The print artifact in the age of the digital : the writings of Mark Z. Danielewski and Steve Tomasula
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The primacy of the print novel as the main mode for knowledge dissemination \nand communication is being challenged today by the vast influx and pervasiveness of \ndigital media. Print literature, then, is at potential risk for obsolescence, as digital \ntechnology creates new modes of narrative distribution. The novel, therefore, is in the \nmidst of a metamorphosis, having to adapt in order to properly situate itself within the \nnew media ecology. \nSomewhat paradoxically, the same digital technology that challenges print \nliterature’s primacy is responsible for the novel’s adaption. The changing face of the page \ncreates new novels that reflect the digital in print, through changes in typography, layout, \nand design. These changes illuminate the need for a material-specific methodology in \nliterary theory, and brings about the death of postmodernism in the new, digital \nenvironment. \niv
Author: Kent Alexander Aardse
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2202483226