DISCOURSE ANALYSIS INTERTEXTUALITY A concept coined by post-structuralist linguist Julia Kristeva in 1966 for literary theory: Authors do not

t create their texts from their o n mind! but rather compile them from pre-existent texts" Definitions: #he tendency of text producers to be influenced by other texts they have experienced$ %&atim ' (ason! 199)*$ A precondition for the intelligibility of texts! involving the dependence of one text upon another$ %&atim ' (ason! 199)*$ #he #he 199)*$ Mediation -e .eaugrande and -ressler %19/1* refer to the passive-active dimension of intertextual reference in terms of greater or lesser mediation %the extent to hich one feeds one+s current beliefs and goals into the model of communicative situation*$ #he greater the distance the greater the mediation$ According to .arthes %190)* texts are never totally original or particular to a given author %the author is dead"* A Typology A typology of intertextuality has been devised ithin literary studies$ 1ntertexts are said to belong to one of the follo ing categories %2ebeo,! 19/6*: 1$ Reference! hen one discloses one+s sources by indicating title! chapter! etc$ ays in ay hich the production and reception of a given text depends upon the participants+ ,no ledge of other texts$ %-e .eaugrande ' -ressler! 19/1*$ e relate textual occurrences to each other and recognise them as signs hole areas of our previous textual experience$ %&atim ' (ason!

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3$ Clic !! a stereotyped expression that has become almost meaningless through excessive use$ 4$ Literary all"sion! citing or referring to a celebrated or,$ #$ Self%&"otation$ 5$ Con'entionalis(! an idea that has become source-less through repeated use$ 6$ )ro'er*! a maxim made conventionally memorable$ 0$ Meditation! or putting into text$ Recognition of interte+t"al reference 1ntertextuality is an aspect of both the production and the reception of texts$ 6eaders and riters have to cope ith construction and deconstruction of texts$ #he process is as follo s: #he reader encounters intertextual signals! elements of text hich trigger the process of intertextual search! setting in motion the act of semiotic processing$ #he reader then has to lin, up a given signal ith a pre-text! the source from hich intertextual signals are dra n! to hich they refer! or by hich they are inspired$ 1n tracing an intertextual signal to its pre-text! the semiotic area being traversed is ,no n as intertextual space$ 1t is here that text users assess the semiotic status of the intertextual reference References Kristeva! Julia$ Desire in Language: A Semiotic Approach to Literature and Ar t$ 7e 8or,: 9olumbia :niversity ;ress! 19/)$ &atim! .asil ' 1an (ason! Discourse and the Translator$ <ondon: <ongman! 199)$ ords one+s hermeneutic experience of the effects of a