M U L T I V O C A L
"Most current hypertexts appear to the reader as a single entity, a
written
work that speaks with a single voice and presents a single viewpoint.
Large and challenging hypertexts, whether technical, scholarly, or
fictional, might benefit by introducing a dramatic multiplicity of voices
and perspectives that engage the reader and each other. Characters are
not
merely names or pictures; to be credible and coherent, each character must
be independent, persistent, and intentional"
(Conversations with
Friends:
Hypertexts With Characters, Mark Bernstein).
With hypertext and its accompanying stress on multivocality, it is only
natural to have the masculine and the feminine juxtaposed, and even
merged.
