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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00814
- Thesis Title
- Blovels, Twovels and Cell Phone Novels: Bridges to Literature or Roads to Nowhere?
- Author
- Kathleen Wilson
- E-mail
- ksw222 AT nyu.edu
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- MFA
- Year
- 2010
- Number of Pages
- 48
- University
- Vermont College of Fine Arts
- Thesis Supervisor
- Louise Hawes
- Supervisor e-mail
- ksw2 AT aol.com
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Writing for Children and Young Adults
- Copyright Ownership
- Kathleen S Wilson
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English
- URL where full thesis can be found
- vcfawcya.s3.amazonaws.com/theses/Kathleen_S_Wilson.pdf
- Keywords
- Digital Literature, Short Form Serial Stories with Digital Media, Interactive Digital Storytelling, Collaborative Writing with Social Media,Cell Phone Novels, Electronic Literature
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- This thesis examines the origins and cultural context of cell phone novels, first in Japan then spreading to other countries, and considers the literary value of emerging forms of digital fiction. It includes reviews of a sampling of novels written and read on networked digital devices through social media and explores trends in the academic and publishing communities that point to the relevance of this phenomenon to young writers as well as to adult writers for children and young adults.