本文的研究方向，一是對「網路文學」的定義、特質、時代意義作分析，二是觀察其發展與困境，對這種新的創作手法，能有全面性的認識。有關「網路文學」的定義，綜合各學者的說法，有三種表現形式，一是利用網路多媒體技法創作出來的文學作品；另一種是把傳統媒體的文學作品電子化放上網路；第三種是以傳統書寫形式僅在網路上發表。若要為「網路文學」下定義，那麼，把網路視為文學的活動場域，提供創作者更多表達的意念與空間，這才是「網路文學」的精神。至於其時代意義，可以看到幾個現象：書寫場域的變革、「超文本」（hypertext）的敘事模式、文學傳播的轉移等。研究的另一重點，透過觀察網路的互動模式，明瞭文學閱讀面臨的困境，包含閱讀品質的審視機制，「偽文學」的魚目混珠，淺閱讀及片段閱讀的難以專注，都是網路文學必須面對，唯有解決閱讀層次的基本問題，「網路文學」才能看見發展的遠景。

About the direction of this research, first, I want to define of the「Internet literature」,their characteristics,and the significance of the ages. Second, to observe their development and difficult situation. The definition of ＂Internet literature, most scholars are divided into three definitions. The first, its mean use the Internet techniques and create literary works. Another, is placed the traditional media of electronic network. Third species in traditional written form but only published on the network. In fact, the Internet can considered as a field, which offer the literary creators more expression of ideas and space, this is the real valuet of the＂ Internet Literature., Meaning of the times about the Internet Literature, you can observed several phenomena, including the change of the writing field, ＂Hypertext＂ narrative mode, and the transformation of literary communication, etc. Another focus of the study, through observation network interactive mode, we can understand the difficulties by the literary reading, containing examine the reading quality, avoiding the ＂false-literary＂ confusion reading. the superficial and fragment reading. There are Internet literature must be faced. The only method is to solve the basic problem of reading levels, we can look forward to the vision of the Internet literature.