Hypertextuality

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In the theory of transtextuality according to Gérard Genette, hypertextuality is a form of overlaying texts that does not correspond to that of the commentary , for example that a later text would be inconceivable without the previous one.

An example of hypertextuality is James Joyce's novel “ Ulysses ” (1922), which would not have been possible without Homer's Odyssey . In Genette's terminology, James Joyce's novel Ulysses would be referred to as hypertext and Homer's Odyssey as hypotext in this example .

In the context of hypertexts , hypertextuality is often referred to as a summary of their characteristic features such as intertextuality , nonlinearity , non- sequentiality , decontextualization , recombinationality , interception , associativity , etc.

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literature

  • Gérard Genette : Palimpsests. Second level literature . Translated from the French by Wolfram Bayer and Dieter Hornig. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-518-11683-5 ( Edition Suhrkamp. Aesthetica 1683 = NF 683).
  • Rainer Kuhlen : Hypertext. A non-linear medium between book and knowledge base . Springer-Verlag, Berlin a. a. 1991, ISBN 3-540-53566-7 ( SEL Foundation edition ).
  • Ted Nelson : Hypertext Note 1: Brief Words on Hypertext . 1967.
  • Ted Nelson: Literary machines. The report on, and of, project Xanadu concerning word processing, electronic publishing, hypertext, thinkertoys, tomorrow's intellectual revolution, and certain other topics including knowledge, education and freedom . Mindful Press, Sausalito CA 1992, ISBN 0-89347-062-7 .

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