Rules of Engagement: Intertextuality and Narrative

In recent years, the mainstream US film industry has produced a procession of sequels, franchise instalments, adaptations and remakes, with their most commercially successful releases trading on familiarity and nostalgia. Using examples such as Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, TV series Stranger Things and the Avengers films, Sam Higgs argues that intertextuality has become a key component in the way younger audiences engage with screen content – and, as such, a highly relevant topic for Media educators to address.

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Teaching Media, middle years, senior secondary, Julia Kristeva, The Shining, Star Wars, ParaNorman, Marvel, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick