intertextuality

intertextuality
a) The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.

When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.

b) The reference to another separate and distinct text within a text.

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  • Intertextuality — is the shaping of texts meanings by other texts. It can refer to an author’s borrowing and transformation of a prior text or to a reader’s referencing of one text in reading another. The term “intertextuality” has, itself, been borrowed and… …   Wikipedia

  • intertextuality — by 1974, from INTER (Cf. inter ) + textuality (see TEXTUAL (Cf. textual)). Related: Intertextual …   Etymology dictionary

  • intertextuality — noun (plural ties) Etymology: French intertextualité, from inter + textuel textual + ité ity Date: 1975 the complex interrelationship between a text and other texts taken as basic to the creation or interpretation of the text • intertextual… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • intertextuality — See intertextual. * * * …   Universalium

  • intertextuality —    The introduction of another text and its meaning inside the present text. Also see reflexivity …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • intertextuality — [ˌɪntətɛkstjʊ alɪti] noun the relationship between texts. Derivatives intertextual adjective intertextually adverb …   English new terms dictionary

  • intertextuality — in·ter·tex·tu·al·i·ty …   English syllables

  • intertextuality —  Интертекстуальность …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • intertextuality — n. the relationship between esp. literary texts …   Useful english dictionary

  • ИНТЕРТЕКСТУАЛЬНОСТЬ — (intertextuality) си. Деконструкция …   Большой толковый социологический словарь

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