The print artifact in the age of the digital : the writings of Mark Z. Danielewski and Steve Tomasula
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Date
2011
Authors
Aardse, Kent A.
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, 2011
Abstract
The primacy of the print novel as the main mode for knowledge dissemination
and communication is being challenged today by the vast influx and pervasiveness of
digital media. Print literature, then, is at potential risk for obsolescence, as digital
technology creates new modes of narrative distribution. The novel, therefore, is in the
midst of a metamorphosis, having to adapt in order to properly situate itself within the
new media ecology.
Somewhat paradoxically, the same digital technology that challenges print
literature’s primacy is responsible for the novel’s adaption. The changing face of the page
creates new novels that reflect the digital in print, through changes in typography, layout,
and design. These changes illuminate the need for a material-specific methodology in
literary theory, and brings about the death of postmodernism in the new, digital
environment.
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Description
vi, 91 leaves ; 29 cm
Keywords
Danielewski, Mark Z. -- Criticism and interpretation , Tomasula, Steve -- Criticism and interpretation , Books and reading , Book industries and trade -- Technological innovations , Publishers and publishing -- Technological innovations , Electronic publishing , Electronic books