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Open encyclopedias Hyper link to wiki def of encyclopedia Post-modernism Etymology- encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia Indexing, cataloging, encircling information The post-modern novel as Encyclopedia as Examples: Open encyclopedia is a base source of information with an infinite amount of connection

Circles- encyclopedia is one center from which the rest come from. De-centerdness Calvino “ the contemporary novel as an encyclopedia, as a method of knowledge, and above all as a network of connections between the events, the people, and the things of the world.” Examples and why they can be considered open encyclopedias

What does the word open mean in the context of the encyclopedia? Library of Babel- comprehensible but untenable, Nothingness/potentiality Gordian knot Universal literature Authors Each student will be in charge of a section/link which includes a theoretical explanation of open encyclopedias in regards to post-modern literature with literary examples.

Rachel- Calvino’s writing process--Calvino Laura- Relationship to the imaginary-- Borges Quinn- Nothingness/potentiality-- Bartleby Alex- Exhaustion-- Perec Tyler- Language games--Lyotard Dan- Citation Hannah- universal literature/suspension—Benabou Cameron- Exhaustion-- Perec