It seems that the emergently popular world of electronic literature has provided readers with a possible solution to this issue of control. Interactive fiction provides the reader with something they never really had with print: agency. Take, for example, a work like Emily Short’s Galatea. This work is written entirely in second person, a formContinue reading “Control and Character: Defining a New Subject in Galatea (Part 2 of 2)”
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Subtext
Charles heard Holly coming long before she arrived; the frenzied clicking of her heels across their marble floors gave him welcome warning. He sighed and slid further down into his plush leather chair. “We should buy a house.” Charles’ eyebrows lifted high over his glasses, but his eyes remained fixed on the book in hisContinue reading “Subtext”
Resolved
If there were any stars in the cold, New York sky, they were invisible; blocked out by the lights of a thousand rooftop parties happening all over the city, many having started as soon as it got dark, thousands of New Yorkers ready to welcome in the New Year with slurred cries of joy. ForContinue reading “Resolved”
Inspiration – Truth and Point of View in a Cold Quiet Country
There are some branches of philosophy which insist that a person’s reality, i.e. what is and is not ‘true’, is defined very much by their individual perspectives. Depending on one’s point of view, shooting a deer during hunting season for sport might be an acceptable form of recreation; or it might be the cold-blooded murderContinue reading “Inspiration – Truth and Point of View in a Cold Quiet Country”
Feminism and the Figure of the Fembot (Part 7 of 7)
VII. The Fembot and Humanity’s Future: Conclusion American feminist and activist Susan Brownmiller once said that “Women are all female impersonators to some degree” (“Feminization”). Judith Butler would certainly agree with this statement. Butler, when read through a feminist point of view, argues that the socially acceptable persona of femininity is completely constructed for theContinue reading “Feminism and the Figure of the Fembot (Part 7 of 7)”