Uma rede que serve de passagem e sustentáculo

Abstract

Initially, this text concerns the nexus between literature and hypertext as processes of reading and writing in the works of Italo Calvino. According to Pierre Levy, hypertext can be understood as a metaphor for the production of meaning. Following Levy, this paper applies hypertext as a conceptual and methodological operator to Calvino’s work. Afterwards, we analyse his participation in the OULIPO, in addition to the relationship between hypertext and combinatorics.