Models of the writing process are used to design software tools for writers who work with computers. This thesis is concerned with the construction of a model of fiction writing. The first stage in this construction is to review existing models of writing. Models of writing used in software design and writing research include behavioural, cognitive and linguistic varieties. The arguments of this thesis are, firstly, that current models do not provide an adequate basis for designing software tools for fiction writers. Secondly, research into writing is often based on questionable assumptions concerning language and linguistics, the interpretation of empirical research, and the development of cognitive models. It is argued that Saussure's linguistics provides an alternative basis for developing a model of fiction writing, and that Barthes' method of textual analysis provides insight into the ways in which readers and writers create meanings. The result of reviewing current models of writing is a basic model of writing, consisting of a cycle of three activities - thinking, writing, and reading. The next stage is to develop this basic model into a model of fiction writing by using narratology, textual analysis, and cognitive psychology to identify the kinds of thinking processes that create fictional texts. Remembering and imagining events and scenes are identified as basic processes in fiction writing; in cognitive terms, events are verbal representations, while scenes are visual representations. Syntax is identified as another distinct object of thought, to which the processes of remembering and imagining also apply. Genette's notion of focus in his analysis of text types is used to describe the role of characters in the writer's imagination: focusing the imagination is a process in which a writer imagines she is someone else, and it is shown how this process applies to events, scenes, and syntax. It is argued that a writer's story memory, influences his remembering and imagining; Todorov's work on symbolism is used to argue that interpretation plays the role in fiction writing of binding together these two processes. The role of naming in reading and its relation to problem solving is compared with its role in writing, and names or signifiers are added to the objects of thought in fiction writing. It is argued that problem solving in fiction writing is sometimes concerned with creating problems or mysteries for the reader, and it is shown how this process applies to events, scenes, signifiers and syntax. All these findings are presented in the form of a cognitive model of fiction writing. The question of testing is discussed, and the use of the model in designing software tools is illustrated by the description of a hypertextual aid for fiction writers.

Notre recherche a pour but de mettre à l’épreuve nos manières de lire à l’écran, afin d’amorcer une nouvelle réflexion sur la lecture hypertextuelle et son traitement informatisé. Lire à l’écran d’un ordinateur, signifie de saisir un objet textuel et visuel très complexe. Nous avons choisi d’étudier la perception, la structure et la construction de la lecture hypertextuelle non-linéaire à l’aide d’un outil oculométrique, appelé Eye-Tracking. Dans cette exploration, nous passons de la perception visuelle humaine à la construction du sens. A partir de nos préoccupations de départ concernant les relations entre l’intertextualité et l’hypertexte, nous cherchons à savoir comment le lecteur d’un hypertexte construit sa lecture ; est-ce qu'il trouve de la linéarité dans cette lecture fragmentaire ?Cette thèse se situe au croisement de plusieurs disciplines scientifiques, tels que la sémiotique et l’oculométrie, tout en restant ancrée dans les Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, c’est pourquoi nos mesures d’Eye-Tracking nécessitent plusieurs phases de traitement des données. Ce travail porte sur le regard, mais aussi sur le comportement humain, c'est pour cela que nous tentons à décrire au même temps les processus perceptifs et cognitifs observés.L’objectif de notre recherche est aussi de démontrer qu’un texte numérique est à l’origine du changement des rapports : auteur, texte, lecteur , où la notion de contexte et de l’intertextualité changent la dimension. Ce travail s’inscrit dans la continuité de travaux menés dans le domaine de l’hypertexte (Jean Clément, George Landow, Olivier Ertzscheid, Luc Dall’Armellina, Christian Vandendorpe, Jean-Pierre Balpe, Serge Bouchardon, Raja Fenniche, etc.), mais son originalité constitue la partie expérimentale réalisée avec le dispositif Eye-Tracking. / Our research intended to test the way we read on the screen, to initiate new thinking about reading hypertext and computer processing. Read the computer screen, means to grasp an object very complex textual and visual. We chose to study perception, structure and construction of hypertextual reading non-linear with an eye-tracking tool, called Eye-Tracking. In this exploration, we move from the human visual perception to the construction of meaning. From starting our concerns regarding the relationship between intertextuality and hypertext, we want to know how the reader constructs a hypertext reading, is that it is the linearity in this fragmentary reading? This thesis lies stands at the crossroads of several disciplines, such as semiotics and eye tracking, while remaining rooted in Information Science and Communication, which is why our measures Eye-Tracking require several phases data processing. This work focuses on the eyes, but also human behavior, that is why we are trying to describe at the same time the perceptual and cognitive processes observed.The purpose of our research is to demonstrate that digital text is the source of change reports: author, text, reader, where the notion of context and intertextuality change the dimension. This work is a continuation of work in the field of hypertext (Jean Clement, George Landow, Olivier Ertzscheid, Luc Dall'Armellina Christian Vandendorpe, Jean-Pierre Balpe, Serge Bouchardon Raja Fenniche, etc.). but his originality is made with the experimental device Eye-Tracking.

