Intermediality and intermedial references: an introduction

• Autor(a) principal: Ghirardi, Ana Luiza Ramazzina
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Rajewsky, Irina, Diniz, Thaïs Flores Nogueira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Letras Raras
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.editora.ufcg.edu.br/index.php/RLR/article/view/1198
• topic: Intermidialidade; Mídia; Referências intermidiáticas; Intermediality; Media/medium;; Intermedial references

This paper offers a brief introduction to the current stage of intermediality research. The first section presents diversereadings of intermediality and media, highlighting different moments in the history of concept, from the first use of theword “intermedia” by Coleridge, in 1812, to Higgins’s in the 60s, Hansen-Löve’s and the current debate. Bothintermediality and medium/media are contested terms and have prompted researchers to look for definitions apt to beused across various fields of research. Such variety of approaches, it is argued, is now seen as a potential bonus,rather than a problem. Rajewsky’s three subcategories of intermediality are presented, with special focus being givento intermedial references. The paper concludes by suggesting that theorizing intermedial relations is essential for anin-depth understanding of the nature of the current reconfiguration of social communication. The main sources for theargument are works by Clüver (2001, 2012); Elleström (2010) and Rajewsky (2005, 2010, 2015).