Analysing e-lit as Work of Literature: Is it Possible?

Abstract

This article presents an approach to applying procedures and tools encountered in the narratology field of narrative electronic literature to determine if this new literature works can be analysed as traditional works. To reach the goal, a chapter of an e-lit narrative will be analysed: Pry (2014). An interactive App. Novella is a multimodal work about James, a demolition consultant whose life has been broken after the first Gulf War, created by Samantha Gorman y Danny Cannizzaro. The narratological analyses show that it is possible to do it, but additional methodologies are needed if we want to do a complete analysis of the literary work.