Interactive Fiction
A New Literary Genre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4766477 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Ziegfeld (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 341 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/469105 |
| OpenAlex | W2314887406 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
HIS ESSAY offers a radical proposition: During the 1980s we may be witnessing the appearance of a new genreinteractive fiction. Because this literary form is new to many readers, I've divided the essay into three parts, two of which offer background. Part I describes software options, while Part II explores implications for literary writers. Part III raises a theoretical question: Is interactive fiction a new genre? Here's an illustrative scenario that would once have struck readers
Art · Literary criticism · Literary fiction · Literature · Digital Games and Media · Digital Humanities and Scholarship
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 2016 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |