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• The backdrop of text

  Context
• It is the social, cultural, political, historical and other related circumstances surrounding text and from the terms from which it can be better understood and evaluated.


  Context
• The How’s of Discovering Text’s Context:

  • When was the work written?
  • What were the circumstances that produced it?
  • What issues deal with it?
• The two types of text are:

  • Linear
  • Non-linear
• Traditional text read from beginning to end.

  Linear Text
• Flowcharts, charts, graphic organizers, infographics and graphs fall under this type.

  Non-linear text
• Text that doesn’t need to be read from beginning to end.

  Non-linear Text
• Novels, poems, short stories, letters, and educational texts fall under…

  Linear Text
• text which contains links to other text.

  Hypertext
• It is purely computer construct by nature.

  Hypertext
• Way of providing clickable links to other sections of document or other documents on the internet.

  Hypertext
• A series of text chunks connected by links that offer readers different pathways

  Hypertext
• Who said that hypertext is a series of text chunks connected by links that offer readers different pathways?

  (Nelson, 1987)
• In terms of linearity, hypertext is…

  Non-linear or multi linear
• Hypertext is non-sequential, allowing reader navigation control.
• Advantages of Hypertext;

  • Acts as a bridge between 2 basic, opposite and complementing elements.
  • It allows learner to navigate and manipulate content on sites. (learner’s control)
  • It gives reader opportunity to read in great depth. (deep)
  • It is easier to have multiple windows. (simultaneous)
  • It allows readers to analyze information from multiple perspectives. (analysis)
  • It allows readers to make choices, discover, and solve their own route through topic being studied.
  • It can be directly linked to references and other documents for clear access.
• Disadvantages of Hypertext:

  It is easy to get lost in the ocean of information and misinformation.

  Problem with concentration may occur since reader moves from one source to another.

  Icons and other graphic images usually represent a function to perform that may be unfamiliar to a new user.
• The shaping of a text’s meaning by other texts.

  Intertext
• The interconnection between similar or related works of literature

  Intertext
• An interconnection of literature that reflects and influences reader text interpretation.

  Intertext
• Putting a text in relation to another text usually through direct quotes or references.

  Intertext
• Advantages of Intertext

  • It focuses on the process of composition to reveal intention while allowing reader’s orle in producing the meaning of a text.
  • Writer and reader centered since it encompasses entire process by which text comes from into being and is understood.
• Disadvantages of Intertext

  • Requires special knowledge on part of reader.
  • Ignores that a word can mean something to a reader whether or not reader knows if word has already been used by previous writer.
• Types of Intertext

  • Allusion
  • Parody
  • Spoof
  • Satire
  • Allegory
  • Pastiche
• The types of allusion:

  1. Historical Allusion
  2. Biblical Allusion
  3. Cultural Allusion
  4. Literary Allusion
• An expression that calls attention to something without explicitly mentioning it.

  Allusion
• Casanova is an example of...

  Historical Allusion
• He's a good for nothing Felipe Buencamino. What allusion?

  Historical Allusion
• You're the Samson of our class. What allusion?

  Biblical Allusion
• Loopy equips a face that launches a thousand ships. What allusion?

  Literary Allusion
• "For the love of God, Katrize!" "Yes Miguel, for the love of God!" An example of what allusion?

  Literary Allusion
• "You could sub in for Jojo Siwa if you couldn't dance." What allusion?

  Cultural Allusion
• A passing reference.

  Allusion
• A piece of writing that uses many of the same elements of another but does it in a new and funny way.

  Parody
• An extended narrative that uses character, event or place that represents a real-world problem or occurrence


  Allegory
• May copy the setting, characters, plot or other parts of the original work.

  Parody
• Imitates or mimicks.

  Parody
• Borrows elements from one or more works and reconfigures them to create something new

  Pastiche
• It is a comical imitation of another work, stopping at mocking or making fun of a certain work.

  Parody
• Bobo Cop is an example of...

  Parody