Words like 'intertextuality' bring to mind the moment of 'theory. Especially significant for our own professional learning were journals like The English and Media Magazine, including resonantly titled essays such as "The Post-Structuralist Always Reads Twice' (Exton, 1982). These essays advocated new understandings of texts and textuality that challenged the interpretive practises that had traditionally held sway in English classrooms. In Australia, the moment of 'theory' prompted some remarkably innovative work in the area of English curriculum and pedagogy, as Bill Corcoran's time as the editor of English in Australia shows (sec Corcoran, 1998).
