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* Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (Espen J. Aarseth) ([https://monoskop.org/File:Aarseth_Espen_J_Cybertext_Perspectives_on_Ergodic_Literature.pdf monoskop link]) | * Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (Espen J. Aarseth) ([https://monoskop.org/File:Aarseth_Espen_J_Cybertext_Perspectives_on_Ergodic_Literature.pdf monoskop link]) | ||
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Introduction | |||
Behind the Lines: What is a Text, Anyway? | |||
A Typology of Nonlinear Textuality | |||
The Readerless Text | |||
Hypertext Is Not What You (May) Think | |||
Death and Cybernetics in the Ever-ending Text | |||
"The Lingo of the Cable": Travels in Cybertextuality | |||
The Limits of Fiction | |||
The Rhetoric of Nonlinearity | |||
The corruption of the Critic | |||
Problems of "Textual Anthropology" | |||
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Revision as of 12:14, 4 August 2024
- Read on: July 2024
- Read it physically in the studio, or on the bootleg library (TODO), or with my annotations (TODO)
This 1994 essay by Espen J. Aarseth outlines a theory of nonlinear texts and places this in the discourse of contemporary literary theory. I stumbled upon it in The New Media Reader, after reading the preceding chapters 12 and 50. By the merit of its placement in the book, that follows a chronological timeline, the alluring title, and Aarseth's name being connected to ludology, my interest was piqued. It is a dense text. Therefore, this entry will start with an attempt of a (subjective) (digestive) summary, after which more personal reflections are explored.
Follow ups to explore:
- Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (Espen J. Aarseth) (monoskop link)
Summary of 'Nonlinearity and Literary Theory'
Introduction Behind the Lines: What is a Text, Anyway? A Typology of Nonlinear Textuality The Readerless Text Hypertext Is Not What You (May) Think Death and Cybernetics in the Ever-ending Text "The Lingo of the Cable": Travels in Cybertextuality The Limits of Fiction The Rhetoric of Nonlinearity The corruption of the Critic Problems of "Textual Anthropology"