Pullinger's and Joseph's Inanimate Alice and Intercultural Engagement
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In her article "Pullinger's and Joseph's Inanimate Alice and Intercultural Engagement" Ana Abril analyzes Kate Pullinger's and Chris Joseph's digital graphic novel and game. Inanimate Alice offers a model for online education environments and has been widely acclaimed. However, Abril's analysis suggests possible ways for improving the empathic and educational potential of the novel/game for interpersonal and intercultural benefit. Abril bases her analysis on the theories of human interpersonal communication and then applies these findings to Inanimate Alice and suggests improvement so that participants would be able to decide if they want to play from the viewpoint of their own culture or another one according to versions available. Ana Abril, "Pullinger's and Joseph's Inanimate Alice and Intercultural Engagement" page 2 of 7 CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 16.5 (2014): Thematic Issue New Work on Electronic Literature and Cyberculture. Ed. Maya Zalbidea, Mark C. Marino, and Asunción López-Varela
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