blog essay, "Is e-literature just one big anti-climax," that electronic literature is finished, Dene Grigar proposes that it may not be e-lit, but rather the institution of humanities teaching, that is in a state of crisis. And e-lit, she proposes, could be well placed to revive the teaching of literature in schools and universities.

The title of Grigar's essay was adapted by the Electronic Literature Organization 2012 Conference Planning Committee in its call for proposals.

Pull Quotes

[R]ather than focus our attention on the tired old question, is elit dead?, isn't our time better spent finding ways to bring elit to the classroom, to help promote it in the contemporary literary scene, and support artists who produce it so that it can foster and bolster literary sensibilities and literacies of future generations?

Creative Works referenced
True North
Critical Writing referenced
Is e-literature just one big anti-climax?