Appropriation is a common practice in art and literature; electronic literature in particular lends itself readily to appropriation and collaboration, due to its multimodal and born-digital nature. This paper presents practice-based research examining the effects of digital appropriation on two works of digital fiction (a hyperfiction and an interactive fiction), demonstrating how it alters the...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the needs potential end-users a database dedicated Swedish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) literature (e.g. prose, poetry, drama, graphic novels/comics, illustrated books), in order inform development database, search interface functionalities, an LGBTQI thesaurus for fiction. Design/methodology/approach A web...

Critics have tended to be reproving of Henry James's so-called "parasitic" relationship with George Eliot. Eschewing such characterizations, this article focuses instead upon the glimpse that early reviews Eliot offer into his developing aspirations for modern novel. In particular it traces how dissatisfaction texts where had seemed place insufficient demands her readers' faculties helped give ...

This article focuses on documentary narration in literary prose, which is analyzed with regard to its function and poetics using the example of selected texts GDR protocol literature German post-reunification years. The question what constitutes peculiarity caused popularity pre- period will be explored. Furthermore, examples used illustrate how levels factual fictional intermingle complement e...

along with the beginning of novel and short story writing in persian and urdu languages various literary movements like realism, social realism and surrealism overshadowed the contemporary literature of iran and pakistan. modern prose of persian and urdu consists of great assets from novels and short stories, and their considerable background . during various periods of the growth and prosperit...

This research explores the portrayal of otherness and non-conformity in Western literature proves that modern phenomena such as “cancel culture” are giving contemporary authors a new relevance. Using William Faulkner’s Light August Joseph Conrad’s Heart Darkness my foundation, I intend to demonstrate lessons they provide on race, gender, extremism often ignored by Generation Z, yet applicable d...