History of reading, hypertext and the digital utopia

Authors

  • Sérgio Luiz Prado Bellei Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v18i35.32940

Keywords:

hypertext, digital utopia, critique of technology

Abstract

The utopian perception of electronic hypertext as a technology capable of revolutionizing reading habits and empowering the reader can only prosper if the nature of technology is taken for granted as a merely instrumental structure and not as a structuring force capable of producing a new cultural economy of values. This paper advances a critique of the instrumental and operational view to be developed as a continuation of the pioneering work proposed by theoreticians such as Martin Rosenberg and Roger Chartier.

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Author Biography

Sérgio Luiz Prado Bellei, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Graduado em Letras (português/inglês) pela Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Marília (1970), mestrado em Letras (Literatura Inglesa) pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1973) e é Ph.D em Letras pela University of Arizona (1978). Realizou dois pós-doutorados em teoria literária, sobre teoria do romance (Princeton University) e pós-colonialismo (University of Massachussetts). Atuou como Professor Titular na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina até o ano de 2008, quando obteve sua aposentadoria. Atualmente é Professor Titular de teoria literária na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. É pesquisador do CNPq. Suas linhas de ensino e pesquisa englobam: teoria literária e cultural (com ênfase em cibercultura, pós-colonialismo e pós-estruturalismo) e literaturas de língua inglesa.

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Published

2013-12-31

How to Cite

Bellei, S. L. P. (2013). History of reading, hypertext and the digital utopia. Gragoatá, 18(35). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v18i35.32940

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 35 (2013): Contemporary textuality of ruin and resistance

Section

Literature Articles

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