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by: Gerard Genette
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 809
EAN: 9780803270299
ISBN: 0803270291
Label: University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 491
Publication Date: October 28, 1997
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Sales Rank: 615464
Studio: University of Nebraska Press
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By definition, a palimpsest is “a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible.” Palimpsests (originally published in France in 1982), one of Gérard Genette’s most important works, examines the manifold relationships a text may have with prior texts. Genette describes the multiple ways a later text asks readers to read or remember an earlier one. In this regard, he treats the history and nature of parody, antinovels, pastiches, caricatures, commentary, allusion, imitations, and other textual relations. Gérard Genette is one of the most original and influential literary critics of modern France. He is the major practitioner of narratological criticism, a pioneer in structuralism, and a much-admired literary historian. Such works as Narrative Discourse and Mimologics (Nebraska 1995) have established his international reputation as a literary theorist of the first order.
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I enjoyed the discussion of intertextuality and parody in this book but remain entirely underwhelmed by the taxonomy of differentiation for the diversity of allusion and intertextuality that exists among the authors that Genette chooses to discuss. The most interesting part of this text for me was the fine table that equivocates the chapters in Joyce's Ulysses with the books of the Odyssey. The author is profoundly smart and so able at comparing texts that I did enjoy reading this book. I found certain ... Read More
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