Contemporary debates in anarchism, particularly the conceptual debates sparked by the development of post-anarchism and those surrounding the emergence of the anti-globalization movement, have brought an old question back to the table: what is anarchism? This study analyzes the canonical representations of anarchism as a political movement and political philosophy in order to reflect on the ways in which that critical question, 'what is anarchism?' has been answered in mainstream literature. It examines the way that the story of anarchism has been told and through a critical review, it discusses an alternative approach. For this purpose, two seminal canon-building texts, Paul Eltzbacher's The Great Anarchists, and George Woodcock's Anarchism have been identified and their influence is discussed, together with the representations of anarchism in textbooks describing political ideologies. The analysis shows how assumptions, biases, and hidden ideological perspectives have been normalized and how they have created an official history of a political movement. In challenging the official account, this study highlights the exclusions and omissions (third world anarchists, women anarchists, queer anarchism and artistic anarchism) that have resulted in the making of the core. The question of how to tell the story of anarchist past carries us to the shores of postmodern history where theoreticians have been discussing the relationship between past and history and the politics of representation. The anarchism offered in this study demands an engagement with a network-like structure of information rather than a linear, axial structure. Consequently, this study aims to show several layers of problems in the existing dominant historical representation of one of the richest political ideologies, anarchism; and then to discuss ways of representing the past and especially the anarchist past, to seek an answer to a principal question: what is anarchism?

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / FundaÃÃo Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e TecnolÃgico / Esta tese tem o objetivo de redefinir o conceito de letramento hipertextual, cunhado por Bolter (1998), visto que este nÃo contempla mais as atuais prÃticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto. A base teÃrica que sustenta esta investigaÃÃo acadÃmica procede, principalmente, de Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) e Pinheiro; AraÃjo (2012). A metodologia que tornou exequÃvel o referido objetivo foi um estudo de caso sobre produÃÃo de material didÃtico on-line que se destinava a cursos de graduaÃÃo a distÃncia da Universidade Federal do Cearà (UFC) em parceria com a Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Os sujeitos que participaram da pesquisa foram trÃs professores conteudistas, responsÃveis pelas disciplinas e pela elaboraÃÃo do conteÃdo didÃtico que fica disponibilizado no Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA) da UFC Virtual, e dois membros equipe de transiÃÃo didÃtica, uma das responsÃveis pela hipertextualizaÃÃo do material. Os instrumentos e tÃcnicas utilizados para construÃÃo dos dados foram: (i) entrevista semiestruturada com os sujeitos, (ii) acompanhamento da elaboraÃÃo por parte dos professores, atravÃs da instalaÃÃo de um programa no computador dos docentes que filma a tela com todos os seus movimentos e permite a gravaÃÃo de voz, o que possibilitou que o professor realizasse uma espÃcie de protocolo verbal, e (iii) acompanhamento presencial do trabalho da equipe de transiÃÃo didÃtica, realizado por meio de um diÃrio de bordo no qual fiz anotaÃÃes sobre esse momento. AlÃm disso, analisei o material elaborado em suas trÃs versÃes: a elaboraÃÃo do professor, a versÃo da equipe de transiÃÃo didÃtica e a versÃo final do material no ambiente web. A anÃlise permite a conclusÃo de que os letramentos praticados pelos sujeitos da pesquisa podem ser categorizados em centrado na escrita, oral, visual, tecnolÃgico, comunicacional e informacional, os quais se inter-relacionam e um ou outro pode se sobressair. Sendo assim, o conceito de letramento hipertextual a que chegamos se configura como prÃticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto, atravÃs das quais se pode identificar diversos tipos de letramentos que se harmonizam para a significaÃÃo de sentidos. / This thesis aims to redefine the concept of hypertextual literacy, coined by Bolter (1998), since this does not include the current social practices mediated by hypertext. The theoretical basis supporting this academic enterprise proceeds mainly Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) and Pinheiro; AraÃjo (2012). The methodology which made feasible the aforementioned goal was the case study of the online pedagogical materials designed for undergraduate distance learning courses provided by Federal University of Cearà (UFC â Universidade Federal do CearÃ) in partnership with Open University of Brazil (UAB â Universidade Aberta do Brasil). The subjects who participated in the research were the professors responsible for the