Category Archives: LITERATURE

LITERATURE: Love in the Time of Cholera – Magical Realism

Posted on June 29, 2006 by susan

Ah, Marquez does not disappoint:  Soon after she has spurned her long-time love, Fermina Daza comes into contact with Dr. Juvenal Urbino whom she will eventually wed.  But the games must be played.  They meet on a professional call he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – One Down

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

Well, with  a little bit of time and the recall of "go north" I found and completed my first task and refired up a computer server.  Wendy, it seems, is the computer name, so I wasted some time attempting to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Love in the Time of Cholera Tension Detensed

Posted on June 25, 2006 by susan

Why is it that Marquez can string me along so fluidly on a well formed cloud that threatens yet entices, and leave me in a hoot of laughter, my brows still furrowed in the drama of the moments leading up, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & NEW MEDIA: Afternoon, A Story

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

Aw, I don’t know; I think maybe I need some lessons in how to read this.  I want to read it, there is some wonderful stuff here that holds such promise, but I feel like I’m on the 30th floor … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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STORYTRON & LITERATURE: Aristotle & Nature of Story

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

There is an enormous amount of reading I must still do to form some ideas about Storytron, and until I get further along in understanding and testing the menus available, these postings may be a statement refuted in a later … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Slowdowns

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Susan

Realized that with the number of books I’m reading simultaneously, and with titles such as S/Z, Ethics, Hypertext 3.0 among them, reading and updates will be a bit slower than usual.  I should probably plan the time spent in each … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume – Direction

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Susan

With my inborn horrid sense of direction, I will admit I cheated and have printed out a map of the setting in this IF piece.  However, I intend to go my usual route of walking into walls with "go south," … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & IF: Using Old Tools to Learn the New

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Susan

While it is my normal manner to jump right into something, I do go back and read directions and manuals shortly after beginning.  In New Media, there are some standard things to learn: keys and mouse clicks to move characters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & NEW MEDIA: Afternoon, A Story – Unstructured Reading

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Susan

Though I suppose it really isn’t unstructured, because Michael Joyce has it carefully planned out before he hands it to his readers.  Before I go into the unenjoyableness of my journey so far, let me say that the story is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Love in the Time of Cholera – Narrator Input

Posted on June 23, 2006 by susan

How odd, or maybe it is just that I’m still in editing mode, or perhaps Gabriel Garcia Marquez meant this for a purpose: Florentino Ariza had often seen Lorenzo Daza gambling and drinking cask wines there with the Asturians from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: I’m on it.

Posted on June 22, 2006 by Susan

Just downloaded a new test program from Storytron called SWAT (’cause with that name, I thought I was gonna get to carry a big stick and move on some creepy creatures) so that is what is going to be taking … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Readerly/Writerly

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Susan

Once more amid a new spat of sleepless nights the specter of Roland Barthes appears above my bed and draws me back within my hummingbird satin robe to shuffle off to first the kitchen where I brew a cup of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE & EDUCATION: The Pearl – Teaching Literature

Posted on June 20, 2006 by susan

Investigating the topic of my last post a bit further by googling just as had the googler below, I follow some links to some happy discoveries:  Teacher directions to sixth and seventh graders at two different schools regarding their upcoming … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & LITERATURE: Hyperfiction & Marquez

Posted on June 20, 2006 by susan

Marquez, I’m realizing, is a natural for hypertext.  As in the entry below, the birds as a symbol and metaphor are causing me to continually go back in my reading to bring up a previous mention.  Just as the begonias … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Love in the Time of Cholera – Birds = Begonias

Posted on June 20, 2006 by susan

As always, even as I read ahead my mind goes back to something read before; especially with Marquez.  After a long time of watching from afar, Florentino Ariza finally takes a stand and walks up to the object of his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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