Borges 2.0

From Text to Virtual Worlds

Perla Sasson-Henry (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

125 Seiten

2007
Peter Lang Publishing Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8204-9714-3 (ISBN)

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Borges 2.0: From Text to Virtual Worlds analyzes Jorge Luis Borges’s «The Library of Babel», «The Garden of Forking Paths», and «The Intruder» from a tripartite perspective that encompasses literature, science, and technology. This book underscores developments in chaos theory during the 1980s and their intricate connections with Borges’s works and the digital world. Without losing sight of this critical framework, this study also takes into account Deleuze and Guattari’s rhizome theory and Umberto Eco’s theory on labyrinths. Borges 2.0 is unique in its analysis of how Borgesian texts relate to science and technology at the same time that science and the virtual world illuminate Borges’s texts to provide a new reading of his work.

The Author: Perla Sassón-Henry is Associate Professor at the United States Naval Academy, where she teaches Spanish language, literature, and culture. She holds a doctorate in humanistic studies from the State University of New York at Albany. Her research interests include the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Latin American digital literature from the perspective of comparative studies, science, electronic literature, video games, and net-art.

«‘Borges 2.0’ is a perceptive and erudite study of the developing interface between, on the one hand, fiction, narrative, and literary tradition, and, on the other hand, the newer world of networked discourse and interactive stimulations. The book serves equally well on both sides of the increasingly porous border, and lives up to the intelligence and vision of its namesake.» (Stuart Moulthrop, Professor, School of Information Arts and Technologies, University of Baltimore)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.2007
Reihe/Serie	Latin America ; 13
	Latin America ; 13
	Latin America: Interdisciplinary Studies ; 13
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Gewicht	410 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8204-9714-2 / 0820497142
ISBN-13	978-0-8204-9714-3 / 9780820497143
Zustand	Neuware