From fragment to hypertext: Adding layers of reading

Authors

  • Ernesto Priani National Autonomous University of Mexico image/svg+xml
  • Ana María Guzman Olmos National Autonomous University of Mexico image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/hsda.4.1.3351

Abstract

In this paper we will suggest that a hypertextual representation of the text allows us to show different temporal layers of reading and lets us add new ones. We use the notion “layers of reading” as a metaphor to explain how, historically, each reading of a text creates a new layer, an independent “stratum of meaning” -to use a geological term-, that is superimposed to a previous reading. We think the digital edition and the digital reading could create a philosophical methodology, based on the awareness of the historical construction of each layer of reading.

Author Biography

  • Ernesto Priani, National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Full time professor

Downloads

Published

2015-08-19