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For example, Devitt (1991) examined how the various genres of letters composed by tax accountants refer to the tax codes in genre-specific ways. [34] In another example, Christensen (2016) [35] introduces the concept of intertextuality to the analysis of work practice at a hospital. The study shows that the ensemble of documents used and ...
A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satirical or ironic imitation.Often its subject is an original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, etc), but a parody can also be about a real-life person (e.g. a politician), event, or movement (e.g. the French Revolution or 1960s counterculture).
Recontextualisation is a process that extracts text, signs or meaning from its original context (decontextualisation) and reuses it in another context. [1] Since the meaning of texts, signs and content is dependent on its context, recontextualisation implies a change of meaning and redefinition. [1]
Postmodern literature is a form of literature that is characterized by the use of metafiction, unreliable narration, self-reflexivity, intertextuality, and which often thematizes both historical and political issues.
Miss Night and Day is a compelling, if imperfect example of how K-drama blends genres, but it’s also a timely reminder to watch rather than consume; that this is a medium to be enjoyed for its ...
Intertextuality could be in the form of quotation, plagiarism, or allusion. Paratextuality is the relation between one text and its paratext that surrounds the main body of the text. Examples are titles, headings, and prefaces. Architextuality is the designation of a text as a part of a genre or genres
There is no end to potential media involved in adaptation. Adaptation might be seen as a special case of intertextuality or intermediality, which involves the practice of transcoding (changing the code or 'language' used in a medium) as well as the assimilation of a work of art to other cultural, linguistic, semiotic, aesthetic or other norms.
Metatheatre, and the closely related term metadrama, describes the aspects of a play that draw attention to its nature as drama or theatre, or to the circumstances of its performance. "Breaking the Fourth Wall" is an example of a metatheatrical device.