Rawr quiz 1

• Intertextuality


  Connection between similar / related works
• Intertextuality (term)


  Coined by Julia Kristeva in the 1960s
• Intertextuality (etymology)


  From Latin 'inter' (between/among) and 'textum' (text)
• Relationship of the author to the text

  Relationship of text A to text B
• Relationship of the text to the present material

  Intertextuality is the interconnection of past material to present
• Examples of intertextuality


  • Parody
  • Hypertextuality
• Hypertextuality


  A digital text which the user can navigate related information through embedded hyperlinks
• Forms of intertextuality


  • Allusion
  • Quotation
  • Adaptation
  • Parody
• Parody


  Imitates something else but in a fun way
• Critical reader


  Reads to appreciate how a particular perspective on the events and particular selection of facts can lead to understanding, not just restating key remarks
• Requirements of a critical reader

  • Ability to pose problematic questions
  • Ability to analyze a problem in all its dimensions
  • Ability to find, gather, and interpret data and facts
  • Ability to imagine alternative solutions
  • Ability to analyze competing approaches and answers
• Ways to become a critical reader

  1. Identify what you love reading for

  2. Engage with the text to get the ideas out of it

  3. Prepare to read with an open-mind

  4. Understand the author's writing purpose
• Critical reading


  Applies certain processes that enhance clarity and comprehension, compared to just reading for information
• Processes of critical reading

  • Examines evidence and arguments
  • Checks evidence, limitations, verifying something specific
  • Critiques evaluation of information
  • Assesses validity of author's assertions
• Bloom's Taxonomy


  Pyramid of educational objectives: remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create