Title Intertextuality in Ray Bradburie’s Works
This article deals with the concept of intertextuality in the titles of Ray Bradbury’s short stories. It reflects the ideas of intertextuality in general, intending to define them through the examples of his short stories. It intends to explain why the author uses title intertextuality while decoding the plot of his short stories and the referred text. Through four stories, “There will come soft rains”, “Some live like Lazarus” “I sing the body Electric” “Perchance to dream” (also called “Asleep in Armageddon”) we find what role an intertext plays, being used in the title of the work and how it should be seen as an intertextuality as being as reference tool in new texts. That in turn helps us to understand the author’s mastery extend who while writing new texts that would refers to other texts in his title. Along the way, we will witness the value of science-fiction and its usage in his works.