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COGHI, Andrea. Intertextuality, parody and pastiche in Joel and Ethan Coen’s o brother, where art thou?. En-clav. pen [online]. 2022, vol.16, n.31, e485.  Epub 16-Maio-2022. ISSN 2594-1100.  https://doi.org/10.46530/ecdp.v0i31.485.

The Coen brothers’ film O Brother where art thou is a good example for a series of different constructive choices with references to some general cultural elements and others specific of the United States. Among them a peculiar intertextual net can be found which unites the film with the epic poem the Odyssey. The link between the two narrations is explicitly established by the two authors and is shown in a series of elements that start a funny reckoning game for the spectator. This type of constant referential operation is a good base for several reflexions on the contemporary and postmodern meaning of the genres of parody and pastiche, in order to define the sense of these two terms in our time’s creative world, and to understand the expressive scope of links between different times and contexts.

Palavras-chave : Intertextuality; parody; pastiche; Coen Brothers.