chapter 6

Chapter six of Scott Rettberg's Electronic Literature describes network writing. He defines it as "Electronic literature created for and published on the Internet." He also says "It may require readers to visit multiple sites to experience that narrative."Networks are often contemporary works, using communication and social interaction. Electronic literature can be utilized now as a critique of humans within technology. Within network writing comes the developments in technology that make the writing how ti is today, Rettberg describes all the "bells and whistles" that come with the Internet today. This parallel with electronic writing means more diverse textual forms such as hypertexts and network writing. I looked at Hypertext of the Unknown which proves the point of diverse tools on the Internet. The story is made up of a variety of not only stories but ones from different places in the world and utilizes both writing, audio clips and videos. These different forms make the story more unique. I liked how the stories were their own parts but intertwined. I also liked how it was organized and on the side of the story, you could see what tools were available such as audios and videos. The story brought you to different websites to create the effect of traveling. I thought the work was very interesting.

Kendall Arkay