Palinsesti. La letteratura al secondo grado

I read this as a follow up to Paratexts, but wish I had not: hypertextuality, paratextuality, metatextuality, architextuality ... If there is one thing a deconstructionist loves more than a too long sentence with too many commas, it is a label or category.

Palimpsestes. La littérature au second degré Yes, Genette's literary theory is rather, well, theoretical, but it's a very useful tool to ponder how texts interact with each other, namely what different types of interaction exists and to what end. I'm particularly fascinated by the idea of self-pa

One of the best works of literary criticism I've read in a while. Organized into 80 (short) chapters, Palimpsests gives a great overview of how texts relate to other texts, from ancient attempts to (re)write what happened between the Iliad and the Odyssey , to John Barth and Oulipo and other "postmod Leggi tutto

Long but useful. Thank God for Genette's subtle humor...

At the end of the introductory section (the first seven chapters) Genette warns that the book will consist of a series of examples filled with "annoying digressions or welcome diversions" (30). I would emphasize 'annoying digressions' in most instances. Now, I think Genette's analysis is good and in Leggi tutto

taxonomy of the hypertext (a text which alludes to, pays homage to, parodies, transforms, etc. an earlier literary work) - really interesting and way way way too long could've said what he needed to say in 40 pages

Strutturalismo a parte (devi esser davvero un tossico se pensi di poter inscatolare la letteratura intera in uno schema di etichette, ma capisco il contesto in cui è stato scritto) è una delle opere più illuminanti, complete e complesse che abbia letto sulla creazione della Letteratura di tutte le e Leggi tutto

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si c'est pas le meilleur ouvrage critique de Genette ??? quel goat