General Analysis

 

First of all I would like to clarify the concept of HYPERTEXT because it’s very important to understand why two readers don’t read in the same way a hypertext.

Hypertext

A special type of database system, invented by Ted Nelson in the 1960s, in which objects (text, pictures, music, programs, and so on) can be creatively linked to each other. When you select an object, you can see all the other objects that are linked to it. You can move from one object to another even though they might have very different forms. For example, while reading a document about Mozart, you might click on the phrase Violin Concerto in A Major, which could display the written score or perhaps even invoke a recording of the concerto. Clicking on the name Mozart might cause various illustrations of Mozart to appear on the screen. The icons that you select to view associated objects are called Hypertext links or buttons.

Hypertext systems are particularly useful for organizing and browsing through large databases that consist of disparate types of information. There are several Hypertext systems available for Apple Macintosh computers and PCs that enable you to develop your own databases. Such systems are often called authoring systems. HyperCard software from Apple Computer is the most famous.

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UNCLE ROGER

The narrator of this hypertext is Jenny. Jenny is the babysitter who takes care of Caroline, whose parents are Louise and Tom Broadthrow. In the first file, they are at the party that the Broadthrow’s family is celebrating in their house in Woodside, California. In that party, there are many guests; Jenny explains many things about them, such as what they wear or what they are talking about during the party. And an important thing is that her uncle (Roger) is at the party but he behaves as if he doesn’t know Jenny. However, she also tells us about her dreams, most of them erotic ones related with Jeff.

 Secondly, in the file called The Blue Notebook, it has been passed two weeks from the party in Woodside and the characters are celebrating Tom’s birthday. She tells us about the birthday and also about her personal memories related with Jeff and David; she has written these memories on a notebook one week before Tom’s birthday. In this celebration, her uncle is also there; and he still behaves as if he doesn’t know her.

Eventually, in the third file (Terminals), Jenny is working at an office. She tells us about her workmates and about what they usually talk about. In this file, she also tells us about her dreams and nightmares.

 

 

 

Second paper                                          Introduction                                            Conclusion                                               SPACE analysis

Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Lorena Levy Ballester
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