Analysing e-lit as Work of Literature: Is it Possible?
ISSN: 0252-8169
Year of publication: 2019
Volume: 42
Pages: 109-115
Type: Article
More publications in: Journal of Comparative literature and Aesthetics
Abstract
This article presents an approach to the application of procedures and tools encountered in thenarratology field of narrative electronic literature in order to point out if this new literature works can beanalysed as traditional works. In order to reach the goal, a chapter of an e-lit narrative will be analysed:Pry (2 014). A n inter active Ap p. nove ll a, a m ult imoda l work abou t J ame s, a de mo lit ion c onsu ltant whos elife has been broken after first Gulf War, created by Samantha Gorman y Danny Cannizzaro. Thenarratological analyses show that it is possible to do it but additional methodologies are needed if wewant to do a complete analysis of the literary work.