Adaptivity in hyperfiction

  • Authors:
  • Licia Calvi

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Pavia, Pavia

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the fifteenth ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Despite the announced "death of the author" that seemed to be perpetrated by the advent of a hypertext narrative, a closer look at existing hyperfictions and in particular at the theoretical analysis of its foundations (that demonstrates the existence of a distinction between a shallow text and a deep text, both of which represent the distinct space of activity of readers and authors) shows that this is by far not the case. If we accept this separation, we are also forced to accept the possibility for the author to exercise a wider power and stronger control on the text than she used to do before. This opens up a wider spectrum of possibilities of intervention if the author exploits adaptive techniques in hypertext narrative.The paper intends to investigate how adaptivity is used in hyperfiction and to propose an interpretative grid for better understanding and future use.