INTRODUCTION
I chose this hypertext mainly due to the title,
as it reminded me to the well-known
Maybe for most of the lectors this is also the
first time you deal with an hypertext. That’s why I have included in my
introduction a short definition about hypertexts and their functions.
Hypertext is a term used in the discussion of
computerized text, referring to the realm of electronically interlinked texts
and multimedia resources now commonly found on the World Wide Web (from 1990)
and on CD‐ROM reference sources. Hypertext is sometimes
distinguished from ‘linear’ printed text in terms of the reader's changed
experience of moving around and among texts. In a different sense, the term is
also applied, in discussions of intertextuality, to a text that in some way derives
from an earlier text (the ‘hypotext’) as a parody of it, a sequel to it, etc.
Hypertext most often refers to text on a computer that will lead the user to other, related
information on demand. Hypertext represents a relatively recent innovation to user interfaces, which overcomes some of the
limitations of written text. Rather than remaining static like traditional
text, hypertext makes possible a dynamic organization of information through
links and connections (called hyperlinks). Hypertext can be designed to perform various
tasks; for instance when a user "clicks" on it or "hovers"
over it, a bubble with a word definition may appear, or a web page on a related
subject may load, or a video clip may run, or an application may open.
Another term I think I should explain is that
of visual poetry, as Jim Andrews writes his poems using this technique:
Visual
poetry, is poetry or art in which the visual
arrangement of text, images and symbols is important in conveying the intended
effect of the work. It is sometimes referred to as concrete
poetry, a term that predates visual poetry, and at one time was synonymous
with it.
Visual
poetry was heavily influenced by Fluxus, which is usually described as being Intermedia.
Intermedia work tends to blur the distinctions between different media, and
visual poetry blurs the distinction between art and text. Whereas concrete
poetry is still recognizable as poetry, being composed of purely typographic
elements, visual poetry is generally much less text-dependent. Visual poems
incorporate text, but the text may have primarily a visual function. Visual
poems often incorporate significant amounts of non-text imagery in addition to
text.
It
should be noted here that there remains some debate regarding the distinction
between concrete poetry and visual poetry. There are three dominant views
regarding the issue. One view is that visual poetry is synonymous with concrete
poetry. A second view is that visual poetry is a type (or sub-category) of
concrete poetry. And the last view (adopted in this article) is that visual
poetry has evolved into a visual form distinct from concrete poetry. This view
is supported by work identified as visual poetry in which typographic elements
are secondary to visual elements, are minimal, or in some cases are absent
altogether from the work.
© Definitions taken from:
http://www.answers.com/topic/hypertext
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_poetry,
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[INTRODUCTION]
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