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  • Hypertext -It is a way of representing text about a topic where other topics can be linked. -presents a new way to read on-line text that differs from reading standard linear text.
  • Parody • is an imitation of a particular writer, artist, or a genre, exaggerating it deliberately to produce a comic effect. The humorous effect in parody is achieved by imitating and overstressing noticeable features of a famous piece of literature.
  • Pastiche • It is a literary piece that imitates another famous literary work of another writer with the purpose of honoring it and not mocking it. It is lighthearted but respectful in its imitation.
  • Allusion • It is an indirect reference to somebody or something • a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing, or idea of historical, cultural, literary, or political significance • it does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers • is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text
  • Calque • a loan translation, especially one resulting from bilingual interference in which the internal structure of a borrowed word or phrase is maintained but its morphemes are replaced by those of the native language
  • Two Dimensions of Intertextual Relations • Horizontal – relations that are between primary texts that are more or less explicitly linked • Vertical – relation between a primary text and other texts of a different type that refer to it (secondary and tertiary texts) Secondary texts – e.g., publicity, journalistic features, criticism Tertiary texts – produced by viewers themselves
  • Function of Intertextuality • Majority of the writers borrow ideas from the previous works to give a layer of meanings to their works.