How to build hypertext fiction

Authors

  • Raymond Colle Diego Portales University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-750-001-014

Keywords:

Literature, Narrative, Novel, Hypertext, Hypertext fiction, Syntax, Cognitive Sciences, Memory, Data bases, Content analysis, Learning sciences, Learning technology

Abstract

Hypertext and story seem to have clearly opposite structures: story is linear whole hypertext is non-linear. How can then hypertext fictions be constructed? We compare here the structure of classic narrative and of hypertext and explore the importance of sequence. To solve the apparent opposition, we consider the structure of our memory, where sequential and non-sequential relations are present. We found so multiple suggestion that can help us to explain how to build an hypernovel. Finally, we show how and why hypertext fiction can be used for learning.

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Author Biography

Raymond Colle, Diego Portales University

Graduate in Moral and Religious Sciences, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 1969. Systems Analyst, CIISA, Santiago de Chile, 1991. Doctor in Information Sciences, University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, 1999. Academic of the School of Journalism, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago de Chile, 1979-2002. Academic of the School of Multimedia Communication, Faculty of Communication, Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile, 2002-2004. Webmaster of the Faculty of Communication, creator and director of the hyper magazine Temas de Tecnología Digitales de Comunicación, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, 2000-2004. Coordinator of the Digital Technologies Area, Center for Media Studies, Faculty of Communication, Diego Portales University, Santiago de Chile, 2000-2003.

Main courses taught: Information processing, Content analysis, Introduction to computing, The image as a means of knowledge.

Author, among others, of the following books: - Systemic cognitive theory of communication, Santiago de Chile: San Pablo, 2002, 392 p. (Summary in PDF) - Exploit the news information - Data Mining in Journalism, Madrid: Complutense University, 2002, 266 p.

- To report on the WWW: Principles and foundations of website design, Santiago de Chile: Centro de Estudios Mediales, Universidad Diego Portales, 2001, 362 p.

- Initiation to the language of the image, Santiago de Chile: Universidad Católica, 1993, 201 p.

- Journalistic documentation: Principles and applications, Santiago de Chile: Universidad Católica, 1992, 181 p.

- Introductory course to social communication, Santiago de Chile: CENCOSEP, 2nd ed.1991, 170 p.

- Information Technologies, Santiago de Chile: School of Journalism, UC, 1989, 190 p.

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Published

2007-10-08

How to Cite

Colle, R. (2007). How to build hypertext fiction. Revista Latina De Comunicación Social, (63), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-63-2008-750-001-014

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