Bible as a Literary Intertext in East of Eden

Abstract

This bachelor thesis focuses on the usage of intertextuality in John Steinbeck's book East of Eden, which is based mainly on the fourth chapter of Genesis, the First Murder. The analysis of the storyline is based on Julia Kristeva's definition of two axes within a text, horizontal and vertical. It focuses on the study of intertext within the characters, where it searches for the similarities mainly in the character's traits, and on the research of intertext within the story with the focus on the incorporation of the main events of the fourth chapter of Genesis.