Analysis of the SPACE

 

In this analysis I will show where actions take place in this hypertext. It will not be easy because sometimes the main character is dreaming; so I will try to differentiate between reality and dreams. Furthermore, exterior and interior spaces will be analyzed, as well as public and private places in order to understand in a better way the text.

The text is divided in three parts. In the first one, File 1: A Party in Woodside, the action takes place in a house in Woodside during a party. Secondly, in File 2: The blue notebook, it’s not easy to know the exact location, we just know that actions take place in a restaurant in a hotel just off the highway that runs down the East side of the South Bay during Tom’s birthday. And finally, File 3: Terminals; in this part it’s supposed that the space where everything happens is the offices of a company where the main character (Jenny) works.

The space where the actions take place is changeable. There are exteriors and interiors, but most of the actions take place in interior spaces (house, office and restaurant). Of course the house is a private place, but the restaurant and the offices are both public ones. Moreover, there are many narrative ellipses and in some parts of the text it’s almost impossible to know where the action is taking place due to the absence of references.

 

 

Second paper                          Introduction                 Conclusion                               General analysis

 

 

Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Lorena Levy Ballester
lolevyba@alumni.uv.es