In Chapter 2 of Scott Rettberg's “Electronic Literature” he explores Combinatory Poetics, this chapter focused on the use of words, lines, stanzas, etc. rather than a fixed narrative. The parts of the chapter I enjoyed were the history of combinatory poetics and how that is really the oldest genre of electronic literature as well as the background and explanations of “dada”. This was a phrase and concept I was completely unaware of and I look forward to learning more about this concept and art form. 

      The additional readings, “Introduction to Queneau's Cent mille milliards de poèmes” and the Electronic Literature Directory website were very enjoyable to click through and see everything that both sites had to offer. The Introduction to Queaneau site was very immersive because of the way you could interact with all of his sonnets and see them in a slideshow format. I also really enjoyed creating my own sonnet with lines of his already existing sonnets.         

      Additionally, the E-lit directory website was extremely helpful and I look forward to going back to the site for future help with all things digital literature. It contains just about everything a novice in electronic literature could want, from authors to all kinds of resources. I decided to just click the first thing that caught my eye and dive a little deeper into its contents. The source I chose is “Analyzing Digital Fiction” by Alice Bell, Astrid Ensslin, and Hans Rustad. This resource is able to be purchased online and described as offering a wide variety of  chapters discussing hypertext fiction, flash fiction, twitter fiction, and even videogames.