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Intertextuality Practice Questions

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  1. Q1. The term 'intertextuality' was first coined by which theorist in the late 1960s, drawing on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin?
  2. Q2. In 'The Death of the Author,' Roland Barthes argues that a text is not a line of words releasing a single 'theological' meaning, but a space of many dimensions…
  3. Q3. Which postmodern novel by Jean Rhys serves as an intertextual 'prequel' to Charlotte Brontë’s 'Jane Eyre,' focusing on the character Bertha Mason?
  4. Q4. What is the primary difference between 'allusion' and 'intertextuality' in postmodern theory?
  5. Q5. Umberto Eco’s 'The Name of the Rose' is frequently cited as a 'meta-intertextual' novel because:
  6. Q6. Which 1966 play by Tom Stoppard recontextualizes Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' through the eyes of two minor characters?
  7. Q7. According to Gérard Genette’s 'Palimpsests', what is 'hypertextuality'?
  8. Q8. Which term describes the postmodern practice of mixing elements from different genres or historical periods within a single work?
  9. Q9. In T.S. Eliot’s 'The Waste Land,' the extensive use of quotations from Dante, Shakespeare, and the Upanishads is an example of which intertextual function?
  10. Q10. What is 'parody' in the context of postmodern intertextuality?
  11. Q11. Linda Hutcheon defines 'pastiche' in contrast to parody as:
  12. Q12. Which of these is a key 'intertext' for James Joyce’s 'Ulysses'?
  13. Q13. The concept of 'The Anxiety of Influence' by Harold Bloom suggests that poets engage in intertextuality primarily to:
  14. Q14. In 'The French Lieutenant’s Woman', John Fowles uses intertextuality by including:
  15. Q15. The 'palimpsest' is a common metaphor for intertextuality. What does it literally refer to?
  16. Q16. Which postmodern technique involves an author placing their own previous characters or plotlines into a new work?
  17. Q17. The idea that 'nothing exists outside the text' (il n'y a pas de hors-texte) is associated with which philosopher, emphasizing the intertextual nature of reali…
  18. Q18. In 'Atonement' by Ian McEwan, the protagonist's development as a writer is signaled through her intertextual engagement with which genre?
  19. Q19. Which term describes the relationship between a film and the novel it is based on, as a specific form of intertextuality?
  20. Q20. What is 'obligatory intertextuality'?