Hacker News with Generative AI: Literary Theory

Ergodic Literature (wikipedia.org)
Ergodic literature is a term coined by Espen J. Aarseth in his 1997 book Cybertext—Perspectives on Ergodic Literature to describe literature in which nontrivial effort is required for the reader to traverse the text.
Palimpsest in Literature and Literary Theory (english-studies.net)
In literary theory, a palimpsest is conceptualized as a layered text or artifact embodying historical and cultural imprints.
Literary Theory and Criticism (literariness.org)
Critical Theory is, by and large, concerned with the critique of modernity, modernization, and the modern state.
Deceit, Desire, and the Literature Professor: Why Girardians Exist (2012) (arcade.stanford.edu)