Letteratura per l’infanzia e applicazioni: adattamenti ipermediali di opere classiche e albi contemporanei
Children’s Literature in the World Of Apps: Hypermedia Adaptations of Classic and Contemporary Picture books

Summary/Abstract: This analysis aims to describe the main features of hypermedia literary apps for childrenby considering a corpus of adaptations of classic and contemporary picturebooks. In particular, ithighlights the multimodal nature that defines hypermedia texts and their meanings, as well as theinteractivity that programs different degrees of readers’ involvement and the various ways of usingand exploring the virtual space of touchscreens. By describing some hypermedia features deployedin a selection of classic texts, I focus on the hypermedia adaptations of three contemporary Italianpicturebooks: Iole, la balena mangiaparole by Gioia Marchegiani, Amico ragnolo by Gloria Francella,and Love, the App by Alberto Vanni. These were chosen to illustrate the significant literary use ofseveral textual materials, the implementation of different types of interactivity, and the recreation ofthe material characteristics of the print edition through the virtual page. Founded on the appropriationand re-interpretation of the source, the adaptations considered here show a mix of literary intents anddigital technologies, while highlighting the substantial homogeneity of the hypermedia strategies usedin adapting classic and contemporary texts.

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