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“A scrapbook of you + me”
Author(s) -
Tanderup Sara
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
orbis litterarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.109
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1600-0730
pISSN - 0105-7510
DOI - 10.1111/oli.12125
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , handwriting , digital culture , aesthetics , digital media , sociology , art , literature , art history , philosophy , media studies , computer science , law , linguistics , world wide web , politics , political science
This article reads J. J. Abrams and Doug Dorst's S . (2013) as a reflection of the changing status and function of the printed novel in the digital age. As an experimental novel with yellowing pages and handwriting in the margins, S . appears to reflect a “material turn” in literature. It celebrates the book as a space of intimacy and memory, positioned in opposition to new digital media. However, the article argues that S . is also fundamentally and paradoxically grounded in digital culture. Drawing on the work of, for example, N. Katherine Hayles, Bill Brown, and Henry Jenkins, I point to a tension in S . It does at once (1) nostalgically celebrate the “aesthetics of bookishness” and (2) embrace a modern media culture where literature takes place beyond the book and between media.[Note 1. I would like to thank Associate Professor Tore Rye ...]