Descript |
xii, 291 pages : illlustrations ; 23 cm |
Content |
text |
Media |
unmediated |
Carrier |
volume |
Edition |
Second edition. |
Note |
Revised edition of: Narrative as virtual reality : immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media. 2001. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Virtuality -- The two (and thousand) faces of the virtual -- VR technology as immersion and interactivity -- The poetics of immersion -- The text as world: theories of immersion -- Varieties of immersion: spatial, temporal, emotional -- The poetics of interactivity -- The text as world versus the text as game -- Texts without worlds: dysfunctionality as a form of play -- The many forms of interactivity -- Hypertext: the functions and effects of exploratory, external interactivity -- Reconciling immersion and interactivity -- Participatory interactivity from life situations to drama -- Chasing the dream of the immersive, interactive narrative -- Conclusion. |
ISBN |
9781421417974 |
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1421417979 |
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