SUBJECT READING AND WRITING SKILLS 2ND SEM QUARTER 4 WEEK 1-2

HYPERTEXT INTERTEXT

Intertextuality or intertext is one

Hypertext is a non-linear way to present
method of text development that enables the
information and is usually accomplished using “links”. author to make another text based on another
Such links help the readers navigate further text. It happens when some properties of an
information about the topic being discussed and may original text are incorporated in the text that is
also lead to other links that can direct the readers to created by another author. One good reason
various options. Hypertext also allows the readers to why it occurs is perhaps the second writer is
create their own meaning out of the material given to greatly affected or influenced by the first writer
leading to a combination of imitation and
them and learn better associatively.
creation.
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer Intertext or intertextuality is
display or other electronic devices with references to technically defined as a process of text
other text that the reader can immediately access. development that merges two more processes
Hypertext documents are interconnected by such as imitation and creation in doing a text.
hyperlinks, which are typically activated by a mouse It involves imitation because the author as
click, keypress set, or by touching the screen. Rather highly influenced by another author comes up
than remaining static like traditional text, hypertext with his own version of the text consciously or
makes a dynamic organization of information possible unconsciously incorporating the style and other
through links and connections (called hyperlink). characteristics of the text done by that author.
The World Wide Web (www) is a global hypertext
system of information residing on servers linked across
ELABORATION ON INTERTEXTUALITY
the internet.
Hypertext is the foundation of World Wide Web
Intertextuality has rooted from the work of a
enabling users to click on link to obtain more
Swiss linguist Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913).
information on a subsequent page on the same site or
Meanwhile, the term itself was first used by
from website anywhere in the world.
Bulgarian-French philosopher and psychoanalyst
The term hypertext was coined by Ted Nelson in
Julia Kristeva in the 1960s.
1963. Hypertext allows readers to access information
Intertextuality is said to take place using
particularly suited to their needs. Example, if a reader
four specific methods namely: retelling, pastiche,
still needs more background on a particular item that a
quotation, and allusion.
text is discussing, such as when a reader does not
know a particular term being used, the reader can
choose to highlight that term and access a page that Table 1. Elaborating Intertextuality
defines the term and describes it. Method Definition
Conversely, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL),
colloquially termed a web address, is a reference to a Retelling It is the restatement of a story or re-
web resource that specifies its location on a computer expression of a narrative.
network and a mechanism for retrieving it. URLs occur
most commonly to reference web pages (http) but are Quotation It is the method of directly lifting
also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database the exact statements or set of
access (JDBC), and many other applications. words from a text another author
has made.
Most web browsers display the URL of a web
page above the page in an address bar. A typical URL Allusion In this method, a writer or speaker
has this form: explicitly or implicitly pertains to
http://www.example.com/index.html protocol an idea or passage found in
Host name
another text without the use of
File name
Today, links are not just limited to text or quotation.
documents but may also incorporate other forms of
multimedia such as images, audio, and videos that Pastiche It is a text developed in a way that
stimulate more senses. This is called hypermedia. it copies the style or other
properties of another text without
making fun of it unlike in a
WHY HYPERTEXTS? parody.

 In a hypertext system, the reader is free to

navigate information by exploring the Table 2. Identifying Intertext
connections provided.
 Hypertext is very different way of presenting
information than the usual linear form.
 Text no longer flows in a straight line through a
book. Instead, it is broken down into many
smaller units (lexias, to borrow a term from
literary criticism), each addressing a few issues.
 It acts as a bridge between two basic, opposite,
and complementing elements that may be
called gender of knowledge representation: free
and shortcut.
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Questions Used to Validate Intertext

1. Are there two or more stories involved?

2. Does the text show a direct or an indirect

connection to another piece of work?
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Note: If the reader has affirmation towards these

questions, the texts he/she is dealing with
contains intertext.

ACTIVITY 1- CLICK THE LINK-10 pts

Go to your web browser then paste this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_(semiotics)
Click all the highlighted words/phrases and look for its brief description by completing the table below.

Highlighted Word/s What is it? Describe/Define.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

ACTIVITY 2- Going Webby – 10 pts

Go to Google and just search for Resume. Start reading and list down the highlighted text and its corresponding URL if you
decide to click on a particular link. List at least 5 links and their corresponding URL.

Example: Project Proposal

Name of Link URL (Web Address)

1. RESOURCES https://www.forecast.app/resource-
management-guide
2. PROJECT https://www.forecast.app/blog/how-to-
TIMELINE create-a-project-timeline

RESUME
Name of Link URL (Web Address)
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

ACTIVITY 3- RESEARCH… 20 pts

Research at least two examples of intertextuality either movie or teleserye (local or international)
TITLE OF THE MOVIE/TELESERYE BASED ON WHAT TEXT OR OTHER STORY
1.

2.
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