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<p> My paper examines the interplay between the sophisticated postmodernist techniques of intertextuality, parody, metafiction and a return to orality or better said of pseudo-orality, a simulated-oral discourse or what the Russian Formalists called “skaz”, brought about by much postcolonial, ethnic or feminist literature.</p>
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My paper examines the interplay between the sophisticated postmodernist techniques of intertextuality, parody, metafiction and a return to orality or better said of pseudo-orality, a simulated-oral discourse or what the Russian Formalists called “skaz”, brought about by much postcolonial, ethnic or feminist literature.

Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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My paper examines the interplay between the sophisticated postmodernist techniques of intertextuality, parody, metafiction and a return to orality or better...

Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 166 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0018-7

Keywords
grotesque discourse, intertextuality, metafiction, oral discourse, pseudo-orality, skaz narratives, storytelling

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Going Back to One’s Roots: The Revival of Oral Storytelling Techniques in The English Contemporary Novel

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 166 - 181

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0018-7

Keywordsgrotesque discourse, intertextuality, metafiction, oral discourse, pseudo-orality, skaz narratives, storytelling

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
grotesque discourse, intertextuality, metafiction, oral discourse, pseudo-orality, skaz narratives, storytelling