Intertextuality: from Genesis to Milton's Paradise Lost and Pratchett and Gaiman's Good Omens

My thesis will compare the intertextuality of a contemporary literary work such as Good Omens, co-written by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, with John Milton's 18th-century epic poem Paradise Lost. Beginning with a chapter dedicated to the definition of intertextuality and the uses I have recognised in these two works, I will gradually zoom in on the details to find similarities and differences, as both works originated as rewritings of Genesis in the Bible. My focus is on how the Genesis story in the Bible functions as a hypotext for both works. Another chapter will be devoted to some particular episodes in Pratchett and Gaiman's novel, comparing them with those mentioned and narrated in the Bible, such as the Universal Flood and Armageddon. Finally, I will conclude with an analysis of a particularly interesting character: the figure of Satan as narrated in the Bible, Paradise Lost and Good Omens.