| Narrative as Virtual Reality: Immersion and Interactivity in Literature and Electronic Media By: Marie-Laure Ryan | |
| Avatars of Story By: Marie-Laure Ryan (Author) | |
| Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide By: Henry Jenkins (Author) |
These were recommended by David Humphrey, a graduate student in Emily Carr's Masters of Applied Arts program. I am particularly pleased with the Avatars of Story book. It does a good job of creating a classification of story and narrative (narrative being an instantiation of story). This classification allows a discussion of which media is suited to which type of narrative. I like how she makes a distinction between something "being narrative" and something "having narrativity". For example, she claims that our individual lives have narrativity but are not narratives. She also makes the point that it is quite possible that it will take a while for us to fully take advantage of the narrative potention of digital media because we have been so immersed in verbal and textual narratives.
I will keep posting thoughts as I continue reading.
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