External space of the text

At this part of the paper I will analyse the text from the perspective of the external space, that is to say, I will be basing this analysis on the things that can be seen at the screen, how are they distributed, how much space they occupy and how affects that to the perception of the text.

First of all, I will talk about the front page. At this page we find a defined structure composed by two spaces, one central that contains: the title in bold letters at the top, an image that is a link that allows us to start reading the hypertext occupies the centre of the screen. Below this image there are: the copyright, a line of acknowledgement and an e-mail address to contact the author. Then at the foot of the page we see a second space delimited by a fine line and at this area appears a link which sends you back to “Modern adventure”, a wider page where this hypertext is included.

Now, I will analyse the structure of the rest of the pages that conform this hypertext. All of them have the same shape; they are divided in two areas, exactly in the same way that the front page but the content of each part is different. At the pages inside the hypertext we found the bigger area occupied by the text, a black and white photo which size and position varies in each document and a small icon ()linked to the beginning of the story. Below this, the smaller space contains the copyright and the e-mail address to contact the author. As I have pointed out before, throughout the hypertext we can find three distinct sizes and placements of the photographs; most of the documents include small or medium images subordinated to the text that help to illustrate the spaces and situations that are described at it. There are many different ways to go through the text but we always can found three medium-sized pictures centred at the top of their corresponding page, above the text. And seven small photos located at the left corner of the screen, beside the text. Finally, the last page, to which all the possible ways bring us, consists of a unique big image of a man putting his luggage in a car; there is no text at the main space of the screen (except the copyright and the e-mail address that are separated of this part of the page by a line), there is only the link which sends us to the beginning.

Introduction Internal spaces Conclusion

Academic year 2008/2009
© a.r.e.a./Dr.Vicente Forés López
© Rut Villar Sánchez
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Universitat de València Press