WAYS OF EXPRESSING INTERTEXTUALITY AND THEIR FUNCTIONS IN FICTIONAL TEXT (STUDIES OF THE NOVEL “POSSESSION” BY A. BYATT)

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of ways of expressing intertextuality and their functions based on the studies of A. Byatt’s novel “Possession”. The paper shares a brief review of some investigations in the field of intertextuality, which is closely connected with the process of sense-making and reflects not only the models of thinking but also social and economic, cultural, political, religious and other views of certain cultures. It is stated that the intertext in the novel of A. Byatt creates a special associative field, which is formed by quotations, allusions, reminiscence, parodies and epigraphs. They perform expressive, appellative, poetic, referential, metatext functions which make the structure of the novel more complicated and reveals the sense and broadens the world view.