discipline organization and for designing the curricular contents available for access on the Online Learning Environment (AVA â Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem) of Virtual UFC Institute, and team of professors, a part of the group responsible for the hypertextualisation process, whose work is to do the didactic transition. The instruments and techniques used to build the data were: (i) semi-structured interviews with the subjects, (ii) observing the development of materials by professors through a software that record all the operations on screen and the surrounding sounds, allowing professors to perform a verbal protocol, and (iii) monitoring the work of the group of didactic transition by means of a journal in which Iâve made notes about this moment. Furthermore, I analyzed the material produced in its three versions: the initial version designed by professors, then the one designed by the group of didactic transition, and the final version available on the online environment. The analysis leads to conclude that literacy practices developed by the subjects can be categorized into traditional, oral, visual, technological, communicational and informational, which are interrelated, and one or the other can stand out. Thus, we define the concept of hypertextual literacy as social practices mediated by hypertext, through which one can identify different types of literacies that jointly create the meaning.

PINHEIRO, Regina Cláudia. Leitura de hipertexto: estratégias metacognitivas usadas por leitores proficientes. 2005. 144f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Letras Vernáculas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2005. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-19T14:22:40Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_rcpinheiro.pdf: 1246477 bytes, checksum: dd0a237af7408b66cf3a3995a36e3724 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-19T16:41:37Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_rcpinheiro.pdf: 1246477 bytes, checksum: dd0a237af7408b66cf3a3995a36e3724 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-19T16:41:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2005_dis_rcpinheiro.pdf: 1246477 bytes, checksum: dd0a237af7408b66cf3a3995a36e3724 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / This thesis aims to redefine the concept of hypertextual literacy, coined by Bolter (1998), since this does not include the current social practices mediated by hypertext. The theoretical basis supporting this academic enterprise proceeds mainly Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) and Pinheiro; Araújo (2012). The methodology which made feasible the aforementioned goal was the case study of the online pedagogical materials designed for undergraduate distance learning courses provided by Federal University of Ceará (UFC – Universidade Federal do Ceará) in partnership with Open University of Brazil (UAB – Universidade Aberta do Brasil). The subjects who participated in the research were the professors responsible for the discipline organization and for designing the curricular contents available for access on the Online Learning Environment (AVA – Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem) of Virtual UFC Institute, and team of professors, a part of the group responsible for the hypertextualisation process, whose work is to do the didactic transition. The instruments and techniques used to build the data were: (i) semi-structured interviews with the subjects, (ii) observing the development of materials by professors through a software that record all the operations on screen and the surrounding sounds, allowing professors to perform a verbal protocol, and (iii) monitoring the work of the group of didactic transition by means of a journal in which I’ve made notes about this moment. Furthermore, I analyzed the material produced in its three versions: the initial version designed by professors, then the one designed by the group of didactic transition, and the final version available on the online environment. The analysis leads to conclude that literacy practices developed by the subjects can be categorized into traditional, oral, visual, technological, communicational and informational, which are interrelated, and one or the other can stand out. Thus, we define the concept of hypertextual literacy as social practices mediated by hypertext, through which one can identify different types of literacies that jointly create the meaning. / Esta tese tem o objetivo de redefinir o conceito de letramento hipertextual, cunhado por Bolter (1998), visto que este não contempla mais as atuais práticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto. A base teórica que sustenta esta investigação acadêmica procede, principalmente, de Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) e Pinheiro; Araújo (2012). A metodologia que tornou exequível o referido objetivo foi um estudo de caso sobre produção de material didático on-line que se destinava a cursos de graduação a distância da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) em