e-literature
Born-digital literary works
E-literature is literature created specifically for digital environments, exploiting features impossible in print—hyperlinks, animation, interactivity, algorithmic text generation.
Unlike digitized books, e-literature can't be printed without losing essential elements: The e-literature piece let readers choose which character's perspective to follow.
Also called electronic literature or digital literature.
Created in electronic format originally
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
Clickable webpage references
- JavaScriptWeb programming language
- HTML5Web content structuring language
- procedural generationAutomated content creation via algorithms
- text-to-speechConverting writing to audio
responsive design · apps · touchscreen · QR codes · augmented reality · virtual reality · machine learning · natural language processing
Disproportionate cause and effect
- multimodalityIntegration of diverse formats
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- remediationAct of correcting faults
- immersionState of being submerged
typography · animation · collage · layering · aleatory
interactive fiction
Command-driven narrative software
- flash fictionUltra-short story genre
born-digital
Created in electronic format originally
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
hyperlinks
Clickable webpage references
- JavaScriptWeb programming language
- HTML5Web content structuring language
- procedural generationAutomated content creation via algorithms
text-to-speech · responsive design · apps · touchscreen · QR codes · augmented reality · virtual reality · machine learning · natural language processing · API
nonlinearity
Disproportionate cause and effect
- multimodalityIntegration of diverse formats
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- remediationAct of correcting faults
immersion · typography · animation · collage · layering · aleatory
e-literatureprinted books
Published physical reading material
codex · manuscripts · oral literature · paper books · bound volumes
e-literatureclassical literature
Foundational Western texts
traditional literature · Victorian novels · ancient texts · modernist literature
literature, e-reader, e-mail, e-readers, e-learning, e-reading, cybertext