?Recreations of an existing text provide not only a new text, but a new reading of prior text.? Amy Heckerling?s ?Clueless? is an appropriated text of Jane Austen?s ?Emma?. Amy Heckerling has transformed Emma, by taking it from one context and transforming it into another. This transformation has allowed new insight into the original text and emphasized the contextual differences between the two. By recreating Emma, Amy Heckerling has not only provided a …showed first 75 words of 566 total…

…showed last 75 words of 566 total…only is a new text provided (Clueless), but also a new reading is provided for the original text, Emma. Viewing Clueless provides a new reading for Emma, as it brings the piece of literature down off a pedestal. Emma is classed as literature where as the modern day transformation is classed as a ?teen pic?. Clueless clearly debunks the myth of high literature, which invites a new audience who bring new meaning to the text.