Literary Theory and Methodology Session Seven: Electronic Fiction.
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Literary Theory and Literary Theory and MethodologyMethodology
Session Seven: Electronic FictionSession Seven: Electronic Fiction
AgendaAgenda
• Fiction and the computer: Marie-Laure Ryan, Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media.
• Hyper novels: – Babylondon
• ”Flash” fiction:– The.Powerbook– Because You Asked– Jim O’Gauble
Ryan’s Key ConceptsRyan’s Key Concepts
• Immersion• Spatial: setting• Temporal: plot• Emotional: character
• Interactivity– Figural– Literal
• Weak• Strong
ImmersionImmersion
• ”[…] the experience through which a fictional world acquires the presence of an autonomous, language-independent reality popullated with live human beings.” (14)
• ”[…]requires an active engagement with the text and a demanding act of imagining.” (15)
InteractivityInteractivity
Figural:• ”[…] the collaboration
between the reader and the text in the production of meaning.” (16)→Iser
Literal:• ” the textual mechanisms
that enable the reader to affect the ’text’ of the text as a visible display of signs, and to control the dynamics of its unfolding.” (17)– Weak: ”[…] a choice
between predefined alternatives”
– Strong. ”[…] the physical production of the text.”
Two metaphors of TextTwo metaphors of Text
• World• Language is a
transparent mirror• Meaning is vertical
and referential• The reader as voyeur• Space is three-
dimensional
• Game• Language is an
opaque material• Meaning is horizontal
and intertextual• The reader as
(de)constructor• Space is two-
dimensional
ImmersionImmersion
• Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Lady Reading the Letters of Heloise and Abelard (1758-1759)