Philosophy of digital literature

There were a vision, a philosophy, and an intellectual trend that lie behind every phenomenon in the universe as a pressing need for its age and general features. The digital literature is the literature of the age and its openness to other worlds made the study seek to understand and clarify that philosophy which sits behind the digital literature, attempting to go beyond what is known in terms of literary practices. This study aims to reveal this philosophy which was embodied from the current philosophy based on freedom and absolute openness, leading to appearance of the digital literature that reinforces this philosophy which constitutes its formation and release. Therefore, the study intended to explore the digital texts in some digital platforms to reveal these practices and their differences through the selected digital literary texts. The study also traced the impact of this philosophy on the text by observing the act of interaction and how it is done by the interactive creative recipient, whose interaction exceeded the previous negative receiving, and was close to the space of the writer in producing, reading, and interacting with the text. At its beginning, the study showed the relationship of philosophy with literature, art, and knowledge. Then, the study attempted to elucidate the philosophy of digital literature and sought to reveal its characteristics and effects, using the analytical descriptive approach. It also utilized a semiotic approach and the convergence theory to analyze texts and read them critically. The study concluded with the results and recommendations.