This article is the expanded
version of a talk given at Harvard University, at MIT and at
Goethe-Institut Boston in February and March 2000. The aim
of the talk was to introduce digital literature, to present
German examples of certain types of digital literature, and
to discuss how these pieces exploit the technology of the
medium to tell a story. 1. Prefaces:
2. Definition and Typology:
3. Collaborative Writing:
4. Hyperfiction:
5. Hypermedia:
6. Epilogue