shortform Archives - a dynamic reader https://adynamicreader.com/tag/shortform/ creating readings for creative readers Tue, 12 May 2020 12:58:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://adynamicreader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-drlogo2-32x32.png shortform Archives - a dynamic reader https://adynamicreader.com/tag/shortform/ 32 32 127001838 Text World Theory https://adynamicreader.com/text-world-theory/ Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:20:46 +0000 https://adynamicreader.com/?p=3330 Text World Theory is ‘a cognitive-linguistic model of human discourse processing’. The new Text World Theory site features links to monographs as well as teaching resources including workshops and lesson plans. Visit them now!

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]]> 3330 ART CogLit https://adynamicreader.com/art-coglit/ https://adynamicreader.com/art-coglit/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2017 09:15:29 +0000 https://adynamicreader.com/?p=6333 ART CogLit. Quoting from the project site, this research group conducts ‘empirical investigations of the observed reactions of real readers in order to test and extend hypotheses on ideal reading processes and reader responses...

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]]> https://adynamicreader.com/art-coglit/feed/ 0 6333 The day I approached the historical https://adynamicreader.com/the-day-i-approached-the-historical/ https://adynamicreader.com/the-day-i-approached-the-historical/#respond Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:40:15 +0000 https://adynamicreader.com/?p=3348 The morning of June 14th was clear, hot, and hilly. If you’re going to break in a new pair of boots, don’t do it in Nottingham. Fortunately, I’d arrived on campus with twenty minutes to spare to consult maps and make my own approach gingerly.

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]]> https://adynamicreader.com/the-day-i-approached-the-historical/feed/ 0 3348 The Resourceful Reader – Digital Tools https://adynamicreader.com/the-resourceful-reader/ Sun, 21 May 2017 15:02:20 +0000 https://adynamicreader.com/?p=3363 A quick run through some digital resources and tools: three for the Classically-minded and one for the creative reader - exploring intertextual parallels, scanning verse, making maps from text and interactive storytelling.

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]]> 3363 Whose line is it anyway? https://adynamicreader.com/cut_up_experiment/ https://adynamicreader.com/cut_up_experiment/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2017 18:51:46 +0000 https://adynamicreader.com/?p=735 Inspired by Burroughsian ‘cut-up’, but more of a ‘mash-up’: two translated texts, one Latin and one Greek, two mythological narratives, and some intrusive narrators. Answers not included.

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]]> https://adynamicreader.com/cut_up_experiment/feed/ 0 735 Playing with Twine – an experiment on Cyzicus https://adynamicreader.com/playing-with-twine/ https://adynamicreader.com/playing-with-twine/#respond Sat, 04 Feb 2017 02:57:56 +0000 https://adynamicreader.wordpress.com/?p=158 Twine’s a user-friendly story-building tool that I’ve (mis-)used to make a short interactive reading experiment. The sample text (unsurprisingly) is taken from the Argonautica: A.R. 1.922-984, the Argonauts’ arrival at Cyzicus. Brave the island alone or call upon allies for advice - the choice, reader, is yours!

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