 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
AVATARS OF STORY
|
| By: |
Marie-Laure Ryan |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£16.99 |
| Our price: |
£15.29 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£1.70 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
0816646864 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780816646869 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
2 August, 2006 |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
Tracing the transformation of storytelling in the digital age, this work examines electronic narrative forms. It reveals how digital media convey meaning and create stories. It stresses the difficulty of reconciling narrativity with interactivity and anticipates the time when media will provide fresh ways to experience stories. |
| Synopsis: |
This work traces the transformation of storytelling in the digital age. Since its inception, narratology has developed primarily as an investigation of literary narrative fiction. In "Avatars of Story", Marie-Laure Ryan moves beyond literary works to examine electronic narrative forms. By grappling with semiotic media other than language and technology other than print, she reveals how digital media convey meaning and create stories. Ryan begins by considering texts such as a 1989 Cubs - Giants baseball broadcast, the reality television show "Survivor", and the film "The Truman Show". She then expands her investigation into new media: computer games such as EverQuest and Super Mario Bros., software-driven hypertext fiction such as the GPS-based 314 North 118 West, and Facade, a multimedia, AI-supported project in interactive drama. In doing so, Ryan distinguishes a spectrum of narrative modes, such as utilitarian, illustrative, indeterminate, and metaphorical. Ultimately, Ryan stresses the difficulty of reconciling narrativity with interactivity and anticipates the time when media will provide new ways to experience stories or even permanently alter what is recognized as story. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|