Abstract
David Lodge ironically quotes from James Joyce as an epigraph to Small World, to illustrate the allusive character of his comic novel, in which the theory of intertextuality is practically demonstrated. Among the various sources deliberately used by Lodge, the writings of T. S. Eliot occupy a prominent position in Small World, and the poet's presence, only incidental in previous novels, is all-pervasive in this one. The Waste Land provides an excellent literary background for a piece of social criticism about the contemporary academic world, a portrait -or caricature- which emphasizes the futility of the barren life led by many present-day scholars. Once Arthur Kingfisher -a modern Fisher King- is healed, Lodge stops referring to The Waste Land and turns to Four Quartets instead, in order to depict the beginning of a renewed existence full of hope for everyone.
Highlights
David Lodge ironically quotes from James Joyce as an epigraph to Small World, to illustrate the allusive character of his comic novel, in which the theory of intertextuality is practically demonstrated
Cuando Lodge construyó esta divertida sátira sobre los congresos internacionales de crítica literaria, debió de tener presente -y de alguna manera jugar con- la teoría según la cual cada texto es producto de la intertextualidad, es decir, cada texto constituye un entramado de alusiones y citas tomadas de otros textos
"The Jew is underneath the lot" ("Burbank," v. 41) pertenece a un poema que no se llega a nombrar en Out of the Shelter, pero que una reciente polémica con el T.L.S., originada por la publicación de un extracto del estudio de Christopher Ricks T.S
Summary
David Lodge ironically quotes from James Joyce as an epigraph to Small World, to illustrate the allusive character of his comic novel, in which the theory of intertextuality is practically demonstrated. Considerando que en Small World se pasa revista a las principales corrientes de la crítica literaria del siglo XX y que al mismo tiempo se pone de relieve la naturaleza derivativa de los escritos, no podía estar ausente de la novela el gran patriarca de las letras contemporáneas, quien no sólo fue autor de ensayos sobre el valor de la tradición, sino también del poema moderno alusivo por excelencia, The Waste Land.
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