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Set 2: Cross-Text Connections

Explanation

Answer: A

PASSAGE

Text 1 Intertextuality refers to the relationship between texts. No text is an island; every work echoes, references, or transforms earlier works, creating a network of meaning. Text 2 James Joyce's 'Ulysses' is a modern retelling of Homer's 'Odyssey'. By mapping a day in Dublin onto the ancient epic, Joyce creates a layer of ironic resonance, elevating the mundane to the mythic and grounding the mythic in the muddy reality of 1904.

How does 'Ulysses' function as an example of intertextuality?

A. It explicitly structures its narrative on a precursor text to generate new meaning through comparison.✓ Correct
B. It copies the 'Odyssey' word for word.
C. It has nothing to do with the 'Odyssey'.
D. It is a translation.

Detailed Explanation

Text 1: Reference/Transform earlier works. Text 2: Retelling Odyssey/Mapping/Resonance. Function: Structure on precursor -> New meaning.

Key Evidence:

• "modern retelling"

• "mapping ... onto"

• "layer of ironic resonance"

Why others are wrong: B (Retelling/Modern.), C (Retelling.), D (Modern retelling.).

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