ANTH-E 647 TRAVELING TEXTS: THE SOCIAL LIFE OF INTERTEXTUALITY (3 CR.)
Charts the foundations of the concept of intertextuality in the works of Bakhtin and others. Explores modes of intertextuality in relation to genre and performance. Investigates intertextuality as a social, political and cultural practice in a range of ethnographic settings.
1 classes found
Spring 2024
Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
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SEM | 3 | 30490 | Open | 3:00 p.m.–5:30 p.m. | T | BH 010 | Goodman J |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
SEM 30490: Total Seats: 15 / Available: 10 / Waitlisted: 0
Seminar (SEM)
- Above class meets with CULS-C 701
The relationship of texts to other texts has long been a key analytical concern in the disciplines of anthropology, performance studies, media studies, rhetorical studies, folklore, and literary studies. Such questions have been re-energized in recent years under the conceptual rubric of intertextuality, a term coined by Julia Kristeva based on the foundational work of the Bakhtin Circle. In this course, we will chart the foundations of the concept of intertextuality in the work of Bakhtin, Voloshinov, Kristeva, Barthes, and Genette. We will explore the intersection of these concepts with foundational works in performance and language studies. We will also investigate intertextuality as a social and political practice that is bound up with cultural ideas and practices and deployed in a range of institutional settings. Questions we consider may include: What kinds of texts get appropriated by others, and for what reasons? How are texts linked to other texts so as to reinforce authority or open new spaces for critique? What do texts retain or shed as they travel to new contexts, and why? How do we understand intertextually oriented perspectives with regard to such concepts as remediation, adaptation, genre, and performance? The principal written work for the course will consist of an extended research paper that brings the key concepts treated in the course to bear on a body of substantive materials.