WRITING 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Academic Writing, African Diaspora, Intertextuality
19 Jan 2016
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Intertextuality and intervention in the literature of the. Section 45: t th 10:05-11:20 am bivins 114. Section 46: t th 1:25-2:40 pm keohane quad 4b 402. Section 47: t th 3:05-4:20 pm keohane quad 4d 201. Intertextuality is the reference or evocation of one text within another text. Literary writers employ intertextuality when crafting adaptions set in other periods or locations, when retelling narratives from minor characters" perspectives, or when structuring narratives around key ideas found in other works. When we encounter intertextuality in literature, we must consider the layers of meaning created by the connection between the text before us and its reference text. In the case of african diasporic literature, intertextuality invites us to examine issues of coloniality, epistemology, identity, and racial community among others. In this course, we will use methods of critical engagement from literary studies to investigate how african diasporic writers use intertextuality to intervene in the western literary canon.