parceria com a Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Os sujeitos que participaram da pesquisa foram três professores conteudistas, responsáveis pelas disciplinas e pela elaboração do conteúdo didático que fica disponibilizado no Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA) da UFC Virtual, e dois membros equipe de transição didática, uma das responsáveis pela hipertextualização do material. Os instrumentos e técnicas utilizados para construção dos dados foram: (i) entrevista semiestruturada com os sujeitos, (ii) acompanhamento da elaboração por parte dos professores, através da instalação de um programa no computador dos docentes que filma a tela com todos os seus movimentos e permite a gravação de voz, o que possibilitou que o professor realizasse uma espécie de protocolo verbal, e (iii) acompanhamento presencial do trabalho da equipe de transição didática, realizado por meio de um diário de bordo no qual fiz anotações sobre esse momento. Além disso, analisei o material elaborado em suas três versões: a elaboração do professor, a versão da equipe de transição didática e a versão final do material no ambiente web. A análise permite a conclusão de que os letramentos praticados pelos sujeitos da pesquisa podem ser categorizados em centrado na escrita, oral, visual, tecnológico, comunicacional e informacional, os quais se inter-relacionam e um ou outro pode se sobressair. Sendo assim, o conceito de letramento hipertextual a que chegamos se configura como práticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto, através das quais se pode identificar diversos tipos de letramentos que se harmonizam para a significação de sentidos.

Este estudo tem como objetivo investigar e sistematizar princípios e procedimentos de formação da cena performativa. A pesquisa se justifica a partir da necessidade de reflexão sistemática sobre a cena contemporânea, dinâmica, sincrética, pulsante, em constante movimento e contaminada pela performance, visando à elaboração de fundamentos que possam auxiliar artistas e educadores cênicos em seus processos de formação. A seleção das referências teóricas se deu a partir da perspectiva de filósofos como DELEUZE, GUATTARI, SPINOZA, MORIN, LEVY, BARTHES, PELBART e de teóricos do teatro contemporâneo como FÉRAL, LICHTE, FERNANDES, ARAÚJO, MARTINS, PAVIS, ANDRÉ e CIOTTI. Propomos a investigação sobre a perspectiva rizomática em processos de formação cênica, a noção de desterritorialização destes processos, os conceitos de nuvem hipertextual e navegação rizomática como abordagem metodológica. Por fim, considerando a navegação rizomática proposta neste estudo, sistematizamos princípios e procedimentos de formação contextualizados na cena performativa contemporânea, através de experimentos cênicos realizados com atores, não-atores e iniciantes, bem como da análise de experimentos performativos da cena contemporânea. As considerações elaboradas pelo presente estudo poderão contribuir para o debate acerca do panorama atual das artes cênicas no que concerne a seus processos de formação, além de desdobrar-se na criação de uma nuvem hipertextual, no ciberespaço, com conteúdo didático desenvolvido durante a pesquisa. / This study aims to investigate and systematize principles and procedures for formation of the performative scene. The research is justified by the need for systematic reflection on the contemporary scene, which is dynamic, syncretic, pulsating, constantly moving and contaminated by performance, aiming at the design of foundations that can assist scenic artists and educators in their training processes. The selection of theoretical references has drawn on the perspective of philosophers such as DELEUZE, GUATTARI, SPINOZA, MORIN, LEVY, BARTHES, PELBART and contemporary theater theorists such as FÉRAL, LICHTE, FERNANDES, ARAÚJO, MARTINS, PAVIS, ANDRÉ and CIOTTI. We propose research on the rhizomatic perspective in scenic formation processes, the notion of deterritorialization of these processes, the concepts of hypertextual cloud and rhizomatic navigation as a methodological approach. Finally, considering the rhizomatic navigation proposed in this study, we systematized principles and training procedures contextualized in the contemporary performative scene, through scenic experiments with actors, non-actors and beginners, having also relied on the analysis of performative experiments in the contemporary scene. The considerations emerging from this study can contribute to debates about the current panorama of scenic arts as far as its formation processes are concerned, besides unfolding into the creation of a hypertextual cloud in the cyberspace, with teaching content developed during the research

