Electronic Literature 

Electronic literature is twenty-first- century literature. It is “born digital”-- made on computer and read on the computer. Electronic literature is electronic at its core, generated from digital information and from electronic voltage differences. The subject of scholarship, museum exhibitions, and online journals,electronic literature is an important international artform.

This proposal enhances the Common Experience by introducing electronic literature to SDSU through a yearlong reading series that brings to campus writers of electronic literature and also a plan to foster the creation of electronic literature at SDSU through a hands-on learning workshop in making electronic literature and a competition with a cash award for the best student-built work. Together we will “Experience Energy”-- both electric energy and literary energy-- in innovative and exciting ways.

Event Details:

Electronic Literature Reading: Augmented-Reality Storytelling  

Date: February 17, 2016 

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location:  Love Library, 430

Faculty Leader: 
Professor Jessica Pressman
English and Comparative Literature

Speaker: Caitlin Fisher, Canada Research Chair in Digital Culture (York University, Toronto) 

Event Details:

Electronic Literature Workshop: Learn the steps of making digital literature from an acclaimed writer.  

Date: March 24, 2016 

Time: 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Location:  LARC Lab (Storm Hall 204) 

Faculty Leader: 
Professor Jessica Pressman
English and Comparative Literature

Speaker: Mark C. Marino (USC) Professor of Writing & author of e-literature