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Pop vs. plagiarism: popliterary intertextuality, author performance and the disappearance of originality in Helene Hegemann
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Author
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Abstract
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| This essay shows that the novel "Axolotl Roadkill" by Helene Hegemann is not really a form of plagiarism, but rather an example of a partially intertextual book with pop literary self-reflexivity, compounded by a problematic authorial performance. One cannot prove this claim without first digressing into the seminal concepts of ‘originality’ and ‘genius’ as they came to dominate the literary discourse starting in the eighteenth century. The general, modern concept of ‘intellectual property’ still provides the basis for the distinction between ‘original creation’ on the one hand and ‘literary plagiarism’ on the other. Since the 1960s, however, literary theory has become increasingly open to approaches like Michel Foucault’s discourse analysis and theories of intertextuality which have questioned traditional conceptions of authorship, originality and intellectual property. Postmodern media culture seems destined to subvert the categories of literary originality and genius, especially in pop literature – in the aesthetic play with techniques like collage, and on the level of author performance, literary self-presentation. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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German pop literature: a companion / McCarthy, Margaret [edit.]
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Source (series)
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Companions to contemporary German culture; 5
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Publication
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Berlin
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De Gruyter
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2015
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ISBN
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978-3-11-027575-9
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DOI
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10.1515/9783110275766-012
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Volume/pages
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p. 263-284
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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