Digital Poetry and the Transcendence of Print Poetry’s Boundaries

Interactivity and the Reader

Research Paper (postgraduate) , 2018 , 37 Pages , Grade: 16/20

English Language and Literature Studies - Literature

In this monograph, I argue that English digital poetry has transcended the boundaries of print poetry through main interactivity. Thus, in chapter 1, I will present definitions of digital poetry and argue against their validity (Stefans, Jhave, Trimarco, Bohn, etc.); then I will present Funkhouser’s definition with the intention of demonstrating its accuracy. In chapter 2, I will argue that through interactivity, as a fundamental literary device and tool in digital literature as a whole, digital poetry is capable of transcending the boundaries of the print (juxtaposition, syntax, multipoeticality, etc,.). In chapter 3, I argue that the reader is less involved in the print medium than in digital medium wherein s/he is the primary force in the processes of editing, co-writing, choosing, and existing in the text. Thus, through these three chapters, I aim to prove that digital poetry has in fact transcended the boundaries of print poetry. One must note that the digital example in this paper cannot be printed; hence my use of only screenshots to make up for the inability to show them in their original, digital form.

Table of Content

Acknowledgment

Introduction

Chapter 1: Defining Digital Poetry

Chapter 2: Transcending the Print through Interactivity

Chapter 3: The Reader as the Sole Authority

Conclusion

Work Cited

• Grade: 16/20
• Author: Rachid Benharrousse (Author)
• Publication Year: 2018
• Pages: 37
• Catalog Number: V497534
• ISBN (eBook): 9783346017505
• ISBN (Book): 9783346017512
• Language: English
• Tags: Digital Literature, Digital Poetry, Digital, Poetry, Reader, Juxtaposition, Digital studies, Electronic, Electronic Literature, Electronic Poem