Intertextuality

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Theories of intertextuality suggest that meaning in a text can only ever be understood in relation to other texts; no work stands alone but is interlinked with the tradition that came before it and the context in which it is produced. This idea of intertextuality is crucial to understanding literary studies today. Graham Allen deftly introduces the topic and relates its significance to key theories and movements in the study of literature. The second edition of this important guide to intertextuality: outlines the history and contemporary use of the term incorporates a wealth of illuminating examples from literature and culture includes a new, expanded conclusion on the future of intertextuality examines the politics and aesthetics of the term relates intertextuality to global cultures and new media. Looking at intertextuality in relation to structuralism, post-structuralism, deconstruction, postcolonialism, Marxism, feminism and psychoanalytic theory, this is a fascinating and useful guide for all students of literature and culture. Front Cover Intertextuality Copyright Page Contents Series Editors Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Origins: Saussure, Bakhtin, Kristeva The Relational Word: Saussure The Social Word: Bakhtin Dialogism Tel Quel, Production: Kristeva Dialogism To Intertextuality Transposition Bakhtin or Kristeva? 2. The Text Unbound: Barthes From Work To Text The Death Of The Author Readerly And Writerly Texts The Paradoxical Text 3. Structuralist Approaches: Genette and Riffaterre Structuralist Poetics: Genette Transtextuality Paratextuality Hypertextuality Structuralist Hermeneutics: Riffaterre Literary Competence 4. Situated Readers: Bloom, Feminism, Postcolonialism Influence Revisited: Bloom Mapping Misreading Gynocriticism And Intertextuality The Return Of The Female Author The Return To Bakhtin: Feminism And Postcolonialism 5. Postmodern Conclusion Intertextuality In The Non-Literary Arts Postmodernism And Intertextuality Postmodernism And The Return Of History Intertextuality, Hypertextuality And The World Wide Web 6. Intertextuality Today The Culture Industry Adaptation Studies The De-Centred Text Remediation Glossary Bibliography Index