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Texts and Other Texts Central Focus: Intertextuality —”the way that texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.”

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Texts and Other Texts. Central Focus: Intertextuality —”the way that texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.”  . “Texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.” So what?. Well…it flies in the face of our commonsense notions about literary “originality.” . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Texts and Other Texts

Central Focus: Intertextuality—”the way that texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.”

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“Texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.”

So what?Well…it flies in the face of our commonsense notions about literary “originality.”

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“Texts are always related to and dependent upon other texts.”

So what?Still, the very word “text” carries with it the idea of a web, a network, a fabric—something intricately woven of many interdependent strands.

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text

[a. F. texte, also ONF. tixte), the Scriptures, ad. med.L. textus the Gospel, written

character, L. textus style, tissue of a literary work, lit. that which is woven, web, texture,

f. text-, ppl. stem of tex-re to weave.]

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Any given text might be related…

•to some texts by virtue of a common topic•to others by virtue of a common theme, &•to still others by virtue of a common style or form or genre

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Any given text might…

•make explicit or implicit references or allusions to other texts;•transform or adapt another text (this would include spoofs or parodies);•interpret or comment upon another text.

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The Simpsons Network•Jonathan Gray, Watching With The Simpsons•Jon Horowitz, “Mmm…Television”•Mattia Miani, “The Simpsons: Innovation and Tradition in a Postmodern TV Family”

•“Intertextuality” (Metapedia)

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