Infinite Limits

E-lit Example

          The Jew’s Daughter by Judd Morrissey is an electronic literature example that is very comparable to exactitude. As the reader moves the mouse over the links placed on the page, segments of a page replace one another very quickly, giving the reader the feeling that they are watching a single page that evolves as you click on another word. The Jew’s Daughter is an interactive narrative, progressively weaving itself together by way of the transformation of single words on each page. The words that are blue on the page are the ones that change the text all together. The weaving of the lettering is what stood out most while going through this E-lit example in comparison to Calvino’s ideas on exactitude.

          Exactitude is not always about limits but really shows forms that are endless in literature. Therefore, The Jew’s Daughter also depicts this endless idea for online literature. The story alone is about how the words make up a continual story that can be changed by the click of one word. The weaving of these words throughout the story also pinpoints the idea of how exact the story may be even when it constantly is changing. Since the story is interactive, it illustrates the idea of “no limitations” exactitude brings forth. 

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