Intertext Invention
So, this teaching racket might pan out after all.
A serendipitous moment of realization during class discussion the other day: intertextuality as invention strategy! Which is, of course, part of the motive behind Text Book anyway. But, here’s what came out of discussion:
Intertext is not just about overlapping texts or texts in dialogue with one another, but also about the spaces where the overlap doesn’t quite fit or where the dialogue falls silent–these spaces are places for invention, to add to the intertext with one’s own contribution. Not a breakthrough, really, but given my muddle lately trying to think of my own approach to invention, I was quite zipped to have this come up in discussion.
Thanks students!
