A Comparative Study of Intertextuality in English Fantasy Novels: 1970s-1990s

Student: Cherepanova Anastasiya

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Perm)

Educational Programme: History (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2021

Intertextuality is one of the most used tools of postmodern writers, especially of those who write in the fantasy genre. The term can be defined as a presence of one (or more) texts within another text, characterised by quotations, plagiarism or allusion. This research is focused on comparative analysis of usage of intertextuality by authors of 1970-1990s to show the dynamic of it in the genre. The novels chosen to represent each decade are “Watership Down” (1972) by Richard Adams, “Howl’s Moving Castle” (1986) by Diana Wynne Jones and “Stardust” (1999) by Neil Gaiman.

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