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Contemporary Experimental Narratives
ENGL 146EN - Fall 2003, Rita Raley

Tue, 10/28

Reading guides, interviews, and critical articles

Citybeat interview by Jason Gargano ("If you want to see the movie, you'll have to read the book")
GUARDIAN Interview (Commentary on the limits of textual narrative, and comparisons of his work to cinematic conventions)
Guardian Unlimited (Jeff Noon's article explores how Danielewski breaks with the “new puritanism” in literature to stretch the genre of the novel and contextualizes his stylistic innovations.)
Flak Magazine.com interview/article (Summary of House of Leaves; Danielewski talks about the work’s conceptual origins.)
The ModernWord.com (Brief look at homages to Borges in House of Leaves) -

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