Canonizing hypertext : explorations and constructions / Astrid Ensslin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ensslin, Astrid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criticism--Data processing.

Criticism.

Canon (Literature).

Hypertext systems.

Physical Description:

197 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2007]

Summary:

This innovative monograph focuses on a new form of computer-based literature called 'literary hypertext', a digital, interactive, communicative form of new media writing. Canonising 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: 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 a curriculum that still seeks to transmit classical literary competence? This study, which argues for hypertext's 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-193) and index.

ISBN:

9780826495587

0826495583

OCLC:

74459044