READING HYPERMEDIA NARRATIVE STARS, 88 CONSTELLATIONS FOR WITTGENSTEIN BY DAVID CLARK. ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO CONSTELLATION 18 CASSIOPEIA

Ano: 2015 | Volume: 11 | Número: 1

Autores: N. Meza

Palavras-chave: Discourse Analysis, Electronic Literature, Narrativity, Semiotics, Temporality

Resumo Inglês:

This article presents an approach to analyze hypermedia discourse elements found in
Cassiopeia, one of the constellations that compose 88 Constellations for Wittgenstein (To Be Played
with the Left Hand) (2011) by net.art artist David Clark. Even though there are many approaches to
the subject of electronic literature, there are still many unexplored e-lit works waiting to be studied that
undoubtedly will raise questions about the literariness of electronic literature. This article briefly
outlines issues of representation, temporality, semiotics, interaction, and manipulation on this specific
constellation of the aforementioned e-lit work. Specific new media literary theories (temporal
possibilities in programmed texts; temporal levels for cybertexts with narrative content; pluricode
couplings, lability of digital works) have been applied to the selected corpus in order to examine the
nuances and gradations of electronic textuality and literary reception. The analysis shows that the
user‘s manipulation and interaction with the e-lit work affect certain elements in the hypermedia
narrative discourse so as to suggest new possibilities of temporal and semiotic interpretation.