Resumen de A Semiotic Approach to Hypermedia for Literary Studies.New Conditions for the Act of Reading?

Sabrina Mazzali-Lurati

• The increasing importance of semiotic analysis of new media is well acknowledged. In our paper we concentrate on the process of interpretation and comprehension of hypertextual transpositions. Hypertextual transpositions are a particular kind of hypermedia for literature and literary studies. In our research we aimed at understanding if and how the characteristics of the hypertextual form (namely, the fragmentation of contents and the absence of a predefined reading order) have an impact upon the act of reading. Such a question is central as to the improvement of the effectiveness in the use of this kind of artefacts. After having introduced the topic and the general framework, we will provide a definition of hypertextual transpositions. In the main part of the article we will outline and describe the two main features of this kind of hypermedial applications (namely, the logic of representation and the second order representation), taking care to point out their impact upon the user¿s act of reading and comprehending the application contents