Fiction and Interaction: How Clicking a Mouse Can Make You Part of a Fictional World

By Jill Walker Rettberg, 1 March, 2012
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Abstract (in English)

This PhD dissertation is about works in which the user is a character in a fictional world, and the interaction that such works allow. What happens when you become a character in the story you're reading?

The concept "ontological interaction" is proposed, which is a form of interaction where the user is included in the fictional world. Kendall Walton's concept of fictional worlds is explored in relation to electronic literature and digital art, and other narratological concepts are also examined, in addition to a general focus on the themes of force and control.

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