PINHEIRO, Regina Cláudia. Letramentos demandados em cursos on-line: por uma redefinição do conceito de letramentos hipertextuais. 2013. 184f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Departamento de Letras Vernáculas, Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística, Fortaleza (CE), 2013. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-27T13:51:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_tese_rcpinheiro.pdf: 4054732 bytes, checksum: f99a647d8c3f80faf942d9b56d0b4240 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2014-08-27T14:51:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_tese_rcpinheiro.pdf: 4054732 bytes, checksum: f99a647d8c3f80faf942d9b56d0b4240 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-08-27T14:51:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2013_tese_rcpinheiro.pdf: 4054732 bytes, checksum: f99a647d8c3f80faf942d9b56d0b4240 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / This thesis aims to redefine the concept of hypertextual literacy, coined by Bolter (1998), since this does not include the current social practices mediated by hypertext. The theoretical basis supporting this academic enterprise proceeds mainly Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) and Pinheiro; Araújo (2012). The methodology which made feasible the aforementioned goal was the case study of the online pedagogical materials designed for undergraduate distance learning courses provided by Federal University of Ceará (UFC – Universidade Federal do Ceará) in partnership with Open University of Brazil (UAB – Universidade Aberta do Brasil). The subjects who participated in the research were the professors responsible for the discipline organization and for designing the curricular contents available for access on the Online Learning Environment (AVA – Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem) of Virtual UFC Institute, and team of professors, a part of the group responsible for the hypertextualisation process, whose work is to do the didactic transition. The instruments and techniques used to build the data were: (i) semi-structured interviews with the subjects, (ii) observing the development of materials by professors through a software that record all the operations on screen and the surrounding sounds, allowing professors to perform a verbal protocol, and (iii) monitoring the work of the group of didactic transition by means of a journal in which I’ve made notes about this moment. Furthermore, I analyzed the material produced in its three versions: the initial version designed by professors, then the one designed by the group of didactic transition, and the final version available on the online environment. The analysis leads to conclude that literacy practices developed by the subjects can be categorized into traditional, oral, visual, technological, communicational and informational, which are interrelated, and one or the other can stand out. Thus, we define the concept of hypertextual literacy as social practices mediated by hypertext, through which one can identify different types of literacies that jointly create the meaning. / Esta tese tem o objetivo de redefinir o conceito de letramento hipertextual, cunhado por Bolter (1998), visto que este não contempla mais as atuais práticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto. A base teórica que sustenta esta investigação acadêmica procede, principalmente, de Bolter (1998), Semali (2001), Soares (2002), Cavalcante Jr. (2003), Street (2003), Martin (2008), Barton (2009), Lemke (2010) e Pinheiro; Araújo (2012). A metodologia que tornou exequível o referido objetivo foi um estudo de caso sobre produção de material didático on-line que se destinava a cursos de graduação a distância da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC) em parceria com a Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Os sujeitos que participaram da pesquisa foram três professores conteudistas, responsáveis pelas disciplinas e pela elaboração do conteúdo didático que fica disponibilizado no Ambiente Virtual de Aprendizagem (AVA) da UFC Virtual, e dois membros equipe de transição didática, uma das responsáveis pela hipertextualização do material. Os instrumentos e técnicas utilizados para construção dos dados foram: (i) entrevista semiestruturada com os sujeitos, (ii) acompanhamento da elaboração por parte dos professores, através da instalação de um programa no computador dos docentes que filma a tela com todos os seus movimentos e permite a gravação de voz, o que possibilitou que o professor realizasse uma espécie de protocolo verbal, e (iii) acompanhamento presencial do trabalho da equipe de transição didática, realizado por meio de um diário de bordo no qual fiz anotações sobre esse momento. Além disso, analisei o material elaborado em suas três versões: a elaboração do professor, a versão da equipe de transição didática e a versão final do material no ambiente web. A análise permite a conclusão de que os letramentos praticados pelos sujeitos da pesquisa podem ser categorizados em centrado na escrita, oral, visual, tecnológico, comunicacional e informacional, os quais se inter-relacionam e um ou outro pode se sobressair. Sendo assim, o conceito de letramento hipertextual a que chegamos se configura como práticas sociais mediadas por hipertexto, através das quais se pode identificar diversos tipos de letramentos que se harmonizam para a significação de sentidos.

