Hyperfiction
Write an essay hyperfiction based on the following list
Story List to choose from:
Kut Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse Five 1969
Robert Ooover, “The Babysitter” 1969
Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” 1981
Raymond Carver, “Little Things,” aka “Popular Mechanics” 1981
Literary terms used for part 3:
Hypertext-Computer system that enables access to electronic documents by clicking
on “hot links”
Hypertiction»A type of new media literatu'e that most resembles stories or novels
Lexia»The term for a unit of new media, similar to one “page” or webpage
Paths~The term for the various routes a reader might take through a new media work
Image map»A visual representation of how a particular hyperfiction is structued
Linear-Describes a story that is read in a continuous, uninterrupted manner
Nonlinear-Describes a story that cannot be read in a traditional, continuous manner
Multi-linear-Describes a story that has many paths and several storylines
Authorship»The concept of who is responsible for the creation of the literatue~Some
claim the reader of HF becomes a ‘co-author‘