Stuart Moulthrop’s Hegirascope 2 (Excerpt of “How Do I Cool Down the Overheated Medium?”) Is “Hegirascope” a jungle world? What is its structure? What is its theme?

Jungle World?

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B4 vs. A4

Structure Non-Narratives Literary Narratives 1) Regular 2) Broken

Non-Narratives 1. Quasi-aphorisms 2. Epitaphs 3. Epigraphs 4. Hints 5. Quotes 6. Statements 7. Literal number-word play

Literary Narratives: Regular Essential elements in a narrative: 1. Characters 2. Action 3. Story

Literary Narratives: Regular Other narrative forms: 1. Correspondence 2. Conversation 3. Monologue 4. Log

Literary Narratives: Broken Definition: 1. Narrative fragments 2. Irrelevant to each other in terms of story 3. Grouped together based on thematic syllepsis

Literary Narratives: Broken Series: 1. “Catalog of Dreams”: Dream Episodes 2. “On Other Pages: Collection of Short Fact-Fictions

Stop and Think STOP!! The automatic slides. Read each lexia-file Take notes Parse lexias Queue them into distinct groups based on the structures listed above

Distinctive Use of Links Make connections between different lexias and (Non-)narratives Ex. The last “Drivers” lexia (HGS168.html) Link 1: “Too far east” – Ideas of Order in Park Slope Link 2: “The End” – black void Link 3: “Numb” – white emptiness Link 4: “Sing” – Hear the Music, Listen

The Themes 1. “The End of the World” Bombs Ex. HGS021.html – Again – HGS013.html The end of the book

The Themes 2. “The Rise of the Net” The rise of Virtual Reality The emergence of hypertext in different forms Ex. HGS155.html