The HyperTextuality of Everyday Life

 

“…not the literal menus-of-menus and texts-behind-texts that one fines on CD-roms and other computer applications but rather the all-but-infinite array of potential explanations, illustrations, associations, glosses and exempla, even stories, that may be said to lie not ony behind any verbal formulation but also behind any real-world image, scene, action, interaction.”

 

Prerequisite Assignment: “Click” by John Barth (short story handout )

Description:
The object of this assignment is to explore the hypertextuality of everyday life, as identified in the short story “Click” by John Barth. Each student will create a sequence of web pages originating from a common class web page.

The HyperTextuality of Everyday Life