Text and Internext : the literary change to fluid texts and its effect in current narrative

1. Text and Internext: the literary change to fluid texts and its effect in current narrative What is literature now? The new phenomena such as blogs, e-literature, text processors, social networking, digital broadcasting and digital readers have allowed writers to express themselves in many different ways which are shaking the old concepts of text, writing, authority and distribution. Literature is experiencing changes in depth and meaning. 1

2. Have the common readers begun to read the page as if it was a screen? Aesthetics of communication- we have to think that the sharing of information is a breeding ground for new ways of creation, for a new art and a new literature. Fluidity of discourse, the liquid stream of sounds and words that mold the current of our voice, the river in movement of communicated thoughts. We can share this stream We can move it from one place to another, from one person to another From writer to reader Our society has learned to associate text with movement. Information, relationships and trends in this internext are liquid, changeable and affects our vision of arts and literature. 2

3. Archives and Canons Literary/Informational Blogs Digital Poetry Art and Photography Blogs Kinetic Typography 3

4. The Daily Beast • “Read this, Skip That” • Created in order to take advantage of digital technology and provide a new outlet for writers who have something relevant to say that cannot wait for the snail’s pace of traditional publishing schedules. • Rich in Content: Politics, Fashion, Books, Innovation, Food, Business, Art and Entertainment • Connected through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr • 61,394 “likes” on Facebook 4

5. Fecal Face dot Com • Multidisciplinary art and culture website supporting the art scene in San Francisco and beyond • 11,000-13,000 visitors a day • Forum board of over 2,000 users • Each photo can be shared via Facebook, Myspace and StumbleUpon 5

6. Electric Literaturedigital poetry • Channel on youtube whose mission is to spark a revival of the short story by pairing captivating narratives from America’s best contemporary writers with innovative new forms of distribution • Channel has 17,085 views and 626 subscriptions • Byzantium poem reads There I would watch others taking their pleasure- keeping to the shadows, my hand hidden, as I studied a chariot racer leaning into a prostitute, her leg wrapped round his torso, or libertines goading a glided crocodile in the bear pit, their bodies slurred by powders from the east. http://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricLiterature#p/u/6/X0znexia24E 6

7. Kinetic Typography • Kinetic typography is defined as “an animation technique mixing motion and text to express ideas using video animation” • This technique has demonstrated the ability to add significant emotive content and appeal to expressive text, allowing some of the qualities normally found in film and the spoken word to be added to static text • Fixed typography: maintains the same shape throughout the animation • Fluid typography: letters and phrases that stretch, warp, disassemble and reassemble • Kinetic typography can communicate a clear message without actually saying much. • “Psychiatric Answering Machine” 225,216 views, 1,696 “likes” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxkM3YTWu9s&feature=player_embedded 7

8. In conclusion, print literature has definitely transformed into a digital culture that appeals and accommodates to mass society. Text on the internet has given literature a whole new meaning 8