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*1) Compare conception of classical tragedies
*1) What makes up a classical tragedy
*2) Look at evolution of tragedies within the frame of reference
*2) What does this mean within the new frame of reference
*3) How does this create infinite self-replicating tragedy?
*3) How does this create infinite self-replicating tragedy?
*4) "Narrativization" as a conclusion
*4) "Narrativization" as a conclusion
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'''Questions & Concepts :'''
'''Questions & Concepts :'''


*Look at classical definitions of tragegy
*Look at classical definitions of tragedy
*Center things around structure
*Center things around structure
*What is the frame of reference (i.e. within electronic literature? online publications, etc.)
*What is the frame of reference (i.e. within electronic literature? online publications, etc.)

Latest revision as of 21:44, 24 February 2011

The infinite tragedy

Define the overarching frame of reference

  • 1) What makes up a classical tragedy
  • 2) What does this mean within the new frame of reference
  • 3) How does this create infinite self-replicating tragedy?
  • 4) "Narrativization" as a conclusion

Questions & Concepts :

  • Look at classical definitions of tragedy
  • Center things around structure
  • What is the frame of reference (i.e. within electronic literature? online publications, etc.)
  • About mourning and memory
  • How is suffering represented through narrative
  • What role does amnesia have in tragedies
  • How can human suffering fully realised when disembodied
  • How are communal and private tragedies constructed online?
  • Narrativization of tragedies (you make things work - tragedies becoming narratives)
  • Who controls the drama
  • Who benefits from digital tragedy and why
  • Structuralism?


References :

  • Judith Butler : Precarious life - The Power of Mourning and Violence
  • Susan Sontag : Regarding the Torture of Others
  • Susan Sontag : On the pain of Others
  • Friedrich Nietzsche : The Birth of Tragedy
  • Aristotle : Poetics
  • Janet Murray : Hamlet On The Holodec