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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789676003321

Autore

Ensslin Astrid

Titolo

Canonizing hypertext : explorations and constructions / Astrid Ensslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Continuum, 2007

ISBN

1-4725-4228-2

1-283-20685-4

9786613206855

1-4411-6794-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Continuum literary studies

Disciplina

801/.9590285

Soggetti

Criticism - Data processing

Canon (Literature)

Hypertext systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Hypertextual Ontologies -- 2. Hypertext and the Question of Canonicity -- 3. A Hypertext Canon -- 4. Literary Competence - Conceptual Adaptations -- 5. Hypertext in the Literature Classroom -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative monograph focuses on a contemporary form of computer-based literature called 'literary hypertext', a digital, interactive, communicative form of new media writing.  Canonizing 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 for literary scholars and teachers: 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 curricula that still seek to transmit 'traditional' literary competence?  How can the notion of literary competence be broadened to take into account these current trends?  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