On The Impact Of Internet On Literature

Electronic and information technology has made astounding advances, which provide new chances for the development of literature and arts and bring about great influence. With the extension and popularity of internet a new literature style—internet literature made an afflux to the literary world, which not only breaks the structure in which literature printing on papers monopolize literary world, but also shows us that literature, after entering the digital era, will inevitably take a series of changes in its form and characteristics as well.When literature became content of communication media, its form has changed. Internet, as a specific writing media with special writing style and mode, will necessarily bring novel features which mainly manifest in the following three points. First, the formal existence of literary takes dramatic changes, which also leads to the change of phraseology . Second, the internet subverts the traditional artistic notion and leads to dramatic literary changes in production style, structural style, operation style, reception style, spreading style and evaluation style as well. Third, the birth of internet literature and the arrival of internet era foreshow the traditional and simplex literary form cannot satisfy artistic request of the masses, which will necessary demand new literary and artistic manifestation. Internet literature emerges because of the above demand and opportunity. Internet literature is resulted from the interaction between literature and internet during their development. The appearance and development of internet literature bring chances and challenges to traditional literature.With the appearance, development and maturation of internet, what will be resulted from internet literature as a literary carrier will be a thoughtful issue. The innovative point of this article lies in that it discusses and foretells the multi-angle and multi-tier development of literature hereafter through the analysis of literary effect resulted from internet. The article tries to analyze the effect, resulted from internet, on literature from the following five aspects: internet and literary spreading, internet and literary existing pattern, internet and literary creation and reception, internet and literary notion, double effect of internet on literature.