从模因论看互文性的本质及其形成机制

The Memetics Approach to Intertextuality: Its Nature and Mechanisms

互文性是语篇的基本特征之一。它是主体间性的表现形式,反映了主体之间的对话互动。模因论(memetics)是近年来兴起的文化进化理论。该理论认为,模因(meme)是文化传播的基本单位,亦即模仿的单位。语篇是文化传播的重要形式,互文现象是文化传播的具体体现。从模因的角度看,互文性是模因传播的产物,是交际主体之间模仿的结果。具体地说,互文性的形成是模因选择、复制和变异的过程。

Intertextuality is one of the key features of textuality. It is a realization of intersubjectivity,or rather,a dialogic interaction between subjects. Memetics is a newly-rising cultural evolutionary theory,in which memes are considered to be a unit of cultural transmission,or a unit of imitation. Texts are a form of cultural transmission while intertextuality is an instantiation of this process. From the perspective of meme theory,therefore,intertextuality is a result of memetic transmission,or a product of imitation between the subjects. Specifically,the formation of intertexuality is a process of selection,replication and variation of memes.