Elektronisk litteratur i Norden: Nordisk hyperteksttradisjon i lys av internasjonal hypertekstfiksjonshistorikk

Abstract

Electronic Literature in the Nordic Region: Nordic Hyptertext Tradition in the Light of the History of International Hypertext Fiction:Electronic literature emerged in the late 1980s. Since then electronic literature in the Nordic countries has evolved, but despite the fact that this literary tradition has existed for more than two decades, scholars of the field have been more oriented towards international works and paid less attention to works written in a Nordic language.This article gives an account of electronic literature in the Nordic countries by emphasising characteristic features of the tradition, as well as by showing how and to what extent this tradition reflects the expansion of the international field of electronic literature. The article gives surveys and analyses of works which have played a significant role in the development of this literary tradition in the Nordic area – e.g. Karl Erik Tallmo’s Iakttagarens förmåga att ingripa, Anne Bang-Steinsvik’s I mellom tiden and Sonja Thomsen’s Ingen elge på vejen den dag.