Locative media and narrative in North American literature and culture
Abstract
This Ph.D. dissertation undertakes the investigation of locative media from a narrative perspective within the context of North American Literature and Culture. The emergence of locative media in the beginning of the twenty-first century marked a shift in the ways in which physical, digital, and narrative space can be perceived. This doctoral project explores the effects of locative media on narrative production, intending to bring to the fore different manifestations of the convergence of locative media and narrative practice across print and digital media. Through the examination of fictional and non-fictional texts produced by North American authors and practitioners, this dissertation explores the affordances and limitations of locative media as well as the impact of these newly-emergent technologies on the reading and narrative strategies that participants are invited to develop. The first chapter examines print manifestations of locative media in William Gibson’s fictional texts, ...
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