INTERTEXT

Cards (11)

  • Intertextuality
    - the shaping of a text meaning by another text.
  • Allusion

    - an expression that calls attention to something without explicitly mentioning it.

    - often called a "passing reference".
  • examples of allusion: "Thank you, my Hercules". "Thank you, Romeo". "My Helen of Troy".
  • 4 types of allusion • historical • biblical • literary • cultural
  • Parody - When one piece of writing uses many of the same elements of another but does it in a new and funny way.
  • Pastiche
    a respectful type of borrowing that gives credit to the original and is not plagiarism.
  • 3 strategies to apply intertextuality: a. association b. integration c. evaluation
  • Intertextuality - any text is constructed of a mosaic of quotations.
  • a term first introduced by French semiotician Julia Kristeva in the late sixties.
    • derived from the Latin-- "intertexto", meaning to intermingle while weaving.
  • types of intertextuality according to Frank Angelo: a. adaption b. retro c. appropriation d. parody e. pastiche