Zhicheng Ji, Chenbo Li

(Huaiyin Institute of Technology)

Abstract：

Interactive novels break the boundaries between the three main subjects of author, reader, and media, thus triggering a narrative sovereignty dispute among them. In terms of author form, the crossing of the human-machine boundary drives the "author" to become a metaphorical "cybernetic author", reflecting the balance between the gaming attributes attached to computer media and the literary attributes inherent in the novel itself; In terms of reader engagement, the "intrinsic ontology" interactive strategy provides readers with the opportunity to project their own subjectivity into the textual characters and fill this open textual gap structure through spatial traversal. During this process, the text has unlimited potential for generation due to its dynamic openness, while also facing the risk of being unable to be ultimately completed due to its uncontrollability. Thus, interactive novels can be presented across subjects in a polyphonic manner, and their true creators are actually a symbiotic entity of multiple wills.

Key Words：

interactive novel; cyber text; narrative sovereignty