ABSTRACT

There is a broad consensus that digital narrative is "spatial," but what this critical term means and how it is used varies greatly depending on the discipline from which it is approached. Digital Narrative Spaces brings together essays by prominent scholars in electronic literature and other forms of digital authorship to explore the relationship between story and space across these disciplines. This volume includes an introduction with Marie-Laure Ryan’s typology of space, followed by thought-provoking individual chapters which explore innovative explorations of electronic literature, locative media, literary tourism, and the mapping of real-world literary spaces. The collection closes with an essay analyzing continuities and discontinuities in theory of space across the chapters. This volume will provide an important framework for establishing a dialogue across disciplines and future scholarship in these fields.

chapter |19 pages

Introduction

Four Types of Textual Space and their Manifestations in Digital Narrative

chapter 2|13 pages

Tailing Rebus

Plotting a Conspiracy in Digital Space

chapter 3|21 pages

Virtual Wandering

Embodied Spatial Narrativity in Walking Simulators

chapter 4|18 pages

Mapping Imaginary Spaces

From Database to Folk Cartography

chapter 5|21 pages

From Screen to Silicon

Reverse Engineering the Computational Infrastructure of Nick Montfort's Round

chapter 7|18 pages

Footprints in Spatial Narratives

Wearable Technology, Active Reading, and a New Digital Literary Mapping of Dorothy Wordsworth's Scafell Pike Excursion

chapter |13 pages

Conclusion

Digital Space and the Keyword