E-way: Ergodic Literature

In his study on “cybertext”, Espen J. Aarseth introduces the notion of “ergodic” to analyze how non-linear texts (including ancient literary works) and contemporary computer-based multiple user dungeons differ from more prevalent, ink-on-paper genres.  Aarseth looks at the differences between the performance of a book reader and that of a cybertext user, and pays tribute to predecessors of today’s ergodic literature, from I Ching, the Book of Changes, to the labyrinths of Jorge Louis Borges and Umberto Eco.

Released: Replika 40, 201–218.
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