Markku Eskelinen

The book uses cybertext theory and ludology to solve several persistent problems in the fields of literary theory, narratology, game studies, and digital media. Equally interested in what is and what could be, "Cybertext Poetics" combines ludology and cybertext theory to solve persistent problems and introduce paradigm changes in the fields of literary theory, narratology, game studies, and digital media. The book first integrates theories of print and digital literature within a more comprehensive theory capable of coming to terms with the ever-widening media varieties of literary expression, and then expands narratology far beyond its current confines resulting in multiple new possibilities for both interactive and non-interactive narratives. By focusing on a cultural mode of expression that is formally, cognitively, affectively, socially, aesthetically, ethically and rhetorically different from narratives and stories, "Cybertext Poetics" constructs a ludological basis for comparative game studies, shows the importance of game studies to the understanding of digital media, and argues for a plurality of transmedial ecologies. "International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics" provides a platform for new scholarship in the area of electronic art and literature, to be presented from the perspective of critical aesthetics - philosophical positions dedicated to the problem of how and whether technology as a medium for art and literature simultaneously makes reference to and differs from the use of more traditional media and methods for these expressive practices.

The book uses cybertext theory and ludology to solve several persistent problems in the fields of literary theory, narratology, game studies, and digital media. Equally interested in what is and what could be, "Cybertext Poetics" combines ludology and cybertext theory to solve persistent problems and introduce paradigm changes in the fields of literary theory, narratology, game studies, and digital media. The book first integrates theories of print and digital literature within a more comprehensive theory capable of coming to terms with the ever-widening media varieties of literary expression, and then expands narratology far beyond its current confines resulting in multiple new possibilities for both interactive and non-interactive narratives. By focusing on a cultural mode of expression that is formally, cognitively, affectively, socially, aesthetically, ethically and rhetorically different from narratives and stories, "Cybertext Poetics" constructs a ludological basis for comparative game studies, shows the importance of game studies to the understanding of digital media, and argues for a plurality of transmedial ecologies. "International Texts in Critical Media Aesthetics" provides a platform for new scholarship in the area of electronic art and literature, to be presented from the perspective of critical aesthetics - philosophical positions dedicated to the problem of how and whether technology as a medium for art and literature simultaneously makes reference to and differs from the use of more traditional media and methods for these expressive practices.

"Tajusimme päätyneemme mysteerin jäljille." TALVIMATKOJA kertoo oudosta kirjasta nimeltä TALVIMATKA. Tuntemattoman ranskalaisen tekijän laatima teos tuntuu sisältävän valio-osia maailmankirjallisuudesta, vaikka se valmistui jo ennen monia kaiuttamiaan sanataiteen merkkitapauksia. Vai valmistuiko? Mikä TALVIMATKA lopulta olikaan? Ja mikä on TALVIMATKOJA? Loihtijoidensa sanoin se on "jokaiselle jotakin, mutta ei kenellekään kaikkea". Ainakin TALVIMATKOJA sisältää kokonaisen romaanin, peluuromaanin, lukemattomia pienoisromaaneja ja novelleja. Se yllättää lukijoita kokeilemaan niin teoksen mahdollisuuksia kuin omia valmiuksiaan. TALVIMATKOJA ilmestyy ntamon ja Post-Oulipo ry:n yhteistuotantona.

Kirjallisuudentutkija-kirjailija Markku Eskelisen Kirjallisuus Käyttöohje sisältää noin 12 kirjallisuus- tai teatterikäyttöön tarkoitettua ja joko yksin tai yhdessä muiden kirjailijoiden tai taiteilijoiden kanssa toteutettua proseduuria, ohjetta, säännöstöä tai peliä runsaan 30 vuoden ajalta (1988-2020). Eskelisen mittava ja uraauurtava työ kirjallisuuden parissa on vertaansa vailla. Sen arvo on tunnustettu useaan kertaan niin kotimaassa kuin kansainvälisesti. Kirjallisuus Käyttöohje on tämän työn reflektiivinen summaus ja eräänlainen välitilinpäätös.