Avatars of story / Marie-Laure Ryan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Marie-Laure, 1946-

Series:

Electronic mediations ; v. 17.

Electronic mediations ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interactive multimedia.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Marie-Laure Ryan moves beyond literary works to examine other media, especially electronic narrative forms, revealing how story, a form of meaning that transcends cultures and media, achieves diversity by presenting itself under multiple avatars. Ryan considers texts such as the reality television show Survivor, the film The Truman Show, and software-driven hypertext fiction, and anticipates the time when media will provide new ways to experience stories.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Narrative in Old Media; II. Narrative in New Media; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-264) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9786-8

OCLC:

476096096