Text, Hypertext, and Hyperfiction
This article briefly surveys the changing theoretical perspectives on text from structuralism to poststructuralism and how they are subsequently accounted for by hypertext theorists to comprehend the emerging genre called hypertext fiction. Some theoretical issues concerning the reading of this genr...
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| description | This article briefly surveys the changing theoretical perspectives on text from structuralism to poststructuralism and how they are subsequently accounted for by hypertext theorists to comprehend the emerging genre called hypertext fiction. Some theoretical issues concerning the reading of this genre also will be discussed. The purpose of this study is to illustrate that the radical promises and challenges of digital novels to readers would prove reading and interpretation of conventional texts are far more participatory. This will be accomplished by tracing the evolution of poststructuralists’ concepts of intertextuality, multivocality, decentering, multilinearity, disorientation, and interactivity to find a way out of constant notions of conventional principles of reading. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db543d1f8cf94075bd651288094e2f492022-12-21T22:44:08ZengSAGE PublishingSAGE Open2158-24402014-03-01410.1177/215824401452891510.1177_2158244014528915Text, Hypertext, and HyperfictionLadan Modir0Ling C Guan1Sohaimi Bin Abdul Aziz2University Science Malaysia, Pulau Penang, MalaysiaUniversity Science Malaysia, Pulau Penang, MalaysiaUniversity Science Malaysia, Pulau Penang, MalaysiaThis article briefly surveys the changing theoretical perspectives on text from structuralism to poststructuralism and how they are subsequently accounted for by hypertext theorists to comprehend the emerging genre called hypertext fiction. Some theoretical issues concerning the reading of this genre also will be discussed. The purpose of this study is to illustrate that the radical promises and challenges of digital novels to readers would prove reading and interpretation of conventional texts are far more participatory. This will be accomplished by tracing the evolution of poststructuralists’ concepts of intertextuality, multivocality, decentering, multilinearity, disorientation, and interactivity to find a way out of constant notions of conventional principles of reading.https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244014528915 |
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