Critics of hypertext have long expressed skepticism about whether people could or indeed ever would sit down at a screen and read hypertexts. They may cite the more general problems of reading from the computer screen (see, for example, [25]) or they may place the blame partially at the feet of the authors (see, for example, Birkerts’ indictment of hypertext fiction [8][2]). Some have even put ...

Sanatta olduğu gibi kurgusal bir tür olan romanda da klasik, modernist ve postmodernist aşamalar gözlenir. İlki yirminci yüzyılın başlarında sona ererek yerini aynı ilk çeyreğinden itibaren estetiğe terk eder. Postmodernist dönem ise 1960’larda görülmeye başlamakla birlikte hem teorik de anlatı sanatı açısından 1980’lerde yoğun şekilde tartışılmaya başlanır. Önce sosyal bilimler sonra edebiyat ...

Postmodern technocrats seem to want to isolate themselves from all prior philosophical perspectives. To the postmodernist, there exists no absolute truth. The postmodernist believes that corruption is the dogma of the day and they offer no auspicious future. Although it may be accurate to portray the world existing in inequity and disproportionate states, prevailing protocols still guide behavi...

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 63, No. 1, 2014 (“New Perspectives on Intellectual Freedom,” edited by Mark McCallon), pp. 11–26. © 2014 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract One of the more confusing aspects of contemporary librarianship is its support for collecting “all sides” in its institutions while, at the same time, arguing for the positive nature of reading for all. This article ...