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Bassnett, Susan (2007) Influence and intertextuality: a reappraisal. Forum for Modern Language Studies, Vol.43 (No.2). pp. 134-146. doi:10.1093/fmls/cqm004
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cqm004
Abstract
This essay considers shifts of approach in comparative literature, from early endeavours to trace direct influences of one author upon another to a more holistic model that sees the study of literature as the study of intertextual connections. Starting with Matthew Arnold's statement about the impossibility of comprehending any single literature adequately without taking into account other literatures, the essay considers three cases: the relationship between James Joyce and Italo Svevo is discussed as an example of the difficulties of proving direct influence; Seamus Heaney's use of Dante offers an example of the creative way in which a writer can incorporate the work of another writer into his own poetry, and finally the reception of Ezra Pound's Cathay shows how the context in which a work appears and the reaction of readers can radically alter the fortunes of a literary text. The role of translation is seen as crucially important as a force for innovation and change in a literature.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Forum for Modern Language Studies | ||||
| Publisher: | OUP | ||||
| ISSN: | 0015-8518 | ||||
| Official Date: | April 2007 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.43 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 134-146 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/fmls/cqm004 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Title of Event: | Conference on Bridging the Gap - Teaching Foreign Language Literary and Cultural Studies | ||||
| Type of Event: | Conference | ||||
| Location of Event: | Univ St Andrews, St Andrews, Scotland | ||||
| Date(s) of Event: | March, 2005 |
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