ENGL 3680 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Paratext
15 Sep 2016
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G rard genette describes the paratext as those textual elements that surround or are added to the text. By editors, printers, publishers or the author (ex. Book jacket, title, illustrations, dedication, forward, author profile, formatting, preface) Part of the book and yet not part of the main narrative. The book of negroes in the united states in called instead someone knows my. Name because the word "negroes" was determined to be too incendiary for. Someone knows my name primes the reader to pay attention to naming throughout the novel therefore just because it"s a different title, it still holds potential value. "paratext" can also be used to think about those texts that "surround" the text itself: adapted screenplays, illustrated editions, books-about-the-book (dear sir, I intend to burn your book - letter from a dutch person who burned lawrence. Dear sir, i intend to burn your book. Cbc and td passages and portraits interactive website and apple application.
