Forking the Path: A Study of Hypertext

• Thesis title in Czech: Rozvětvené cestičky: Studie hypertextu
• Thesis title in English: Forking the Path: A Study of Hypertext
• Key words: hypertext|hypermediální studia|digitální média|logocentrismus|perfomance|performativita
• English key words: hypertext|hypermedia studies|digital media|logocentrism|performance|performativity
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2021/2022
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Department of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures (21-UALK)
• Supervisor: Louis Armand, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 13.01.2022
• Date of assignment: 13.01.2022
• Administrator's approval: not processed yet
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 01.03.2022
• Date and time of defence: 02.02.2023 00:00
• Date of electronic submission: 05.01.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 02.02.2023
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Mgr. David Vichnar, Ph.D.

Guidelines

The aim of the present thesis is to critically engage with the concept of hypertext and to outline various approaches to it. Hypertext will first be interpreted theoretically and will engage with the philosophical notions of logocentrism. It will be viewed as a process of non-sequential writing that is characteristic not only for electronic literatures but for writing in general. Second, hypertext will be approached as a system that allows one to create, read, perceive, store, and utilize information in a particular way. This system makes the patterns of non-sequentiality inherent in writing visible. Third, hypertext will be viewed as a technique, the implementation of which will be analyzed in relation to the concepts of the performativity of art and language, as well as of interactive performance.

References

Primary Sources/Primární Literatura:
Aarseth, Espen, J. Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literatures. John Hopkins University Press, 1997
Delaney, Paul & Landow, George, P. Hypermedia and Literary Studies, The MIT Press, 1994.
Derrida, Jacques. Of Grammatology. John Hopkins University Press, 1997.
McLuhan, Marshall. The Gutenberg Galaxy. University of Toronto Press, 1962.
Nelson, Theodore. Literary Machines, 1987.

Secondary Sources/Sekundární Literatura:
Ascott, Roy. Telematic Embrace. University of California Press, 2003.
Bolter, Jay David. Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.
Danielewski, Mark Z. House of Leaves. Pantheon, 2000.
Dixon, Steve. Digital Performance: A History of New Media in Theatre, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation. The MIT Press, 2007.
Jackson, Shirley. Patchwork Girl. Eastgate Systems, Inc., 1995.
Joyce, Michael. afternoon: a story. Eastgate Systems Inc., 1999.
Lyotard, Jean-Francois. The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge. Manchester University Press, 1984.
Martina Leeker, Imanuel Schipper, & Timon Beyes (Eds). Performing the Digital. Verlag, 2017.
Moulthrop, Stuart. Victory Garden, Eastgate Systems Inc., 2002.
NetArt Anthology (available online:https://anthology.rhizome.org/)
Phillips, Tom. A Humument: A Treated Victorian Novel. Thames & Hudson, 2017.