Proceedings of the 3rd English Language and Literature International Conference, ELLiC, 27th April 2019, Semarang, Indonesia

Research Article

Electronic Literature and the Unmasking of Codes

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285329,
        author={Ari J. Adipurwawidjana},
        title={Electronic Literature and the Unmasking of Codes},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 3rd English Language and Literature International Conference, ELLiC, 27th April 2019, Semarang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ELLIC},
        year={2019},
        month={7},
        keywords={code electronic literature ideology cultural materialism digital technology},
        doi={10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285329}
    }
    
  • Ari J. Adipurwawidjana
    Year: 2019
    Electronic Literature and the Unmasking of Codes
    ELLIC
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.27-4-2019.2285329
Ari J. Adipurwawidjana1,*
  • 1: Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Padjadjaran, Jalan Raya Bandung-Sumedang km 21, Jatinangor, Sumedang 45363, West Java, Indonesia
*Contact email: adipurwawidjana@unpad.ac.id

Abstract

The cultural materialist approach in literary studies, which treats literary texts as cultural products, has revealed the contribution of literature to social and political formations while at the same time is also produced by them. With the rise of the significance of digital technology, it becomes more apparent that texts, literary or otherwise, are produced and styled by systems of coding, making bare the ideological premises that operate texts. By looking at the technologies previously used to produce texts and particularly the current explorations in electronic literature, this presentation seeks to show codes used to produce texts are ideologically charged.