"A Scrapbook of You + Me" : Intermediality and Bookish Nostalgia in J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst's S.
Tanderup, Sara LU
(2017)
In Orbis Litterarum
72(2).
p.147-178
- Abstract
- 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... (More)
- 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. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Abstract på danska:
Artiklen læser det eksperimentende bog-værk S. (2013), af Doug Dorst og J.J. Abrams, som en refleksion over, og et udtryk for den trykte romans forandrede status i en digital tidsalder. Som en eksperimenterende roman med gulnede sider og håndskrift i marginen synes S. at reflektere en materiel vending i literaturen. Den idealiserer bogmediet som et rum for materialitet og intimitet, placeret i modsætning til de nye digital medier. Jeg påpeger denne tendens, samtidig med at jeg påviser, hvordan S. også er grundlæggende og paradoksalt funderet i den nye mediekultur. Idet jeg trækker på teoretiske perspektiver fra bl.a. N. Katherine Hayles, Bill Brown og Henry Jenkins, påpeger jeg således en spænding i S. Den dyrker en... (More) - Abstract på danska:
Artiklen læser det eksperimentende bog-værk S. (2013), af Doug Dorst og J.J. Abrams, som en refleksion over, og et udtryk for den trykte romans forandrede status i en digital tidsalder. Som en eksperimenterende roman med gulnede sider og håndskrift i marginen synes S. at reflektere en materiel vending i literaturen. Den idealiserer bogmediet som et rum for materialitet og intimitet, placeret i modsætning til de nye digital medier. Jeg påpeger denne tendens, samtidig med at jeg påviser, hvordan S. også er grundlæggende og paradoksalt funderet i den nye mediekultur. Idet jeg trækker på teoretiske perspektiver fra bl.a. N. Katherine Hayles, Bill Brown og Henry Jenkins, påpeger jeg således en spænding i S. Den dyrker en nostalgisk bog-æstetik, samtidig med, at den omfavner en moderne mediekultur, hvor litteraturen også forgår uden for bogen, mellem medier. (Less)
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- author
- Tanderup, Sara
LU
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Bog-nostalgi, Intermedialitet, Litterær materialitet, Bogen som medium, Eksperimenterende litteratur, bookishness, experimental fiction, intermediality, the material turn, hybrid novels, convergence culture
- in
- Orbis Litterarum
- volume
- 72
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 32 pages
- publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85014434536
- ISSN
- 0105-7510
- DOI
- 10.1111/oli.12125
- language
- English
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