Between Intermediality and Paratextuality: Challenging the Genre in A Visit from the Goon Squad

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This study investigates how intermediality and paratextuality do affect the novel as a literary genre. It does so by applying these approaches on Jennifer Egan’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad (2010). Intermediality is represented in the novel through the use of PowerPoint and the journalistic report formats. The unique employment of these formats is discussed in the light of the standard and variable properties of the printed novel. These deviated standards of the novel and their aesthetic value are highlighted in relation to intermediality. The presentation of the novel is further discussed reflecting on Gerard Genette’s concept of Paratextuality. Paratextuality is detected through the peritextual and epitextual elements of the novel. Music is especially discussed as an epitextual element that plays a vital role in the presentation of the novel on both the thematic and structural levels. The intermedial reference of music along with the other intermedial features and paratextual elements contribute to the problematizing of the novel as a literary genre and puts into question the impact of intermediality on the presentation and apprehension of the novel genre.
 

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