Educational Hypertexts

[Note: The system is not online because of copyright issues, this is only the introduction. Links will work only to the entry page of each hypertext, but not within the hypertexts, if you want more information please mail me]

For more than eighty years, The Portrait has attracted critics who have analyzed it from all possible points of view. The different interpretations of a same passage or aspect are sometimes exclusive, sometimes complementary. This hypertext is a web of criticism that provides paths that go from one argument to another depending on the reader's choices, on what positions are more akin to her/his way of thinking. Hypertext lends itself specially well to multiplicity, and traversing such a diverse web that doesn't privilege any approach, you should feel less intimidated to add your own commentary. You can participate by clicking on the link "I say!" in the left handside menu bar.

To start with, the hypertext contains a selection of what the early reviewers (between 1916 and 1922) thought about the Portrait. It was the first time that they faced something so complex and extraordinary. What do you have to say about their opinions? Once the students start to add their own texts, the lecturer could add new related links by more contemporary critics so that the dialogue can continue...

You can navigate by following the links underneath each contribution, that will bring the related contributions by other voices, or use the lists of links by critics, students, or topics when you get stuck; you can also see what the last posts are by using the link "last posts", all in the left handside menu. When students respond to critics or to other students, links to their posts will appear underneath the one they are commenting on and viceversa.