The Intertextual Reconsideration: The Text, an Intertextual Reader, and the Social Function of the Author
Author(s): 1. Shikha Juyal, 2. Dr. Harleen Kaur
Authors Affiliations:
- Research Scholar/ School of Liberal Arts/ Uttaranchal University/ Uttarakhand/ Dehradun, India
- Assistant Professor (senior grade)/ Department of Humanities and Social Sciences/ JIIT/ Noida/Uttar Pradesh, India
Intertextuality gained momentum in the late 1960s, with its founder, Julia Kristeva, claiming that a literary text was a conglomeration of various texts embedded in its structural fabric. Since then, it has become a colossal term with its widespread currency among the international academia and literary theorists, and critics. This paper is an effort to build a comprehensive view to understand intertextuality in conjunction with the social function of the author, and the role of an intertextual reader, and literary text. The stance of intertextuality challenges the author-centric notions of authority while increasing the visibility and position of the reader. The biggest question is whether a reader can comprehend the potential meaning. While an ongoing debate of hermeneutics paradox, this article delves into highlighting a balanced position of the author-text-reader dynamics from a socio-cultural perspective. Another issue this paper discusses is a more balanced author position.
Shikha Juyal, Dr. Harleen Kaur (2025); The Intertextual Reconsideration: The Text, an Intertextual Reader, and the Social Function of the Author, International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field, ISSN(O): 2455-0620, Vol-11, Issue-9, Pp.59-67. Available on – https://www.ijirmf.com/
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