1994
DOI: 10.2307/464115
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Models for Female Loyalty: The Biblical Ruth in Jeanette Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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“…Despite granting a necessary concession to text-centric intertextuality by the act of proposing Genesis 2:24 as an intertext to Ruth 1:14, some postmodern interpreters of Ruth express intentional disengagement from critical concerns in works that employ 'misreading' or 'misprision', 40 reading 'against the grain', 41 and even 'parodying' 42 of the biblical text in order to assert a sexual relationship between Ruth and Naomi. Similarly unsympathetic to the interpretive directions signalled by the biblical text are works that fill narrative gaps with material derived solely from the individual author's imagination.…”
Section: Reader-centric Intertextualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite granting a necessary concession to text-centric intertextuality by the act of proposing Genesis 2:24 as an intertext to Ruth 1:14, some postmodern interpreters of Ruth express intentional disengagement from critical concerns in works that employ 'misreading' or 'misprision', 40 reading 'against the grain', 41 and even 'parodying' 42 of the biblical text in order to assert a sexual relationship between Ruth and Naomi. Similarly unsympathetic to the interpretive directions signalled by the biblical text are works that fill narrative gaps with material derived solely from the individual author's imagination.…”
Section: Reader-centric Intertextualitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Backus (2001), on the other hand, explores the sexual orientation of the fictional Jeanette through the issues of being adopted, family relations and the two mother figures in her life. Similarly, Bollinger (1994) explores the female figures in Jeanette's life and their religious counterparts in Christianity.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%