EN 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Intertextuality, Metanarrative, Alex Haley
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Took a different way of presenting the song (jazz piece: every time i was written, it was alex hayley, not malcolm x. Intertextuality of life and text = life becomes text. Intertextuality of genre = genre of autobiography < life writing (both mainstream and. Intertextuality of genre = novelization of factual autobiography, imposition of themes, vivid scenes, character, plot, setting = reads like a novel. There are certain textual qualities that come into play: reversing the telescope: see how whiteness is constructed, point of view on dominant culture that sees itself as natural, invisible. Life writing : any text about my life : collective term, includes, memories, letters, biographies, autobiographies, factual base, major autobiographies in western culture: augustine, rousseau, and in the usa. Looking back: proportion of sinner to saint . A moment in time when their life changed . Looking forward: prolepsis = anticipation connects details to a larger whole.
