Intertextuality

Intertextuality might have been used in these recent works to help readers create a picture of the main characters of a particular story. In some instances, intertextuality used in the more modern stories helps make the story seem more believable to certain readers. Kindred by Octavia Butler, shows intertextuality by working off of the concept of time travel; however the time travel in this story does not…

Throughout the text , a clear intertextuality between the Bible and Jeanette’s life can be seen. Living in a religious family, Jeanette’s life has been dominated by the religious undertones ; her community being religious community. In the beginning of the text , she is raised to be a missionary and serve the church full heartedly and being her only duty . We can see a number of biblical quotes and hymns in honour of God in the account of Jeanette’s life. Where the names of the chapters of…

her husband Rasheed’s but the other being Tariq’s. Although her stated reason to go was safety, her real reason to go to Pakistan was to reunite with her love Tariq and start a new life there with him and her children. Chapter 5 Intertextuality is the relationship between texts. One example in A Thousand Splendid Suns is when they mention the Titanic. Since a majority of readers know about the Titanic, they can use their knowledge about it to relate it to the story. The reader 's…

Intertextuality and Body-Mind Duality No matter how modern society might insist upon the ideas of copyright and intellectual property, no person’s work is truly his or her own. Texts ancient and new, contemporary or separated by centuries, invariably influence and build upon each other. In Ab Urbe Condita, Livy’s depiction of the Carthaginian leader Hannibal interacts with the depiction of the Roman conspirator Catiline featured in Bellum Catilinae, a work by the historian Sallust, a…

Everything is a Human Being shows the difference between Native American and western culture and the connection between the abuse of natural resources by western civilization and the mistreatment minority peoples. Walker attains this by using intertextuality and linking the current destruction of nature to previous destruction of minority civilizations, she shows the ecological…

Intertextuality is the defining component that allows the musical to be a valid literate activity transcending into the lives of those who occupy marginalized communities within the United States. Analyzing hit songs within the play was essential to proving Hamilton as an integral piece of literature that's causing a social shift in society. One of the many hit songs presented within Hamilton is, “My Shot” which references Alexander Hamilton’s quick rise to American success and whether or not he…

Metrixing the Matrix: A Linguistic Analysis of Intertextuality on the Basis of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunningham’s The Hours Gašper Ilc To all those Mmes Richard Dalloway who have not even been Clarissas 1. Introduction Intertextuality has played a central and controversial role in the development of the postmodernist thought ever since the publication of Kristeva’s seminal works on literary theory. Strongly influenced by structuralist semiotics, Kristeva (1980) extends…

V. / But where are those good old-fashioned values…” In the show, it is the complete opposite of the theme song. The theme song creates humor right from the beginning. The shows does not instill any true family values during it. An example of intertextuality being seen is in Family Guy Season 1 Episode 2. The episode has places where it is just like certain scenes from The Wizard of Oz. Peter is portraying Dorothy in the scene. Another example is in Season 2 Episode 1. It is using a reference…

Postmodernism In The World Of Bob’s Burgers Fox’s critically acclaimed animated sitcom series, Bob’s Burgers, focuses on the life of a family who runs a hamburger restaurant. The Belcher family—which include parents Bob and Linda Belcher, alongside their children Tina, Gene and Louise—are the center of the show. The restaurant, conveniently named ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ is the center of where the majority of the episode plot occurs. Bob, who is the owner and chef of Bob’s Burgers, just wants to run…

However, Meryem describes Modernist literature patterns as completely different and is far from the use of “Intertextuality”. Meryem claims that, “Modernists look at works as example of genre and judge them by their codes” (Ayan, 137). Modernists chose different path then realist, therefore, instead of using intertextuality modernists believe that each work of art and literature is unique to itself and thus should not be combined with older work since it has its own…