> Mrs Dalloway and The Hours Notes Intertextuality takes many forms in The Hours: - Homage (celebrating a past text through drawing attention to it or commemorating aspects of it) - Daldry’s film self-consciously reminds the responder of Woolt's Mrs Dalfoway, through images of the novel as read by Laura and shots of Virginia as she composes the novel. The novel is portrayed as having a direct influence on Laura as the reader and on the way that Clarissa Vaughan is viewed by both Richard and herself. + Citations or direct quotations ~ These are present as voice-overs throughout the film, mainly through both Virginia's and Laura's voices and the manner in which the women echo each other’s actions (some of these actions have their origins in scenes from the novel). - Allusions (references to other texts) - These are often subtle and embedded in the comparisons which can be made between characters (eg: Septimus and Richard/Virginia and Richard, Clarissa Dalloway/Clarissa Vaughan) or actions and events (such as buying flowers in the opening of both texts). = Pastiche (imitating the style of a text to celebrate it) ~ Woolf's internal monologues and train of thought as well as her focus on the actions of a single day are reflected in the tone and style of The Hours, particularly in its focus on the inner lives of individuals. - Motifs (recurring symbols or actions) - The kisses which take place in the film follow on from Clarissa Dalloway's memories of her kiss with Sally Seton, thus acting as a motif which emphasises a key image from the original text. The recurring nature of forbidden female kisses within the film ‘emphasises themes relating to regrel, the importance of individual moments and the unfulfilled life. - Metafictional elements (metafiction draws attention to the artifice and construction of an artistic work) — Although not technically an element of intertextualiy, the film frequently focuses on Virginia's process in composing Mrs Dalloway as well as the way in which reading the text changes Laura Brown's perspective of the world. The power of the original text resonates throughout the ap propriation and explores the relationship between the lives we live and the way that arlistic works affect and influence us. (Laura's sumame, Brown, isin itself a metafictional and intertextual refer ence — this time to an essay of Woolf's, ‘Mrs Bennet and Mr Brown’, which explored acts of reading and sought to argue in favour of the modern novel.) ‘copyright ETA® 2018 Worksheet 3: Intertextuality a8