Electronic Literature in Latin America

Claire Taylor is Gilmour Chair of Spanish and Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is a specialist in Latin American culture, with a particular interest in the literary and cultural genres being developed online by Latin(o) Americans. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on these topics, is co-author of the recent volume Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production (2012), and author of the monograph Place and Politics in Latin America Digital Culture (2014). She is currently working on an AHRC-funded project focusing on memory, victims and representation of the Colombian conflict.

• Introduction.- 1. Revitalising Legacy Media: Carlos Labbé’s Pentagonal: incluidos tú y yo (2001) (Chile).- 2. Foregrounding Fragments and Gaps:  Marina Zerbarini’s Eveline, fragmentos de una respuesta (2004) (Argentina).- 3. Re-animating the Whodunnit: Jaime Alejandro Rodríguez’s: Golpe de Gracia (2009) (Colombia).- 4. Re-writing the Classics and Animating the Baroque: Belén Gache’s Góngora Wordtoys (2011) and Radical karaoke (2011) (Spain-Argentina).- 5. Re-thinking the Aphorism: Eduardo Navas’s Mínima Moralia Redux (2011-to date), (US-El Salvador).- 6. Critiquing Web Structure and the Circulation of Images: Doménico Chiappe’s Hotel Minotauro (2013-2015).- Conclusion.