Document Type : Research Paper

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Assistant Prof in Persian Language and Literature of Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

Fiction marks the beginning of a grand and magical dialogue: a dialogue between the author and the audience, the characters within the text, the characters and the audience, and notably, the dialogue of the story with other stories and the dreams of people throughout history. Therefore, the entry of other texts into the main text, what we refer to as intertextuality, is not only not unusual but also a structural component of any narrative. Julia Kristeva and many other scholars have described and analyzed this intra-textual relationship. Gérard Genette, a narrative theorist and aesthetician of the second half of the 20th century, extensively discusses this topic. He introduces the term “open structuralism” and, in explaining intertextual relationships, focuses on “transtextuality”, “paratextuality”, “metatextuality”, “hypertextuality”, and “architextuality”. His approach considers a broader range of codes and intertextual relationships. This research analyzes the intertextual relationships in the young adult novel The Conversation of the Great Magician and the Queen of the Island of Colors, as the discursive structure of this work uniquely facilitates the creation of intertextual connections.

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