Beyond the Screen : Transformations of Literary Structures, Interfaces and Genres (Media Upheavals ; 44)

Peter Gendolla, Jorgen Schafer (editors)

ISBN 10: 3837612589 / ISBN 13: 9783837612585

Published by transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld, 2015

About this Item

While literature in computer-based and networked media has so far been experienced by looking at the computer screen and by using keyboard and mouse, nowadays human-machine interactions are organized by considerably more complex interfaces. Consequently, this book focuses on literary processes in interactive installations, locative narratives and immersive environments, in which active engagement and bodily interaction is required from the reader to perceive the literary text. The contributions from internationally renowned scholars analyze how literary structures, interfaces and genres change, and how transitory aesthetic experiences can be documented, archived and edited. 567 p., ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm. Shelf wear to edges, no inscriptions, reading crease to spine. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Beyond the Screen : Transformations of Literary Structures, Interfaces and Genres (Media Upheavals ; 44)
• Publisher: transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837612589
• ISBN 13: 9783837612585
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • Art Theory
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

While literature in computer-based and networked media has so far been experienced by looking at the computer screen and by using keyboard and mouse, nowadays human-machine interactions are organized by considerably more complex interfaces. Consequently, this book focuses on literary processes in interactive installations, locative narratives and immersive environments, in which active engagement and bodily interaction is required from the reader to perceive the literary text. The contributions from internationally renowned scholars analyze how literary structures, interfaces and genres change, and how transitory aesthetic experiences can be documented, archived and edited.

About the Authors

Jörgen Schäfer (Dr. phil.) ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Forschungskolleg »Medienumbrüche« der Universität Siegen.

Peter Gendolla (Prof. Dr.) ist Professor für Literatur, Kunst, Neue Medien und Technologien an der Universität Siegen. Er ist Sprecher des Forschungskollegs »Medienumbrüche«. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Literatur und Zeiterfahrung sowie Literatur und Medien.