Interdiscursivity and Intertextuality: An Analysis of Paulo’s Pen

Keywords:

• Interdiscursivity • Intertextuality • Discourse • Recurrent associations • Dialogue

Abstract

The present study aims to highlight the recurrent associations and the way Intertextuality and Interdiscursivity reworked in the various narratives of Paulo Coelho. Kristeva's posits that intertextuality is a word that has other words, a text containing other texts, thus revealing that a text is not an autonomous, self-sufficient or closed system. The researcher uses Intertextuality and Interdiscursivity, as synonymous. Hence, Intertextuality and interdiscursivity is a brief or prolonged reference of a text within another text (like intertextuality). The point is that the two (all) texts considered are by the same author (unlike intertextuality). This invites comparison (no doubt) between/ among the texts of the same author. The research involves twelve narratives penned down by Paulo Coelho including Eleven Minutes, Adultery, The Witch of Portobello, Al-Chemist, The Winner Stands Alone, The Zahir, Aleph, The Pilgrimage, Brida, The Fifth Mountain, The Manual of the Warrior of Light, and The Devil and Miss Prym. The investigation exposes some themes such as self-discovery, adventure into the unknown, learning, obsession and death;  symbols such as fire, omens, and dance; speeches such as shepherd, journeys, tragedies, orgasm; and ideas such as happiness/unhappiness, dreams, quest and love are found recurrent in the selected stories, thus imparting a unique style that distinguishes not only the selected stories but also the author from other stories and the authors from the same and from different parts of the world.

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Published

2019-12-31 — Updated on 2020-10-08

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How to Cite

Interdiscursivity and Intertextuality: An Analysis of Paulo’s Pen. (2020). Erevna: Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 3(2), 17-29. Retrieved from https://journals.au.edu.pk/ojserevna/index.php/erevna/article/view/109 (Original work published December 31, 2019)