3Subjective Interpretation
Context influences the interpretation of narrative texts. Audiences will endlessly reinterpret films during repeat viewings if the work has substance enough to promote critical analysis. Knowledge of the text, gained through previous viewings, enables a subjective re-interpretation of the story. This chapter considers subjective interpretation of both traditional and new narrative formats.
NARRATIVE PERSPECTIVES
By manipulating perspective in interactive stories the author enables the viewer to observe a narrative from multiple viewpoints. Although these viewpoints are created by the author, their order of presentation is ‘edited’ by the viewer. Perspective in storytelling has a long history. Perspective ...
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