A escrita do hipertexto: produção textual no ciberespaço

Abstract

This dissertation is part of the studies of Portuguese Language, more specifically in the area of reading and writing. One of its main objectives is the analysis of hypertext writing as a textual production in cyberspace, contributing with the studies related to textual production with electronic technology. In the current context, in which the computer is used as a support in writing and reading, we can observe the significant presence of hypertext characterized by the different possibilities of reading choices and on-line interferences allowed by this technology. On the other hand, since hypertext is characterized as a textual production, we propose to analyze electronic hypertext and its connection with Textual Linguistics. In the first place, we demonstrate different means of writing and its adaptation to the electronic media. Secondly, we present notions of text and textuality, schematic structure, cognitive aspects of textual processing and we treat hypertext and its relation with textuality. Following the theoretical considerations, we propose a hypertext writing model aimed at identifying the characteristics and strategies involved in its production. Lastly, we analyze the hypertext production process during the development of the institutional web site of MIS, in order to answer the following question: How is the writing of an Internet web site developed? We conclude that the production of hypertext, in an electronic media, is subject to the textuality conditions and the characteristics inherent to the nature of hypertext from the point of view of its access by the reader. In terms of textuality, we observe that this production occurs based on activities of retextuality; textual strategies and categories; and textuality factors