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Current uses of hypertext in teaching literature

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Literature instructors are using hypertext to enhance their teaching in a broad variety of ways that includes putting course materials on the WWW; creating online tutorials; using annotated hypertexts in addition to or in lieu of print texts; having students write hypertexts; examining the medium of hypertext as a literary and cultural theme; and studying hypertext fiction in the context of traditional literature classes. The article describes examples of each of these uses of hypertext in teaching literature and provides sources of further examples of and information on using hypertext as a teaching tool in literature classes.

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    Seth R. Katz

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Seth R. Katz is Assistant Professor of English at Bradley University in Peoria, IL. His research interests include computer applications in teaching literature and writing, and the grammatical analysis of poetic language. His recent publications include “Graduate Programs and Job Training” in Profession 95.

I presented a version of this article as part of a session on “Hypertexts for Teaching Imaginative Literature” at the MLA Convention in Chicago, December 29, 1995.

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Katz, S.R. Current uses of hypertext in teaching literature. Comput Hum 30, 139–148 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00419790

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