The present study intends to contribute for the reflections concerning the hypertextual narratives literary present in Internet. The focus of the research is Giselle Beiguelman's hypertextual poetic project focused in the book O livro depois do livro, present in the experimental site Desvirtual (www.desvirtual.com). The study was done through the analysis of the books O livro depois do livro " by Giselle Beiguelman, O Rinoceronte de Clarice" by Silas Corrêa Leite and "Miséria e grandeza do amor de Benedita by João Ubaldo Ribeiro. Starting from Charles Sanders Peirce s semiotics, we tried to understand as the literature is inserted in this process and how this process interferes in the construction of a reading of fruition aesthetic active in virtual atmosphere. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / O presente estudo pretende contribuir para as reflexões acerca das narrativas literárias hipertextuais presentes na Internet. O foco da pesquisa é o projeto poético hipertextual de Giselle Beiguelman enfocado na obra O livro depois do livro, presente no site experimental Desvirtual (www.desvirtual.com). O estudo foi realizado através da análise das obras O livro depois do livro , da pesquisadora Giselle Beiguelman, O Rinoceronte de Clarice , de Silas Corrêa Leite e Miséria e grandeza do amor de Benedita , de João Ubaldo Ribeiro. A partir da semiótica de Charles Sanders Peirce, procuramos entender como a literatura se encaixa neste processo e como este interfere na construção de uma leitura de fruição estética ativa em ambiente virtual.

This thesis demonstrates how the dynamics of hypertext fiction can inform an understanding of spectatorial practices provoked by contemporary performance and installation work. It develops the notion of the ‘hypertextual experience’ to encapsulate the particular qualities of active user engagement instigated by the unstable aesthetic environments common to digital and non-digital artworks. The significance and application of this term will be refined through an examination of different works in each of the study’s six chapters. Those discussed are as follows: Performances: Susurrus, by David Leddy; Love Letters Straight from the Heart and Make Better Please, by Uninvited Guests; The Waves, by Katie Mitchell; House/ Lights and Route 1 & 9, by the Wooster Group; Two Undiscovered Amerindians Discover the West, by Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gómez-Peña. Digital works: Afternoon (1987) by Michael Joyce; Victory Garden (1992) by Stuart Moulthrop; TOC by Steve Tomasula; The Princess Murderer by Deena Larsen. Installations: H.G. and Mozart’s House, by Robert Wilson; Listening Post, by Mark Hanson and Ben Rubin. In developing and discussing the hypertextual experience the thesis uses a number of conceptual frameworks and draws on philosophical perspectives and digital theory. A central part of the study employs an adaptation of possible worlds theory that has been recently developed by digital theorists for examining hypertext fiction. I extend this application to installation and performance and explore the implications of framing a spectator’s experience in terms of a hypertextual structure which foregrounds its performative operations and its engagement with machinic processes.

