Reading in the other way. Playable literature for children – from gamebooks to AR books Cover Image

Inne czytanie i dziecięca literatura (roz)grywalna – od gamebooków do książek rzeczywistości rozszerzonej
Reading in the other way. Playable literature for children – from gamebooks to AR books

Author(s): Agnieszka Przybyszewska
Subject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to characterize some old and new media children-addressed publications which can be seen as a kind of the playable literature in the context of the modern culture: the culture of participation, the culture of convergence, the culture after the performative, visual and material turn. Some particular examples’ analysis are made to: 1. show in what ways the young reader is involved in playing the literature (the reading-playing), 2. capture some strategies used by authors who create the playable children books and 3. focus on the question whether described way of the literary creation facilitate literary immersion or makes it more difficult. The important role of the reader’s gestures and decisions made by is strongly pointed out.

  • Page Range: 69-79
  • Page Count: 11
  • Publication Year: 2015
  • Language: Polish