Drawing on the concept of “literary interference” developed by pioneer polysystem theory, Itamar Even-Zohar, and expanded other scholars, as well various interpretations intertextuality, this article compares two twentieth century thinkers: French writer, philosopher, literary theorist Maurice Blanchot Romanian-born essayist philosopher Emil (E. M.) Cioran. The uses Even-Zohar’s notion “channel...

The subject matter of the nation is a usual staple on the menu of postcolonial Nigerian fiction. In this sense, the repertoire of Chinua Achebe’s art echoes an incurable preoccupation with Nigeria’s postcolonial condition as a nation. Also, this paper explores the centrality of intertextuality in the production of Achebe’s fiction, primarily his political novel about crisis plaguing intellectua...

The article is devoted to the description of main types and stylistic potential allusive elements in novel “Chocolat” by contemporary British author Joanne Harris. Allusion as a device considered context theory intertextuality interpreted one leading methods reproducing "another voice" literary text. concludes that allusion distinguished conscious use requires unambiguous understanding interpre...

Postmodern writings stand out with vivid intertextuality. To study postmodern literary texts ignoring intertextual ties or intertexts would mean to do a vain study. In the given article it is suggested carry conceptual analysis of from perspectives intertextuality and autointertextuality. As an example can serve concept ‘’smile’’ in J.Fowles’ novel ‘’The Magus’’. J.Fowles outstanding British wr...

This study reports on research article (RA) authors’ definitional understanding and sociocultural perceptions of intertextuality and plagiarism in academic writing. To meet this end, a questionnaire, consisting of three sections, was constructed and emailed to Iranian RA authors who have published in leading international and local applied linguistics journals. The findings of the first two sec...

The article analyzes literary studies of the manuscript book "Wirydarz poeticki", which could help establish presence protograph remains in main text a well-known Polish literature 17th century. During analysis, author used certain set methods, but most important was semiotic analysis intertextuality individual parts manuscript. For first time, it is proved that hidden story present cycle, cons...

Combining insights from human geography, critical regionalism, and environmental literarycriticism, I argue that the concept of the translocal, rather than the transnational, is useful todescribe the complex poetics of place in Agha Shahid Ali’s A Nostalgist’s Map of America (1991) and Arthur Sze’s The Ginkgo Light (2009). Engaging with landscapes of the American Southwest and elsewhere...