O presente estudo tem como objetivo investigar evidências de operações cognitivas pertencentes ao pensamento histórico de estudantes da escola básica durante a pesquisa de temas históricos na Internet. Entende-se que tal investigação seja possível ao compreender os critérios usados para a busca, leitura e seleção de informações históricas durante a navegação na web. Para atingir esse objetivo, foi necessário o desenvolvimento de etapas de investigação que permitiu a) compreender as formas de seleção e leitura de informações históricas na Internet durante uma pesquisa sobre um tema histórico; b) investigar as formas de articulação dessas informações em suporte digital e sua relação com a narrativa histórica e c) compreender como o pensamento histórico do aluno do Ensino Fundamental II se manifesta em uma rede hipertextual dentro de uma situação de pesquisa histórica. Tal análise considerou que o ato de navegar pela Internet, que significa transitar por uma rede de hipertextos sob a forma de diferentes signos em formato digital, influencia de maneira única as práticas de leitura e aquisição de conhecimento. Essa rede hipertextual, que é definida como ciberespaço, é compreendida como um ambiente de aprendizagem que possibilita a interação entre diversos atores de comunicação pelo suporte material oferecido pela Internet. Dessa maneira, uma pesquisa escolar foi proposta para avaliar de que modo os alunos a realizariam. A proposta criou uma demanda de pesquisa sobre movimentos juvenis na contemporaneidade e esta foi realizada com alunos de um colégio particular da cidade de São Paulo. Essa atividade foi monitorada por meio de um software específico que gerou 26 arquivos de vídeo que foram analisados, além de 26 arquivos em formato de PowerPoint, usados pelos alunos para elaborar uma resposta à pesquisa empreendida. Esse material possibilitou a análise das operações cognitivas mobilizadas durante a navegação, relacionando essas operações com o desenvolvimento da literacia histórica desses alunos. A análise extensa dos vídeos possibilitou a elaboração de categorias que ajudaram a responder à relação entre o aluno, o conhecimento histórico e a navegação na Internet e as formas de leitura empreendidas por esses alunos no ambiente web, sendo constatado que o tipo de informação histórica mais selecionado foi o que identificava diretamente um acontecimento (79% selecionaram esse tipo de informação), sendo que 76% desses blocos apresentavam marcas temporais como a cronologia, ou mudanças e continuidades. Tal resultado denota um olhar aguçado desses alunos participantes aos sinais que podem indicar a qualidade das informações históricas utilizadas. Também foram analisadas as imagens selecionadas por esses alunos, em que foi observada a preferência quase unânime por fotografias que poderiam ajudar a explicar o tema pesquisado. Das fotografias selecionadas, foram analisadas as pequenas narrativas que essas portavam, dentro do conceito de análise pré-iconográfica, buscando identificar a relação de empatia histórica frente a essas imagens, demonstrada por apenas 31% das seleções realizadas pelos alunos. / The present study aims to investigate the quality of historical thought of primary school students during the historical research theme on the Internet. It is understood that such research is possible to understand the criteria used for searching, reading and selection of historical information while browsing the web. To achieve this goal it was necessary to develop research steps that allowed a) understand the ways of selection and reading of historical information on the Internet during a research on a historical topic, b) investigate ways to articulate this information in digital form and its compared with the historical narrative and c) understand how historical thinking student of Elementary Education II manifests itself in a hypertext network within a state historical research. This analysis found that the act of surfing the Internet, which means transit through a network of hypertext in the form of different signs in digital format, so only influences the practice of reading and knowledge acquisition. In this hypertext network, which is defined as cyberspace, is understood as a learning environment that enables the interaction between various actors of communication material support offered by the Internet. Thus, it was organized a form of research that created a demand for research on youth movements in contemporary which was conducted by students of a private school in the city of São Paulo. This activity was monitored by means of specific software that generated 26 video files that were analyzed, and 26 files in PowerPoint format, used by students to prepare a response to the research undertaken. This material allowed the analysis of cognitive operations mobilized during navigation, these operations relating to the development of historical literacy of these students. The extensive analysis of the videos enabled the elaboration of categories that helped answer the relationship between the student, historical knowledge and Internet browsing and ways of reading undertaken by these students in the web environment, and revealed that the historical information over selected was an event that directly identified (79% selected this type of information), 76% of these blocks also quality information as temporal chronology, change or continuity. This result indicates a keen eye these participating students for signs that may indicate the quality of the historical information used. Reviewest images were also selected by these students, where we observed the almost unanimous preference for photographs that could help explain the topic searched. Within the selected photographs, analyzed the narratives that these small bore, within the concept of preiconographic analysis in order to identify the relationship of historical empathy compared to those images, demonstrated by only 31% of selections made by students.