Queering (Digital) Literary Texts: Redefining Literature Teaching in a Digital World (Poster 11)

• In Event: Advancing Digital Literacies Research Through Critical Collaborative Conversations

Abstract

The digital era has altered textuality and access to literary texts. Literature’s movement across platforms challenges credibility and the co-creation of narrative storyworlds. Our chapter explores this question: What counts as literary texts today and who gets access? We consolidate research on 2SLGBTQ+ youth literature–a literary genre shaped by cultural production online–to theorize (digital) literature today. 2SLGBTQ+ youth literatures’ bending of generic convention expands traditional literature teaching by inviting queer readings of digital literary texts online. We advance 1) translanguaging, 2) accessibility, and 3) hypertextuality as three key features of (digital) literature important for teaching literature in today’s digital world.

Authors

• Amelie Lemieux, University of Montreal

• Josh Coleman, Arizona State University