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Intertextualit Y: Report By: So, Niña Marie

Intertextuality refers to the relationship between texts, where a text makes reference to another text through explicit quotation or implicit allusion. This can be done through borrowing elements from other texts, transforming them, and incorporating them into a new text. Recognizing intertextuality enriches the reading experience by introducing new layers of meaning and connections between texts. However, it also requires specialist knowledge from readers to understand all references.

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Intertextualit Y: Report By: So, Niña Marie

Intertextuality refers to the relationship between texts, where a text makes reference to another text through explicit quotation or implicit allusion. This can be done through borrowing elements from other texts, transforming them, and incorporating them into a new text. Recognizing intertextuality enriches the reading experience by introducing new layers of meaning and connections between texts. However, it also requires specialist knowledge from readers to understand all references.

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INTERTEXTUALIT

Y
REPORT BY: SO, NIÑA MARIE
WHAT IS INTERTEXTUALITY?

•Inter: a prefix from Latin, where it meant


“between,” “among,” “in the midst of",etc..
•Textuality: textuality is the interlacing of
different systems of signs from which a text is
composed.
WHAT IS INTERTEXTUALITY?

• The relationship between texts, especially literary


ones.
• It is the interconnection between similar or related
works of literature that reflect and influence an
audience's interpretation of the text.
• The shaping of a text's meaning by another text.
WHAT IS INTERTEXTUALITY?

Intertextuality is when a text implicitly or explicitly refers


to another text, by using distinctive, common or
recognizable elements of the refenced text.
• An explicit reference is when the composer directly
mentions, quotes or references another text in their
work.
• An implicit reference is when the composer alludes
(makes an indirect reference comments) to another text
through ideas, symbols, genre or style.
EXAMPLE:
An example of intertextuality is a writer’s borrowing and
transformation of a prior text, and incorporating an aspect of it
in a new text.
EXAMPLE OF INTERTEXTUALITY
IN TV AND FILM.

A very good example of Intertextuality


being used on TV is in family guy when
they made a family guy version of Star
Wars which the whole episode is based
completely around intertextuality
where you may not get references or
scenes in the episode unless you had
watched Star Wars.
INTERTEXTUAL FIGURES:
• Allusion: an implied or indirect reference to a person, event, or
thing or to a part of another text.
Example: Chocolate is his Kryptonite. In the this example, the word “kryptonite”
alludes to, or hints at, the hero Superman's weakness.

• Quotation: is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from


speech or text that someone has said or written.
Example: is when you take a passage from Shakespeare and repeat it as written
without changing any of the words.

The "Brevity is the soul of wit' so say no more.


(In other words, being brief is the essence of intelligence.)
• Calque or loan translation: is a word or phrase
borrowed from another language by literal word-for-
word or root-for-root translation.

• Example: “Beer Garden is a calque of the German Biergarten,


• Adam's Apple is a calque of the French pomme d'Adam.
• In both these examples, English phrases are derived from a direct literal
translation of the original.
• Translation: the process of translating and rendering meaning to
words or text from one language into another.

Examples: is "bueno" meaning "good" in Spanish.


“Magandang buhay” is “Good life” in English.

• Parody: imitates the manner, style or characteristics of a particular


literary work/ genre/ author, and deflates the original by applying the
imitation to a lowly or inappropriate subject.
Examples:
Bored of the Rings (Lord of the Rings parody)
Fifty Shades of Earl Grey (Fifty Shades of Grey parody)
The Hunger Pains: A Parody (Hunger Games parody)
• Pastiche: is a literary piece that imitates a famous literary
work by another writer. This literary device is generally
employed to imitate a piece of literary work light-heartedly,
but in a respectful manner

Bohemian Rhapsody is an example of pastiche only because it is not


intended to mock the original. The movie itself is a reworking of the past
because it is based off of the original life and story of Freddie Mercury as
well as the Live Aid concert.
INTERTEXTUALITY AND INTERTEXTUAL
RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE SEPARATED INTO THREE
TYPES: OBLIGATORY, OPTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL.

 OBLIGATORY: Obligatory intertextuality is when the writer


deliberately invokes a comparison or association between two (or
more) texts or context.
• Example: in the music video for 'California Love' by 2Pac uses a lot of
imagery from the Mad Max film series, including sets, costumes and
vehicles.
• Link: https://youtu.be/mwgZalAFNhM
OPTIONAL: The intent of the writer when using optional
intertextuality, is to pay homage to the 'original' writers, or to
reward those who have read the hypotext.

• Example: Upon its 2015 release, many people drew comparisons


between the story arc of ‘The Force Awakens’ and the first Star
Wars film ‘A New Hope’, as they are very similar.
• The director, J.J. Abrams has acknowledged this, and stated that he
wanted to pay tribute to his favorite film in the Star Wars franchise
whilst also paving the way for new stories in future sequels.
ACCIDENTAL: is when readers often connect a text with another
text, cultural practice or a personal experience, without there being
any tangible anchor point within the original text.

• Example: when reading Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick', a reader may


use their prior experiences to make a connection between the size of the
whale and the size of the ship.
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American
writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's
narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the
whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant
white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit
off Ahab's leg at the knee.
IMPORTANCE OF INTERTEXTUALITY

Recognizing and understanding intertextuality leads to


a much richer reading experience which invites new
interpretations as it brings another context, idea, story
into the text at hand.
As new layers of meaning are introduced, there is
pleasure in the sense of connection and the continuity
of texts and of cultures.
ADVANTAGE OF AN INTERTEXTUAL
APPROACH TO LITERATURE

• Is that it focuses on the process of composition to reveal


intention, while allowing for the reader's role in producing the
meaning of a text.
• It is both reader and writer centered, encompassing the entire
process by which a text comes into being and is understood.
DISADVANTAGE OF AN INTERTEXTUAL
APPROACH TO LITERATURE.

• Is that it seems to require specialist knowledge on the part of the


reader.
• it ignores the fact that a word or phrase can mean something to a
reader, whether or not the reader knows if that word or phrase
has already been used by a previous writer.
END

THANK YOU FOR


LISTENING!

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