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Intertextuality and Connectivity
Explore how texts function as mosaics of other texts and cultural references.
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Discuss Julia Kristeva's coining of the term 'intertextuality.' How does the theory that 'any text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations' challenge the Romantic notion of the author as a solitary, original genius? Analyze how reading becomes a process of tracing the threads of cultural and literary discourse within a single theoretical document.