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Tag Archives: Intertextuality
Matizes do gótico: Three centuries of Horace Walpole – Two kinds of Romance
I’m very honoured to have my chapter ‘“Two kinds of romance”: Generic hybridity and epistemological uncertainty in contemporary paranormal romance’ included in this beautiful new book from Brazil: Matizes do gótico: três séculos de Horace Walpole, ed. by Júlio França … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles
Tagged Alyxandra Harvey, fairies, Genre, Gothic novel, Horace Walpole, Intertextuality, Julie Kagawa, Paranormal romance, science, Vampires, YA Gothic
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YA Gothic, fairytale retellings, demon lovers, mermaids and Scottish myths
Here’s a selection of interesting articles on OGOM-related topics. First, an article on YA Gothic with some recommended novels in the genre. Much of our research has focused on these texts–they are often more adventurous than their adult counterpart, especially … Continue reading
RIP Gérard Genette (1930-2018)
I am very saddened by the death of Gérard Genette (1930-2018). Genette, for me, was one of most rewarding of French literary theorists. He employed a structuralist methodology but in a way that avoided metaphysical excesses and that never lost … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Genette, Genre, Gothic romance, Intertextuality, narratology
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CFP: Rereading Stephen King: Navigating the Intertextual Labyrinth, Kingston University, 11 November 2017
Only a week left before the deadline for proposals for this conference on Stephen King, Rereading Stephen King: Navigating the Intertextual Labyrinth, Kingston University, 11 November 2017. In Stephen King’s Gothic (2011) John Sears asserts that rereading King represents ‘an … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Film, Genre, horror, Intertextuality, Stephen King, TV
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Reworking Myth and Fairytale in YA Literature–Again!
If you visit this site often, you’ll know that many of the Gothic and fantastic narratives that OGOM research involve reworkings and rewritings of fairy tales or myths. The transformations and interminglings of genre involved fascinate me on a formal … Continue reading
Posted in Reading Lists, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Children's literature, fairy tale, Greek myth, Intertextuality, myth, Norse myth, poetry, YA Fiction
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Beauty and Beastliness: Intertextuality, genre mutation, and utopian possibilities in paranormal romance
We now have a repository where we hope to make talks and other research outputs available. I’ve uploaded my talk, ‘Beauty and Beastliness: Intertextuality, genre mutation, and utopian possibilities in paranormal romance‘, which I gave recently at the excellent ‘Damsels … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources
Tagged adaptation, Contemporary Fairy Tales, fairy tale, Genre, Intertextuality, utopianism, YA Fiction
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Angela Carter — Resources
Still commemorating Angela Carter, twenty-five years after her death, here are some more useful links: Here’s a great article by John Dugdale on Carter’s legacy, including her influence in music: ‘Angela’s influence: what we owe to Carter‘ (though some connections … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carter, Beauty and the Beast, dystopia, Fairy tales, Feminism, Intertextuality, journalism, music
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The Icelandic Dracula
Fascinating article by Hans Corneel de Roos on an Icelandic vampire novel from 1900 which has a curious hypertextual relationship with Bram Stoker’s Dracula (‘hypertextual’ is Gérard Genette’s term for that variety of intertextuality where one text is modelled on … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Bram Stoker, Dracula, Iceland. Scandinavian, Intertextuality, vampire
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Cultural Afterlives of Frankenstein
Great post by Megen de Bruin-Molé–Cultural Afterlives of Frankenstein–on why works last and the enduring nature of the Frankenstein myth, traced from Mary Shelley’s novel through its myriad descendants and adaptations.
Posted in Critical thoughts
Tagged Adaptations, Frankenstein, Gothic novel, Intertextuality, Mary Shelley
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CFP: Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings, Queen’s University Belfast, 7-8 April 2017
Reworkings of classic fairy tales is one of OGOM’s principal areas of research (and a favourite topic of my own). This conference at QU Belfast, Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings looks very exciting. I’ve posted about this … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged adaptation, Contemporary Fairy Tales, Fairy tales, Intertextuality, sexuality, witches, women
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