The rise of digital media has spurred the evolution of literature,with electronic literature advancing each day.Stuart Moulthrop's work in hypertext writing,documenting electronic literature and exploring literary theory contributes significantly to the field of media archaeology.Victory Garden stands as a benchmark in American electronic literature.Moulthrop's"Pathfinder"and"Traversal"projects meticulously document early electronic literature through technical simulations,screenshots and corpus archiv-ing.In the realm of hypertext novels,"lexia"or units form the building blocks,offering a powerful demonstration of nonlinear read-ing experiences.Borrowing from Roland Barthes,"lexia"exhibits rhetorical characteristics of non-linearity and intertextuality,en-riching the reading experience.American electronic literature and Chinese electronic literature follow distinct development paths.While the former explores pioneering narratology within the text,the latter focuses on ambitious industrial operations beyond the text.However,both grapple with the challenges of literature's transformation and extension,as well as the exploration and adaptation in the realm of post-human inquiry.