Publishing Journal ›› 2018, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 91-.

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Branching Narrative in Enhanced E-books: Branching Structure and Story Construction

  

  • Online:2018-05-15 Published:2018-05-15

Abstract:

Indicatethatbranchingnarrativeasakindofnarrativemodes, emergesalongwiththe
developmentofinformationtechnologyanddigitalmediatechnology.Pointoutthattheenhancede-books
haveofferedpossibilityofutilityforbranchingnarrative, astheysupportmoremultimediafacilitiesto
beembeddedanddevelopmorecontentforms.Theformofbranchingnarrative,whichincludesstory
constructionastheoutsidemanifestationandbranchingstructureastheinnner,isthefocusofthisdiscussion.
Twoenhancede-booksaretakenascasestoexplorethreekindsofbranchingstructure,namelythetree
branchingstructure,thefoldbackstructureandtheco-influencedfoldbackstructure.Demonstratethatthe
storyconstructionprocessiscompletedviathecollaborationbetweenauthorsandreaders:whiletheauthors
takeresponsibilityofplot-settingandpoint-setting,readersaccomplishthenarrativebychoosingatthe
points.