Electronic Literature in Latin America

This book explores one of the most exciting new developments in the literary field to emerge over recent decades: the growing body of work known as 'electronic literature', comprising literary works that take advantage of the capabilities of digital technologies in their enactment. Focussing on six leading authors within Latin(o) America whose works have proved pioneering in the development of these new literary forms, the book proposes a three-fold approach of aesthetics, technologics, and ethics, as a framework for analyzing digital literature.

Engages both with digital culture studies and literary studies, and so has broad appeal to multiple readerships Breaks new ground by providing the first coherent approach to these new genres in a Latin American context Combines close textual analysis with attention to technical detail and to socio-political concerns and contexts

Autorentext

Claire Taylor is Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is a specialist in Latin American culture, with a particular interest in the literary and cultural genres being developed online by Latin(o) Americans. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics, is co-author of the recent volume Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production (2012), and author of the monograph Place and Politics in Latin America Digital Culture (2014). She is currently working on an AHRC-funded project focusing on memory, victims and representation of the Colombian conflict.

Inhalt
Introduction.- 1. Revitalising Legacy Media: Carlos Labbé's Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo (2001) (Chile).- 2. Foregrounding Fragments and Gaps: Marina Zerbarini's Eveline, fragmentos de una respuesta (2004) (Argentina).- 3. Re-animating the Whodunnit: Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez's: Golpe de Gracia (2009) (Colombia).- 4. Re-writing the Classics and Animating the Baroque: Belén Gache's Góngora Wordtoys (2011) and Radical karaoke (2011) (Spain-Argentina).- 5. Re-thinking the Aphorism: Eduardo Navas's Mínima Moralia Redux (2011-to date), (US-El Salvador).- 6. Critiquing Web Structure and the Circulation of Images: Doménico Chiappe's Hotel Minotauro (2013-2015).- Conclusion.