From 6c464b3fb63fee0a7dc1a3cfc4ba6966ff1322bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sdbs Terra Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 21:30:39 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Automatic update, changed: concepts.literature.ergodic.md --- pages/concepts.literature.ergodic.md | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/pages/concepts.literature.ergodic.md b/pages/concepts.literature.ergodic.md index 20d9c4f..9d6f6d2 100644 --- a/pages/concepts.literature.ergodic.md +++ b/pages/concepts.literature.ergodic.md @@ -1,2 +1,10 @@ -> .. -> - https://directory.eliterature.org/glossary/5018 \ No newline at end of file +> Ergodic literature is literature that relies on or requires the active engagement of a readership. Espen Aarseth writes _Cybertext_ that the term "ergodic" comes "from the Greek words ergonand hodos, meaning, ‘work’ and ‘path’" and that: +> + >> In ergodic literature, nontrivial effort is required to allow the reader to traverse the text. If ergodic literature is to make sense as a concept, there must also be nonergodic literature, where the effort to traverse the text is trivial, with no extranoematic responsibilities placed on the reader except (for example) eye movement and the periodic or arbitrary turning of pages. +> +> - https://directory.eliterature.org/glossary/5018 + + +## Adjacent +- [[areas.text]] +- [[concepts.hypertext]] \ No newline at end of file