Analysis of the Theory of intertextuality in SiminDaneshvar’sThe Serpent and the Man

Subject Areas : Persian language and literature texts

Fateme  Bidakhoidi ¹ (مدرس زبان و ادبیات فارسی واحد کرج، ایران)
Fateme  Heidari ² (عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج)

Received: 2016-09-01 Accepted : 2016-09-01 Published : 2014-08-23

Keywords: مار, بینامتنیت, intertextuality, مرد, ماه, the serpent, the man, the moon,

Abstract :

Literature is a dynamic, alive entity, which is inevitably adapted, composed, affected, impressed and recreated. Therefore, literary worksinteract. Every text is inevitably created based on the previous literary texts and literary heritage. A few literary works can be found with no link to other texts in any way. Poets and authors have acknowledged the fact that the themes and issues have already been uttered or written, and it makes the situation difficult to them. Julia Kristeva introduced the theory of intertextuality which indicates any relationship between the various texts. Having studied Kristeva’s theories and works, Gérard Genette expanded the theory. The main point of the present paper is to examine the instances of intersexuality in SiminDaneshvar’sThe Serpent and the Man in the light of in the light of intersexuality. The researcher tries to figure out and analyze the relationship between this story and text before it. Considering the theory of intertextuality and its history in literary texts, the researcher presents a brief summary of the story, and then analyzes the story through Gérard Genette’s theory.This research aims to deal with the interaction between the story of The Serpent and the Man with other literary texts and obtain extra information on the subject. The methodology deals with Genette’s theory of intertextuality.