Hypertext, a New Challenge for Hermeneutics

Comprehending the relationship between textual signs with the signs of the other systems is of interest for  modern hermeneutics .In the computer world today, hypermedia sites are rapidly expanding  and they can provide texts along with graphic, audio, music and speaking signs, so that a text changes – on the basis of informatics –  into a hypertext. So the idea of “dialogue by means of a text” in the background of a hypertext would be of more significance. Then, hidden meanings of a hypertext are not to be discovered once and for all, and the interpretation will continue infinitely. In future, hypermedia synthetic literature will bear non-existing aspects of the text that in due course will challenge the hermeneutics. This article reviews hermeneutics in the realms of text and hypertext through emphasizing the media-based modern literary forms.