Research Article

Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra

Number: 53 June 20, 2025
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Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra

Abstract

This article will apply the theoretical framework of intertextuality and hypertextuality to study appropriation mechanisms used in two absurdist tragicomedies: Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are dead (1966) by Tom Stoppard, and Ñaque, o de piojos y actores (1980) by José Sanchis Sinisterra. These two plays, both stylistically and generically influenced by Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, hold the same writing processes and purposes: that is, to take minor characters of their main hypotexts (Hamlet and El viaje entretenido, respectively) and convert them in main characters of their own, but also transforming them and implementing changes in structure, genre, and style. To break down these textual phenomena and their inter-textual procedures, some concepts will be introduced, restructuring both intertextuality and hypertextuality according to a new theory named as diatextuality. Specifically, this study will deepen in the transformations occurred in between these plays and their hypotexts, and how those transformations may affect, not only in the construction of the new texts, but also in the interpretation of the former.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Language Studies (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

June 14, 2025

Publication Date

June 20, 2025

Submission Date

August 31, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 26, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 53

APA
Arroita, J. (2025). Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 53, 85-102. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1541526
AMA
1.Arroita J. Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra. SEFAD. 2025;(53):85-102. doi:10.21497/sefad.1541526
Chicago
Arroita, Jorge. 2025. “Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, nos. 53: 85-102. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1541526.
EndNote
Arroita J (June 1, 2025) Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 53 85–102.
IEEE
[1]J. Arroita, “Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra”, SEFAD, no. 53, pp. 85–102, June 2025, doi: 10.21497/sefad.1541526.
ISNAD
Arroita, Jorge. “Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 53 (June 1, 2025): 85-102. https://doi.org/10.21497/sefad.1541526.
JAMA
1.Arroita J. Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra. SEFAD. 2025;:85–102.
MLA
Arroita, Jorge. “Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra”. Selçuk Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, no. 53, June 2025, pp. 85-102, doi:10.21497/sefad.1541526.
Vancouver
1.Jorge Arroita. Diatextual Exchanges and Appropriation Mechanisms in the Absurdist Tragicomedies of Tom Stoppard and Sanchis Sinisterra. SEFAD. 2025 Jun. 1;(53):85-102. doi:10.21497/sefad.1541526

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