www.timeandglobalization.com/narrative

Journal/Book: Time Soc. 2000; 9: 6 Bonhill Street, London EC2a 4Pu, England. Sage Publications Ltd. 319-329.

Abstract: Speculation about time and globalization at the millennium tends to announce either endings or beginnings. The difficulty in analyzing time and globalization lies in recognizing that we live in a period of overlapping, often conflicting times, processes, rates of change, and speeds of life. This article attempts to demonstrate how print and electronic media interpenetrate in a transitional period by analyzing them in terms of one another. The shortening and 'speeding up' of print in the face of electronic media is juxtaposed to the print-based metaphors and formats that shape the interfaces of word-processing programs. Two different facets of electronic textuality are then examined. First, websites illustrate a shift in the meaning of 'narrative': the shape of plot is lost, the rhythm of beginning, middle and end. Second, by contrast, a stunning array of creative experimentation has been unleashed by the unchecked usage of a new medium (e.g. Email writing and digital storytelling). The article concludes with a call to mediate between worlds, the one that seems to be passing and the one yet to arrive.

Note: Article Harris PA, Loyola Marymount Univ, Dept English, English Grad Program, Los Angeles,CA 90045 USA

Keyword(s): electronic textuality; hypertext; mediascape; websurfing

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