Author:
E. G. Voskresenskaya,
Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor,
Dostoevsky Omsk State University,
55 Mira ave., Omsk, 644077, Russian Federation ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-4719
e-mail: VoskresenskaiaEG@omsu.ru
Abstract:
Introduction. The article deals with intertextuality as a means of creating parody in T. Pratchett’s novel “Raising Steam”. Intertextuality is defined as a thematized interaction of the source text with the recipient text in the framework of decoding stylistics. The paper aims to determine the ways the author of the novel uses to create incongruity between the real and fantasy worlds through intertextual elements, which constitutes parody.
Materials and Methods. The novel of T. Pratchett “Raising Steam” is examined using intertextual and stylistic analysis and methods of decoding stylistics.
Results. The paper generalizes information on parody, means of its creation and intertextuality as one of the ways to construct parody and defines the role of intertextual elements in T. Pratchett’s novel “Raising Steam”.
Conclusions. The article concludes that intertextuality / intertextual elements – allusions, references to the real world facts, texts, and culture – create disparity between the source text and recipient text thus becoming a major means of constructing fantasy world of parody in T. Pratchett’s Discworld novel “Raising Steam”. Key-words: parody, intertextuality, intertextual elements, allusion, quote, transformed quote, T. Pratchett.
