ENGL 343 — Textual Media — Fall 2003

Section 001

 

 

Meaning Making Textual Effects

Use any variety of textual effects (dynamic effects, css, fonts, colors, animation, handwriting/drawing, java applets, etc) in a way which alters and enhances the meaning(s) of the text itself. That is, if the words move, there must be a reason for them to be doing so; if they are shaped, colored, or otherwise manipulated, it must be purposeful. Don't worry about others "getting" your meaning; the making of meaning is just as much the reader's/viewer's activity as it is yours. Your purpose is to create a textual effect which allows meaning to be created.

The text can be any length, from a single word to several sentences / lines.

Models
Jim Andrews Vispo page (Shockwave and dhtml)
UbuWeb visual and concrete poetry
Poems That Go
A few of my own multimedia poems (Flash, dhtml, java)

 

George Mason University

 

 

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Last updated October 28, 2003