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Introduction
Chapter One Critical Review of Intertextuality
1.Two Major Directions in Intertextuality Study
2.Kristeva's Conception of Intertextuality in the Broad Sense
2.1 Budding of the Conception：Bakhtin
2.2 Major Ideas of Kristeva's Theory
2.3 Elaboration：Barthes
3.Intertextuality and Literary Criticism
Chapter Two Deliberate Misreading of Brecht
1.Imitating Brechtian Structure：A Bright Room Called Day
1.1 The Episodic Structure
1.2 Interruptions
2.Transformation of Brechtian Dramaturgy：Angels in America
2.1 Social Gestus
2.2 Defamiliarization Effect
Chapter Three Infinite Regress of Mythology：the Bible and Other Myths
1.Evil Incarnate：A Bright Room Called Day
1.1 The Faustic Devil and His Autobiography
1.2 What does"Book of Revelation"Reveal?
2.Rewriting the Bible：Angels in America
2.1 Prior as a Rebellious Prophet
2.2 Postmodern Story of Jacob
2.3 The Absence of God
2.4 The Bethesda Angel
Chapter Four Echoes of History
1.Kushner's Views on History and Progress
2.Dialogue Between Past and Present in A Bright Room Called Day
3.Fragments of Historical Text and Their Revelation in Angels in America
3.1 Parable of"Angel of History"
3.2 Recall of the Past
3.3 Appropriation of Roy Cohn
Conclusion
Works Cited
Acknowledgements
