Abstract:The concept of intertextuality has been significant within a range of theoretical debates (Orr 2003). Though often assumed to be a matter of one text directly citing or quoting material from another, ...The concept of intertextuality has been significant within a range of theoretical debates (Orr 2003). Though often assumed to be a matter of one text directly citing or quoting material from another, intertextuality has also been theorized as underpinning the general condition of textuality itself. As French structuralist Julia Kristeva (1969) argues: “Every text takes shape as a mosaic of citations.” This has become a crucial concept in structuralist attacks on the authority of the author (Barthes 1977; Allen 2000). It is argued that language and textuality, as structuring systems, should form the proper objects of analysis, and not authorial agency.Read More
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-02-15
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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