Abstract
Digital literary text comes in many forms. Visual aesthetics in expression influence written and spoken words. This chapter looks at questions of layout and the use of multimedia elements. I will analyse the visual setup of online short stories, literary works on blogsĀ and websites as well as on YouTube.
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Christopher Funkhouser , āDigital Poetry: A Look at Generative, Visual, and Interconnected Possibilities in its First Four Decadesā, in Ray Siemens and Susan Schreibman (eds.), Companion to Digital Literary Studies, Oxford 2008, http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/view?docId=blackwell/9781405148641/9781405148641.xml&chunk.id=ss1-5-11&toc.depth=1&toc.id=ss1-5-11&brand=9781405148641_brand, last accessed January 27, 2012.
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One example of such awards is the German āPegasusā prize, awarded to Dirk GĆ¼nther and Frank Klƶtgen for āDie Aaleskorte der Ćligā (1998 by the German weekly newspaper āZeitā, IBM, and a state-owned television channel (ARD). More information on the artwork as well as the prize can be found on the website http://www.aaleskorte.de/, last accessed December 26, 2011.
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Roberto Simanowski , Interfictions, Frankfurt am Main 2002, p. 18.
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Nicole Mahne , Mediale Bedingungen des ErzƤhlens im digitalen Raum, Frankfurt am Main 2006, p. 43.
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David Crystal , Language and the Internet, Cambridge 2001, p. 35.
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Carolyn R. Miller and Dawn Shepherd , Blogging as Social Action: A Genre Analysis of the Weblog, 2004, http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogging_as_social_action_a_genre_analysis_of_the_weblog.html, last accessed December 26, 2011.
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The story is also part of the analysis of participatory culture in Chap. 2.
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A photobucket is a website that offers image hosting. Pictures can be stored and shared on this website.
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http://www.adbuae.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-4491.html, January 2, 2012.
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Rebecca L. Torstrick and Elizabeth Faier (eds.), Culture and Customs of the Arab Gulf States, Westport 2009, p. 46.
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This term is explained in the chapter that deals with participatory culture.
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http://al-zain.blogspot.com/, last accessed December 26, 2011.
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Followers in social media such as blogs and Twitter are other users who subscribe to the cultural product offered by one user.
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A list of links to other blogs that she supports to be read.
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A widget counts the number of visitors to websites.
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A live traffic feed shows the number of users visiting the website from different locations in real time.
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Radarurl is another tool that measures the number of visitors to a website.
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Mixpod is a tool that allows users to create their own mixed tapes and embed them in websites http://www.mixpod.com/.
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A Blogger theme is a layout for blogs that is offered by the blog host Blogger.com. These layouts come in many forms and are free to use for every subscriber to the platform.
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Hicham distributes his works on World TV, which is hosted by YouTube, http://worldtv.com/hicham_tv, last accessed December 26, 2011.
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YouTube is a website that allows users to distribute videos.
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Examples of Arab Spring poems that turned into You Tube video clips are the Iraqi poet Ahmad Matarās poem āFighter and Chatterā; 11 the Palestinian poet Tamim al-Barghuthiās āOh People of Egyptā; 12 Abdul Aziz al-Jamiāanās āDamascus and the Caliphate Stateā; 13 the Palestinian poet Basam al-Ashramās āBu Aziziā; 14 and many othersā Journalism and Mass Communication, Manifestations of the Arab Spring in Literature: āVideo Clip Poemsā on You Tube as a Model. Eman Younis, Transcontinental Texts: Reality or Fantasy? Muhammad Sanajilahās Novel Chat as a Sample, Hyperrhiz 16: Essays, Spring 2017, http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz16/essays/5-younis-transcontinental-texts.html, last accessed December 29, 2017, p. 36.
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These tests were sexual abuse conducted by the military and did not serve to secure stability.
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http://www.arab-ewriters.com/chat/, last accessed December 30, 2011.
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Instant Messaging is a form of text-based communication carried out online in real time.
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Zilal al-Wahed (Oneās Own Shadows) 2001, Chat (2003), Saqiā (Frost), and Zilal al-Ashiq (Shadows of the Lover) 2016. Eman Younis, Transcontinental Texts: Reality or Fantasy? Muhammad Sanajilahās Novel Chat as a Sample, Hyperrhiz 16: Essays, Spring 2017, http://hyperrhiz.io/hyperrhiz16/essays/5-younis-transcontinental-texts.html, last accessed December 29, 2017, p. 2.
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Both blog hosts provide personal publishing tools for online use.
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Lenze, N. (2019). Style and Media Make-Up of Digital Literature. In: Politics and Digital Literature in the Middle East. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76816-8_2
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