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Listopia > Cut-up technique
The cut-up technique is an aleatory literary technique in which a text is cut up and rearranged to create a new text. Most commonly, cut-ups are used to offer a non-linear alternative to traditional reading and writing.
The concept can be traced to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by American writer William S. Burroughs, and has since been used in a wide variety of contexts.
This list contains novels, short stories, poems and essays that were, at least partially, created using the cut-up or fold-in technique. Please feel free to expand it.
The concept can be traced to at least the Dadaists of the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by American writer William S. Burroughs, and has since been used in a wide variety of contexts.
This list contains novels, short stories, poems and essays that were, at least partially, created using the cut-up or fold-in technique. Please feel free to expand it.
Ben
363 books
28 friends
28 friends
Dana
20 books
1 friend
1 friend
Bradley
113 books
504 friends
504 friends
Bill
176 books
489 friends
489 friends
Harry
1700 books
735 friends
735 friends
Reggie
1802 books
2 friends
2 friends
Three Rooms
216 books
510 friends
510 friends
Bobbobbob
29 books
1 friend
1 friend
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