Abstract
This paper explores the intertextual elements between Shakespearean text Othello and Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to the North using Bazerman’s (2004) model of intertextuality. The study sheds light on the process of influence and transformation of the text Othello when situated in the context of culture. The study shows that all the explicit and implicit elements of intertextuality between selected texts foregrounded how narratives are created using characters and symbols from a particular culture to create ruptures in the European culture. Further, the research substantiated the Shakespearean narrative by providing parallel analysis of Season of Migration to the North where symbols, signs and characters lost their original representation and come up with different significations and meaning which challenge the prior discourse. The study proved that there are a visible similarities at some events and actions between the selected texts. It is observed that in the Seasons of Migration to the North events like the protagonist nationality and the setting of the novel stands for symbols such as the handkerchief and tragic ending. Some thematic patterns directly refer to the play Othello . From the intertextuality perspective, the study shows that there is a noticeable parallel at some places in Othello and Season of Migration to the North . The texts manifest similar events and similar themes, techniques elements and style of narrating the novel. Keywords : Intertextuality, Shakespeare, Tayeb Saleh, Bazerman, Othello, Season of Migration to the North. DOI : 10.7176/JLLL/60-01 Publication date :September 30 th 2019
Highlights
Texts serve as advocates of social change in one way or the other which enables writers to explore different perspectives from different writers
The main focus of attention of this study is a comparative analysis of Othello by Shakespeare and Season of Migration to the North novel by Tayeb Salih in light of intertextuality
The researcher applies the model of intertextuality adapted by Bazerman (2004) to examine the differences and similarities between Othello written by Shakespeare and Season of Migration to the North composed by Tayeb Salih
Summary
Texts serve as advocates of social change in one way or the other which enables writers to explore different perspectives from different writers. Intertextuality is a newly established theory in textual analysis It is a realm which helps in identifying the sources an author depends on and how these sources assist to comprehend how authors try to characterize, depend on and advance prior work in their related fields of study. To state it differently, intertextuality presents a perspective of writing texts as a way of looking at textual interactions with prior texts and written conventions. The origin of intertextuality, according to Barzegar (2014), is largely taken from the Russian formalist, Mikhail Bakhtin whose works were not popular at that time amongst literary scholars due to social and political unrest. Endorsement (How the writers position themselves as writers in relation to outside sources)
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