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Del papiro al hipertexto: ensayo sobre las mutaciones del texto y la lectura

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Desde su advenimiento las computadoras han perturbado profundamente al texto, la herramienta que desde hace cinco mil años el hombre usa para crear, almacenar y transmitir el saber. Esas mutaciones han afectado también a la lectura. Un hipertexto no se lee, se navega; no se hojea, se surfea. Es el lugar donde se explora y se caza. ¿Cuáles serán los efectos de esta nueva forma de leer, hecha de 'clics' y de 'zappings', sobre la lectura y la escritura? ¿Qué cambios producirá en el lector y en el escritor?
Christian Vandendorpe aborda estas cuestiones desde el nacimiento de la escritura, cuando la vista destronó a la voz, y describe el lento pasaje de la linealidad del papiro a la tabularidad del códice. Al espacializar la información, el texto tabular permitió al lector ir directamente a cualquier punto del texto. La página del códice -el libro por excelencia- se asoció con imágenes y posibilitó una lectura activa mediante anotaciones. El lector gozó por primera vez de una libertad que la llegada del hipertexto ha potenciado. ¿Cuáles son los puntos de contacto entre el texto impreso y el hipertexto? ¿Cómo se lee un hipertexto? ¿Es posible evitar su descontextualización? ¿Lector y usuario son sinónimos? ¿Cuáles son los nuevos derechos de los usuarios? ¿En qué consiste la revolución interactiva? ¿Es el CD-ROM un nuevo papiro? ¿El libro electrónico podrá reemplazar al "verdadero" libro?
Esta obra primero fue hipertexto y luego mutó a libro. Sin embargo, aún conserva vestigios de su estructura arborescente. Invita a leerlo a la deriva.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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February 11, 2020
I must say for the direction this world is going in, great introduction. The books layout of the practice of reading was special. It came to terms with modernization of the use with hypertext & literature. Being literate in both those areas is important in those areas which was expressed correctly. But I’m not absolutely sure if this book is outdated or not. With names and Authors we know alike philosophizing about literacy across the board ranging from the oral and physical aspects of reading this book was easy to follow and understand the direction it was going in. Especially talking, and the way the author narrated it. I wish I could give it 5 stars but due to length in writing it gives 4. If you could expose me to more like this please do, I’m hear for it!
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December 29, 2019
I enjoyed this collection of essays despite its age. As with any book that explores technology's impact on culture, these essays have lost some of their relevance as software and technology have either addressed some of the concerns or moved in unforeseen directions. Despite this, the book is worth reading if you are interested in text, structure, and the impact of technology on the reader.
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October 30, 2017
Pretty interesting for a textbook, I suppose. A lot of interesting thoughts.
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March 28, 2014
Some useful and important insights, mixed with other less useful, less accurate, and/or starting to get dated (already) thoughts. This is an important book in some ways, and certainly an important topic for our modern, digital, information age. As would be expected on such a topic, however, even the 2007 update of this originally 1999 text is getting a bit out of date in places. His scholarship is vast and varied and brings a great deal of credibility to his thoughts, more so than most writers on this and related topics. His writing style can become very academic, and is likely inaccessible in many instances to the average reader.
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