Traces the transformation of storytelling in the digital age.
AVATARS OF STORY
Marie-Laure Ryan
University of Minnesota Press | 296 pages | 2006
ISBN 0-8166-4685-6 | hardcover | $60.00
ISBN 0-8166-4685-6 | paperback | $20.00
Electronic Mediations Series, volume 17
Marie-Laure Ryan moves beyond literary works to examine other media,
especially electronic narrative forms, revealing how story, a form of
meaning that transcends cultures and media, achieves diversity by presenting
itself under multiple avatars. Ryan considers texts such as the reality
television show Survivor, the film The Truman Show, and software-driven
hypertext fiction, and anticipates the time when media will provide new ways
to experience stories.
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