Send article
i

Meridional. Chilean Journal of Latin American Studies is pleased to invite you to participate in the dossier “Relevance of Latin American Marxism: Thinking from, with, and beyond Michael Löwy’s work”, which consists in our 21st volume, to be published in October 2023. 

“Is Aphorism Reviving Thanks To Twitter?” – Short Forms on the Internet

Authors

  • Miriam Lay Brander Universität Konstanz
No. 5 (2015): Octubre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2015.37442

Abstract

The article deals with the influence of the internet on contemporary aphorism in the Spanish language by asking how the characteristics of this genre show its adaptation to digital media. Based on micro texts created by both amateurs and known writers or users it answers this question in terms of the artistic and folk quality of short forms on the internet as well as their degree of interactivity and intermediality. As we will see, manifestations of aphorism on the web give an example of how digitalization contributes to deconstruct the modern Western concept of literature. This is not only done by fragmenting, pluralizing and democratizing authorship but also by connecting learned to popular culture and written to oral forms.

Keywords:

aphorism, social media, interaction/interactivity, e-folklore, intermediality

Downloads

Altmetrics
How to Cite
Lay Brander, M. (2015). “Is Aphorism Reviving Thanks To Twitter?” – Short Forms on the Internet. Meridional. Revista Chilena De Estudios Latinoamericanos, (5), pp. 13–40. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-4862.2015.37442
ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver
Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX
 
Meridional. Revista Chilena de Estudios Latinoamericanos
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
Universidad de Chile
DATOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN
Dirección de Servicios de Información y Bibliotecas (SISIB)