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Canonizing Hypertext: Explorations and Constructions
Contributor(s): Ensslin, Astrid (Author)
ISBN: 0826495583     ISBN-13: 9780826495587
Publisher: Continuum
OUR PRICE:   $217.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: July 2007
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Annotation: This innovative monograph focuses on a new 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 empiri
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
- Education | Organizations & Institutions
Dewey: 801.959
LCCN: 2006034641
Series: Continuum Literary Studies
Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.52" W x 9.26" (0.99 lbs) 206 pages
 
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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.