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How a piece of E-lit changed my understanding about electronic literature

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The piece of electronic Literature that I consider to have changed my understanding of electronic Literature is Shelly Jackson's Patchwork girl. This story can be called as a perfect example of the genre hypertext fiction.  Before reading this text , I though that hypertext was just a link for jumping from one article to another and that it did couldn't be used anywhere else other that in sites for informational purposes. My view was completely changed after I read Patchwork girl as it shows how Shelly Jackson has ingeniously used the idea of hypertext to create a piece of literature which is divided into parts .  After reading this text I found the concept of hypertext works to be interesting and found out that nowadays there are many works of fiction which are made using hypertext on the digital platform. I found these works of literature to be more interesting as it allows us a choice on what direction the story needs to take . So in the end I think people sho

My view on Amanda Johnson's article on Kinetic Typography

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Amanda Johnson through the article conveys to her readers about what Kinetic typography is and of how it has impressed her as she considers it as a tool which will help her in her career as a teacher. She explains that kinetc typography  is a kind of animation upon a screen that goes along with the text being portrayed. She considers Kinetic typography to be a form of art that makes it interesting to read texts .  She then goes on to compare the Kinetic typography  made for the song Help! By the Beatles and talks on how the video made by Bold Agency and Asktomato.com Studio   beautifully combined Kinetic typography with the songs lyrics to make viewing the lyrics a fun experience.  Amanda ends the article by talking about how it will be helpful for teaching children as it interesting to watch . She also expressed an interest in using videos like this when teaching children songs.