Hyper/Text/TheoryGeorge P. Landow In his widely acclaimed book Hypertext George P. Landow described a radically new information technology and its relationship to the work of such literary theorists as Jacques Derrida and Roland Barthes. Now Landow has brought together a distinguished group of authorities to explore more fully the implications of hypertextual reading for contemporary literary theory. Among the contributors, Charles Ess uses the work of Jürgen Habermas and the Frankfurt School to examine hypertext's potential for true democratization. Stuart Moulthrop turns to Deleuze and Guattari as a point of departure for a study of the relation of hypertext and political power. Espen Aarseth places hypertext within a framework created by other forms of electronic textuality. David Kolb explores what hypertext implies for philosophy and philosophical discourse. Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Gunnar Liestol, and Mireille Rosello use contemporary theory to come to terms with hypertext narrative. Terrence Harpold investigates the hypertextual fiction of Michael Joyce. Drawing on Derrida, Lacan, and Wittgenstein, Gregory Ulmer offers an example of the new form of writing hypertextuality demands. |
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... complex mixture of randomness and organization , un- predictability and meaningfulness displayed by fractal images . 17 Maps O - W - E If we let randomness function like a paradoxical organizing principle , we may be capable of hearing ...
... complex relational structures . It could even be argued that the simple pointer and hierarchical structures pro- vided in hypertext are semantically more limiting than the implicit relationships created in conventional materials ...
... complex ideas into a conven- tionally unified exposition , to force his ideas into any single direction , crippled those ideas . Rather than reducing the complexity of his ideas for purposes of expositional elegance and ( spurious ) ...
Contents
Nonlinearity and Literary Theory 51 | |
Wittgenstein Genette and the Readers Narrative | 15 |
Michel de Certeaus Wandersmänner | 11 |
Copyright | |
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