intertextuality
/IH0 N T ER0 T EH1 K S CH UW0 AE1 L IH0 T IY0/noun
- 1
The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.
“When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.”
- 2
The reference to another separate and distinct text within a text.
“When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.”
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