In literature: requiring non-trivial effort to traverse the text; a work where the reader must actively navigate, choose, or decode the reading path.
Coined for literary theory from Greek 'ergon' (work) + 'hodos' (path). Think: House of Leaves, choose-your-own-adventure books, hypertext fiction. Reading as physical and mental labor.
Books where you have to WORK to read them! 'House of Leaves' makes you turn the book upside down! Choose-your-own-adventures let you CHOOSE the path! Ergodic literature makes reading an ADVENTURE, not a straight line! 📖🗺ï¸
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