Narrative as virtual reality
Subtitle: immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media
By: Marie-Laure Ryan.
Series: Parallax.; Parallax (Baltimore, Md.)
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Books and reading; Interactive multimedia; Virtual reality
Description: Is there a significant difference in attitude between immersion in a game and immersion in a movie or novel? The author demonstrates in this book that the questions raised by new, interactive technologies have their precursors and echoes in pre-electronic literary and artistic traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-388 ) and index.