TRANSTEXTUALITY: THE STUDY OF ADAPTATION IN JANE SMILEY’S A THOUSAND ACRES
The research explores the transtextual relationship between A Thousand Acres (1991) and King Lear (1606) by examining how Jane Smiley's novel revises, reinterprets, and transforms Shakespearean tragedy within a contemporary American context. Grounded in Gérard Genette's theory of transtextuality, the study specifically...