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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... asked to appraise and purchase libraries — by retiring academics , widows and disgruntled students " ( Birkerts 14 ) . Apparently , such categories of people are unremarkable sellers of libraries . It is probably considered normal that ...
... Asking what it is you want to say is , in the end , asking the same of the Other , who always may not be able to give you the answer you are nonetheless compelled to pursue : " tell me a story , " you say . " Tell me what you want ...
... asked to use hypertext to interrogate the authority of au- thors and teachers.27 The task given to students in this experiment matched the terms of Coover's prediction : both as readers and writers , they were asked to struggle against ...
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Nonlinearity and Literary Theory | |
Wittgenstein Genette and the Readers Narrative | 5 |
Espen J Aarseth | |
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