Response to Class Question on Monday

It was once thought that electronic literature would be hypertext essays. Do you think this is true? Why or why not?

I think it is true that the electronic literature would be hypertext essays, for the reason that the hypertext as a way of connecting pieces of text is frequently used in the electronic platform and is familiar to netizens. To follow the tendency, it is much possible that the electronic literature would be hypertext essays in the website or at least with this feature, so that the audience could find more extended information with the hyperlink created for the electronic literature.

What does electronic literature look like now?

At the present time, the electronic literature is widely accepted and read with the forms of digital texts by some electronic reading devices. It is rapid developing as a new literature carrier, and has the tendency to get equal shares with print literature. But moreover, the electronic literature can also be showed in the website with various forms and richer contents which include not only essays but also visual and audio elements, and its platform is still increasing with technical and its own improvement.