Intertextuality Essay

in Tim Winton’s novella ‘The Turning’, there are a number of different language techniques that Winton has used to enhance the central theme. Some of the main techniques that Winton had used include; colloquial language, inclusive language and intertextuality. Winton had used these language techniques across two stories, Damaged Goods and Long Clear View to make the audience feel/think/ a certain emotion or thought. The first major language technique that Winton used throughout the short stories Damaged

What is intertextuality? Intertextuality is a word that introduced by Julia Kristeva, a philosopher, literary critic, feminist and a novelist. Kristeva defined Intertextuality as a “mosaic of quotation”, which means that all texts that are derived from the natural process and transformation of other type of content (Martin, 2011). It is also called referencing an original idea that has previously been produced. In essence, it is to take an original work of art and turn it into a whole new idea or

Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good morningJuliet) uses intertextuality to unveil the complete Shakespearean characters of Juliet and Desdemona to reveal the feminist narrative lurking between lines of Shakespeare’s plays. Only through the intertextual re-examination of the Shakespearean text itself via the interjection of genre and the reassigning of dialogue, within the metatheatre, is the true feminist representation of the female Shakespearian characters unveiled from behind the patriarchal

within the film for the audience to infer. These include: intertextuality, cinematic techniques and symbolism. All three provides a meaning about love. That it changes our emotions to many things whether negative or positive but once successful, it will change for the better. The film 10 Things I Hate About You serves a purpose of parodying one of William Shakespeare’s famous plays Taming of the Shrew in which, contains a lot of intertextuality for the audience to infer. For example, Katherine Stratford

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and the Greek mythological story of Prometheus, there exists intertextuality. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley includes concepts and follows the basic principles of the story of Prometheus. In fact, the story of Victor Frankenstein has been labeled as the “Modern Prometheus” for its striking similarities to Mary Shelley’s creation. Intertextuality highlights a particular passage and provides significance. This significance is present in Prometheus through the writing

contains many of the characteristics Swales describes. Furthermore, the community is relatively new thus they are still trying to find it’s identity meaning it’s easier for new members to transition and become a part of this community allowing intertextuality to be found throughout the Church. Therefore, by analyzing the bulletin and other aspects of this community one can determine that the Church is a discourse community

Directed by David Michôd, Animal Kingdom (2010) is a film depicting the life of the Cody family. A infamous Melbourne crime family and their downfall from being top of the food chain. His use of intertextuality creates a physical world that is a “whole level of society that operates just below what we know as moral and correct”. His inspiration of real life people and events in conjunction with William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth and the use of film noir create a dark and thrilling drama. Animal

These prequels depict the events that led up to the fate of Darth Vader and the birth of the original trilogy star, Luke Skywalker. I’ve set out to analyze the intertextuality established within the original Star Wars trilogy and presented in the prequel Episode I: The Phantom Menace. My mom has always had a thorough obsession with the Star Wars films, this is probably directly related to the fact that the original

Brain Caswell explores the theme’s appearance and reality, and how appearances can be deceptive and the complexity of humans, in his novel, Double Exposure, by using the metaphor of double exposure, and the narrative voice. Caswell also used intertextuality effectively to make the reader understand the main theme, and to convey different ideas that are explored during the novel. Double Exposure dealt with ideas of how appearance and reality can be deceiving, which is explored through the metaphor

Intertextuality troubles the definition of autobiography in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. Fun Home is a retelling of Alison Bechdel’s life through the lens of her relationship with her father. However, because of what she considers to have been his suicide, Alison is left with an incomplete picture of who he was in life. By calling Fun Home an autobiography, Bechdel enters an autobiographical pact with the reader that ensures that what Bechdel is telling us is the truth. However, elements out of her