Canonizing Hypertext

Explorations and Constructions

AvAstrid Ensslin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

This innovative monograph focuses on a contemporary form of computer-based literature called 'literary hypertext', a digital, interactive, communicative form of new media writing. Canonizing Hypertext combines theoretical and hermeneutic investigations with empirical research into the motivational and pedagogic possibilities of this form of literature. It focuses on key questions for literary scholars and teachers: How can literature be taught in such a way as to make it relevant for an increasingly hypermedia-oriented readership? How can the rapidly evolving new media be integrated into curricula that still seek to transmit traditional literary competence? How can the notion of literary competence be broadened to take into account these current trends? This study, which argues for hypertexts integration in the literary canon, offers a critical overview of developments in hypertext theory, an exemplary hypertext canon and an evaluation of possible classroom applications.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-05-09
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt:300 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Continuum Literary Studies
Antal sidor:206
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780826495587

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Astrid Ensslin is a Research Associate in the Department of German Studies, University of Manchester.

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'...in the absence of any hypertext in the canon of English Literature, [Ensslin] is forced to propose her own. These turn out to be the fairly well-known Michael Joyce (afternoon), Stuart Moulthorpe (Victory Garden) and Jayne Yellowlees Douglas (I Have Said Nothing). These are the 'first generation' of hypertext writers. There are 'plot summaries' so far as this is possible with non-sequential writing, yet even whilst making great claims for their work, she is curiously reluctant to quote from them to prove that these qualities exist...Nevertheless, for anyone interested in the subject of electronic writing, hypertext, or experimental narratives, I think it's worth grappling with the difficulties to get an up-to-date view on the issues.' Roy Johnson, 2007, Mantex.co.uk

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; 1. Hypertextual Ontologies; 2. Hypertext and the Question of Canonicity; 3. A Hypertext Canon; 4. Literary Competence - Conceptual Adaptations; 5. Hypertext in the Literature Classroom; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.