Wreader's Digest - How To Appreciate Hyperfiction Export

@article{citeulike:139323, abstract = {Compared to its age - or youth - hyperfiction is a rather well-theorized genre. Hyperfiction-criticism either praises its subject as evolved print-text and better realization of contemporary literary theory - or deplore its - allegedly - low literary quality. What is missing, however, are in-depth readings of digital fiction that deemphasize theory and try to appreciate this new genre for what it has to offer. In this "paper", I will read two hyperfictions that are not among the two or three canonized texts that are relatively well-known and often-quoted. Both John McDaid's Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse and Sarah Smith's King of Space deal with central issues of hypertext-theory - in content as well as formally. They are about agency and sense-making, ironically deconstructing mainstream theory's claims that digital, hyperlinked texts activate readers into a de-facto author-position. They are also representations of contemporary life that may be difficult to read at first but also make strangely adequate and enjoyable texts for today's readers.}, author = {Rau, Anja}, citeulike-article-id = {139323}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v01/i07/Rau/}, comment = {Close reading of John McDaid's hypertext fiction Uncle Buddy.}, day = {14}, journal = {Journal of Digital Information}, keywords = {close-reading, elit, hypertext}, month = {December}, number = {7}, posted-at = {2005-03-24 18:16:23}, priority = {0}, title = {Wreader's Digest - How To Appreciate Hyperfiction}, url = {http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v01/i07/Rau/}, volume = {1}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:139323 L3 - citeulike-article-id:139323 N2 - Compared to its age - or youth - hyperfiction is a rather well-theorized genre. Hyperfiction-criticism either praises its subject as evolved print-text and better realization of contemporary literary theory - or deplore its - allegedly - low literary quality. What is missing, however, are in-depth readings of digital fiction that deemphasize theory and try to appreciate this new genre for what it has to offer. In this "paper", I will read two hyperfictions that are not among the two or three canonized texts that are relatively well-known and often-quoted. Both John McDaid's Uncle Buddy's Phantom Funhouse and Sarah Smith's King of Space deal with central issues of hypertext-theory - in content as well as formally. They are about agency and sense-making, ironically deconstructing mainstream theory's claims that digital, hyperlinked texts activate readers into a de-facto author-position. They are also representations of contemporary life that may be difficult to read at first but also make strangely adequate and enjoyable texts for today's readers. IS - 7 JF - Journal of Digital Information TI - Wreader's Digest - How To Appreciate Hyperfiction VL - 1 KW - close-reading KW - elit KW - hypertext N1 - Close reading of John McDaid's hypertext fiction Uncle Buddy. AU - Rau, Anja PY - 2000/12/14/ UR - http://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v01/i07/Rau/ ER -