Verbal and visual intertexts: an approach to analyzing and teaching two novels by Charlotte Bronte
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The Department of English seeks to provide all university students with the skills of effective communication and critical thinking, as well as imparting knowledge of literature, creative writing, linguistics, speech and technical communication to students within and outside of the department.
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The Department of English and Speech was formed in 1939 from the merger of the Department of English and the Department of Public Speaking. In 1971 its name changed to the Department of English.
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1939-present
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- Department of English and Speech (1939-1971)
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- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (parent college)
- Department of English (predecessor, 1898-1939)
- Department of Public Speaking (predecessor, 1898-1939)
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It is truly awe-inspiring to realize how much of Charlotte Bronte's own dreams and life can be found on the pages of her novels. Many elements in Bronte's life did not occur as she would have wished; for that reason, she lives out many of her fondest dreams through the protagonists of her novels. Bronte's writing also includes references to other writers, genres, and methods that reflect her preferences and choices in life. All of these elements appear as intertexts; therefore, this study explores what Julia Kristeva defines as intrapsychic or auto(bio)graphic traces in two of Bronte's novels, Jane Eyre and Villette. Since this is a somewhat specialized definition ofintertextuality, I will pause here briefly to provide a fuller definition of the term.