Critical Analysis of Electronic LiteratureThis essay includes the development and current status of electronic literature and to summarize the rapidly evolving field of electronic literature, we must scrutinize its genres and its genesis which can be Literature can simply be defined as writings in which expression and form, in relation to ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential elements, such as poetry, novels, history, biography and essays. If we consider electronic literature in its form, it can be described as literary works shaped or created using a computer for the electronic medium in such a way that they cannot be meaningfully experienced without the intercession of a electronic device; as a field, it is growing through online journals, such as the Iowa Review website. Electronic literature, also known as digital literature, "is a literary genre consisting of literary works that originate from digital environments and require digital reading." Unlike most e-books, e-literature is created explicitly for use via a digital environment and therefore cannot be printed because key elements of the text require calculation: for example, there may be links, aspects generative, multimedia content and animations or reader communication in addition to verbal text. Electronic literature can also take the form of digitally mediated performance writing.N. Katherine Hayles addresses the theme in her online article Electronic Literature: What is it. She is of the opinion that "electronic literature, generally considered to exclude printed literature that has been digitized, is on the other hand "born digitally",...... middle of paper ......lar at the New York City. Central Park and included photographs as well as audio narratives. Blast Theory's Uncle Roy All around You brought together a playful quest for Uncle Roy, delivered via PDAs, with accomplices searching for a secret postcard at a specific location. In the meantime, online observers could follow participants and work to assist or obscure them, thereby collaborating virtual reality with concrete movements across urban spaces. These annotations are not presented as a criticism of ELO's approach; rather, it is simple oversight by a scholar who has long examined and appreciated electronic literature and its maturity and organization. The truth is, however, that what these works will be called by future generations of readers, scholars and artists and how they will be distorted, viewed, judged and understood is truly everyone's presumption...