Abstract
A new literary form based on digital technology, digital literature manifests the contemporary integration of technology into the humanities. Currently, digital literature has received scant attention and recognition from literary critics, and thus its definition is confused with that of similar literary forms. To address this dilemma, this article compares digital literature with hypertext literature, network literature, and electronic literature, in order to figure out what digital literature is and what it has brought to literature. Compared to hypertext literature, digital literature emphasizes the integration of heterogeneous elements into multiple technologies; compared to network literature, digital literature highlights the dynamic representation of literary ontology shaped by code operation; compared to electronic literature, the term digital literature demonstrates more creative characteristics of bit signals rather than analog signals.
Keywords
digital literature, hypertext literature, network literature, electronic literature, concept
First Page
96
Last Page
106
Recommended Citation
Shuangzi, Ma. 2024. "On Digital Literature." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 44, (5): pp.96-106. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol44/iss5/10
