BRIAR

ROSEIntertextuality

& Allegory

Intertextuality: The idea that all texts are linked and we understand them better if we know the links.

Why do we use this intertextuality?Reference to another text creates another

layer of meaningMakes it more challenging and interesting

to the responder Creates an ‘experience' for the responder

Allegory: an extended metaphor whereby the responder is exposed to another story or interpretation within a narrative on a much deeper level.

Why do we use allegory?Often makes difficult subjects easier to

understandEnables the writer/storyteller to entertain

while he/she teaches moral lessons or acceptable behaviour

SLEEPING BEAUTY GEMMA’S EXPERIENCEBriar Rose Gemma

The bad fairy

The curse of death

Other sleepers in the castle

Previous princes who braved the thorns

The castle they slept in for a hundred years

Thorny briary hedge

Sleeping mist

Tin latticed tower room

Prince plunging his hands into the thorns

Beauty being kissed awake

The baby girl she has

Living happily ever after

Fill in Gemma’s experience for each specific part of the sleeping beauty story.

SLEEPING BEAUTY GEMMA’S EXPERIENCEBriar Rose Gemma

The bad fairy The Nazis and the SS

The curse of death The Holocaust and WWII

Other sleepers in the castle The other prisoners at the camp

Previous princes who braved the thorns Heroes who gave their lives during the war

The castle they slept in for a hundred years

The death camp that is in a ruined castle

Thorny briary hedge Barbed wire around the camp

Sleeping mist Exhaust gas which killed the prisoners

Tin latticed tower room The tin latticed vans the prisoners died in

Prince plunging his hands into the thorns Aron jumping into the mass grave

Beauty being kissed awake Josef Potoki who brought Gemma back to life

The baby girl she has Eve Berlin, Becca’s mother

Living happily ever after Gemma’s long life with her family

QUESTIONQUESTION Why do you think Yolen uses allegory

to illustrate Gemma’s experience of the Holocaust?