lecture VI Flashcards
intertextuality
The (literary) relationship of one text to
another text.
● Quotation/paraphrase
● Translation
● Parody/Pastiche
● Adaptation/Appropriation
● Palimpsest
Intermediality
Rendering a text from one medium into another.
● Textual features: content, tone, interpretation.
● Formal features: form, appearance.
Vs. Transmediality: transmedial storytelling
examines the shape a story takes when told over
different media (cf. Fan Fiction; Marvel).
Types of Intermediality
Music: patterns, foregrounding sound,
musicalisation.
Visual art: appearance on the page, imagery,
technique (impressionism vs realism)
Film: movement, camera POV/editing.
Video game: agency in the text.
Social Media: fragmentation / curated snapshot
Appropriation
In some cases adaptation (a clear relationship
to a prior text) can shift into appropriation
(taking ownership / abandoning fidelity).
Vs. cultural appropriation: making use of a
marginalised culture for material or immaterial
gain.
