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Intertextuality as a Comparatist’s Tool


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1 Department of English, SASTRA University, Kumbakonam, India
 

Comparative Literature as a ‘nation-state paradigm’ is under conceptual pressure in the present day context of Transnationalism. If it should survive as a discipline, there is an imperative need to broaden its conceptual framework and retool the discipline. This paper argues and also demonstrates that Intertextuality, specifically, ‘Accidental Intertextuality,’ can be a good tool for a comparatist.

Keywords

Accidental Intertextuality, Dialectical Pattern, Judaeo-Christian Allegory, The Absurd, Thematology.
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R. V. Ram
Department of English, SASTRA University, Kumbakonam, India

Abstract


Comparative Literature as a ‘nation-state paradigm’ is under conceptual pressure in the present day context of Transnationalism. If it should survive as a discipline, there is an imperative need to broaden its conceptual framework and retool the discipline. This paper argues and also demonstrates that Intertextuality, specifically, ‘Accidental Intertextuality,’ can be a good tool for a comparatist.

Keywords


Accidental Intertextuality, Dialectical Pattern, Judaeo-Christian Allegory, The Absurd, Thematology.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/hijrh%2F2016%2Fv3i1%2F111721