CHALLENGES FOR DIGITAL LITERATURE TEACHING

This paper addresses some challenges faced by researchers and teachers interested in teaching digital literature in formal educational institutions. Initially, a brief history of digital literature is presented, with emphasis on the first literary experiments with computational language that were carried out still in the 50s, under the mentorship of Max Bense in Germany. In addition, the paper brings forward two movements of digital literature arising after the 50s: thedigital poetry and its relation with avant-garde poetry movements; and the hypertext literature. Finally, the paper presents the results of some educational projects on teaching digital literature conducted in different European universitie