Piecing Together and Tearing Apart: Finding the Story in afternoon

This paper is a reading of a classic of hypertext narrative: Michael Joyce’s afternoon, a story. Several writers have discussed afternoon previously. However I have chosen to explore afternoon from a different angle by using theories of narratology, especially Genette. In this reading, I explore ways in which the text confuses the reader but also the many stabilising elements that aid the reader to piece together a story.

NB: Published under author's unmarried name, Jill Walker.

Works referenced:

Title	Author	Year
afternoon, a story	Michael Joyce	1990

Critical writing that references this:

Title	Author	Publisher	Year
Travels in Cybertextuality. The Challenge of Ergodic Literature and Ludology to Literary Theory	Markku Eskelinen		2009
The Emergence of Electronic Literature Exhibition Catalogue	Scott Rettberg, Jill Walker Rettberg		2013
Tekstspill i hypertekst. Koherensopplevelse og sjangergjenkjennelse i lesing av multimodale hyperfiksjoner	Hans Kristian Rustad		2008
Techno-historical Limits of the Interface: The Performance of Interactive Narrative Experiences	Andrew Hutchison		2009
Storyspace 1	Mark Bernstein		2002
Rhetorical Convergence: Earlier Media Influence on Web Media Form	Anders Fagerjord		2003
Repetition and Recombination: Reading Network Fiction	David Ciccoricco		2005
Písanie v interaktívnych médiách. Digitálna fikcia /Writing in the Interactive Media. Digital Fiction	Zuzana Husárová		2009
Linking Strategies	Susana Pajares Tosca		2014
Fiction and Interaction: How Clicking a Mouse Can Make You Part of a Fictional World	Jill Walker Rettberg		2003
Feral Hypertext: When Hypertext Literature Escapes Control	Jill Walker Rettberg		2005
Electronic Literature Seen from a Distance: The Beginnings of a Field	Jill Walker Rettberg	Dichtung Digital	2012
Electronic Literature	Scott Rettberg	Polity	2018
Digital Media	Scott Rettberg, Jill Walker Rettberg	Modern Language Association (MLA)	2010
Card Shark and Thespis: Exotic Tools for Hypertext Narrative	Mark Bernstein		2001
A Short History of Electronic Literature and Communities in the Nordic Countries	Hans Kristian Rustad	Dichtung Digital	2012

Research Collection that references this Critical Writing:

Title
The Importance of the Term of Narratology in Electronic Literature
Electronic Literature, Chapter 3: Hypertext Fiction

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