Paratext and Digitized Narrative: Mapping the Field

Birke, Dorothee; Christ, Birte

doi:10.1353/nar.2013.0003

Cited by 85 publications

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“…Typeface-and scriptswitches, changes in color, underlining, and spatial separation through space and placement, especially in interaction with one another, help the reader to navigate the page and make decisions as to the functions of the highlighted elements. Our analyses show that the division into interpretive, navigational and commercial functions (Birke and Christ 2013) is indeed applicable to a discussion on paratextuality in medieval and early modern materials. We found that both initials and highlighting serve mainly navigational functions by making the structure of the text visible.…”

Section: Redefining the Borders Of Paratext And Textmentioning

confidence: 77%

Material approaches to exploring the borders of paratext

Ruokkeinen

Liira

2019

Textual Cultures

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This article examines the relationship of material text (text of the document) and paratext in light of fourteenth to sixteenth century evidence. Despite the wealth of interest generated by paratexts and paratextuality in recent years, especially in the fields of literary studies, book history, and translation studies, theoretical approaches to paratexts and paratextuality remain scarce. The paratextual status of an element is typically determined by its function, in combination with its distance from the material text: elements within the codex which do not share space with the text are part of the paratext. Less studied, however, is the gray area of elements which are located within the codex and share the space with the text. We examine this border between text and paratext through an analysis of late medieval and early modern initials, typeface, script and notes. While the form and function of the element are a good starting point, we propose that gauging the optionality of the element, in relation to the abstract text of the work and the material text of the document, is a better indicator of its paratextual status. Optionality should therefore be taken into consideration as evidence of a type of contemporary paratextual understanding.

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Section: Redefining the Borders Of Paratext And Textmentioning

confidence: 77%

Material approaches to exploring the borders of paratext

Ruokkeinen

Liira

2019

Textual Cultures

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“…Сложность, которую сразу можно предвидеть в применении подхода Ж. Женетта к египетскому материалу, заключается в том, что чем дальше рассматриваемое явление отстоит от формата книги и связанных с ним издательских практик, тем больше раз� мываются предложенные французским исследователем катего� рии. Это показывает, например, применение данного подхода к анализу цифровых текстов и новых медиа [Stanitzek 2005;Birke, Christ 2013]. Отчасти это иллюстрируется и тем фактом, что идеи Ж. Женетта в последнее время проникают в египтологию, но по� добные исследования сосредоточены почти исключительно на поздней традиции [Aufrère 2010;Aufrère 2013;Régen 2014].…”

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On the Paratext in the Pyramid Texts

Alexandrova¹

2019

Shodoznavstvo

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“…The paratextual elements of books are those that describe its life and history beyond (though including) the printed page and that influence the reading and interpretation of the text itself. Noting that ‘paratextual analysis of e-books designed for immersive reading is…virtually unexplored territory’, Birke and Christ (2013) describe the paratextual elements of ebooks as displayed on iPad and Kindle devices, but only in general terms rather than specific titles. McCracken does similar paratextual analysis of iPad and Kindle e-reading platforms.…”

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The secret lives of ebooks: A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics

Harwell

Gallagher

2018

Convergence

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This study applies the method of paratextual analysis to six electronic books, or ebooks, in an academic library collection at a small liberal arts college. Two books are selected from each of three platforms: ebrary, EBSCO, and SpringerLink. The characteristics of each book are described, including design and readership, as well as 2 years of usage statistics from the specific library, and altmetrics where available. The paratextual study leads to a closer investigation of the usage statistics themselves and concludes that despite industry standards, they are not calculated consistently across vendor platforms and that while these data are invisible to researchers outside of the library, there are also essential elements that librarians mistakenly take at face value when comparing ebook usage from multiple vendors.

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Paratext and Digitized Narrative: Mapping the Field

Cited by 85 publications

References 31 publications

Material approaches to exploring the borders of paratext

Material approaches to exploring the borders of paratext

On the Paratext in the Pyramid Texts

The secret lives of ebooks: A paratextual analysis illuminates a veil of usage statistics

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