Intertextuality

Intertextuality entails all of the following except:

• originality

• parody, pastiche, allusion

• similarities between texts

• a secondary text influencing a primary text

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

In the 1960's, the idea of intertextuality was created by the French semiotician____________. She argued that “[A]ny text,” is ______________ and is also the absorption and transformation of another.”

• Mary Shelley, layered with multiple meanings

• Julia Kristeva, Shelley, layered with multiple meanings

• Julia Kristeva, constructed of a mosaic of quotations

• Mary Shelley, constructed of a mosaic of quotations

Besides actual text, the concept of intertextuality can also be expanded to ________________________________.

• music

• film

• advertising

• all of the above

1. Which of the following statements is the best intertextuality definition?

• The relationship between texts.

• Allusions from one text to another.

• The translation of a text into a different language.

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

2. Which of the following would not be an example of intertextuality?

• A translation of one work into a different language.

• A poetic homage to an earlier writer by adopting that writer’s theme and tone.

• The main characters of two unrelated works coincidentally both named Bob.

• A novel that contains multiple layers of allusions.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4