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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... move through space thanks to science fiction technology . Perhaps instant transportation is just as powerful to contemporary dreamers as flying was at the beginning of the century . But if I insist on talking about moving through space ...
... move beyond " I call " by default or by making navigational choices . The hypertext , quite un- expectedly , " ends , " by leaving readers without the means to move further through the narrative . 10 In all other readings , this place ...
... move through the lexias of Afternoon by pressing the Return key at each new screen of text , that is , by responding with the default “ yes ” to the implicit question posed by the opening of each lexia , " Do you want to hear about it ...
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Critical Theory in the Age | 5 |
Nonlinearity and Literary Theory 51 | 15 |
Wittgenstein Genette and the Readers Narrative | 15 |
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