As Eskelinen points out, temporal dynamics may be either dependent on the reader's use of time, or independent of it. Using the categories defined in narratology as our starting point, Eskelinen outlines a list of simple functions that allow a very complex temporal manipulation of narrative digital texts. He also describes a set of authoring tools, Discourse Timer, which is specifically designed to employ these functions :FROM SPATIALITY TO TEMPORALITY
"So far digital texts have been usually discussed in terms of hypertext, which is usually described as a spatial form of writing. Especially the literary-aesthetic discussion of hypertextuality has focussed on spatial practices.
Furthermore, much effort has been invested in studying the ways text links are employed in literary hypertexts. We take another approach, and emphasise the temporal organization and structuring of texts. So, text links are temporarily pushed to the margin, as we concentrate here on the ways the links and other aspects of digital texts may be pre-programmed.
That is, in addition to following Ted Nelson's lead and conceiving links as choices offered for the reader, we treat links as parts of the authored structure ".
Download ebooks on http://www.frenchtheory.com/ - See that post with different algorithms in metabole - See the journal French Metablog with today different posts -Enter Hypertextopia-PHONEREADER Library -- Jean-Philippe Pastor
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