Research lines

The core of Hermeneia research group is the confluence of digital technologies and literature in a broad sense, that is to say, creation and reflection. There are various technological and literary precedents that allow to identify parallel itineraries pointing at the convergence of both disciplines. Hermeneia project integrates these research lines:

:: Hypertext and literary studies
:: Literary theory and comparative literature on the Internet
:: New forms of production and the reception on the Internet. E-literature

Hypertext and literary studies
ICT technologies provide new tools that need to be analyzed from the perspective of composition, reception, distribution and teaching of the literary product.

:: Objectives
- Define and analyze how hypertext theory is modifying literary teaching.
- Show how the UOC is using new technologies in this field.

Literary theory and comparative literature on the Internet
Literary theory as an academic discipline provides the suitable theoretical space to frame our study. The main branches of literary studies contribute to the different analytical lines and to the different possible approaches.

In order to analyze the new paradigm we have to consider the text from the point of view of literary history. Moreover, it is necessary to exercise literary criticism and finally, comparative literature allows a balance between global and local literature.

:: Objectives
- Design a cybermap of the discipline.
- Recruit the attention of “academic users”.

New forms of production and reception on the Internet. E-literature
ICTs have provoked a textual diaspora from the printed support to the digital. "Electronic literature" or "e-literature" include not only printed texts 'translated' into electronic format, but also original works created from and for a digital environment.

:: Objectives
- Analysis of interactive fiction
- Analysis of hypertextual poetry