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intertextuality

The correct spelling is intertextuality.

How to pronounce intertextuality

noun

Say it like: Int-ert-ext-ual-itee

The correct spelling is intertextuality. The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit. For example: "When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books."

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When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.

When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.
  2. 2.The reference to another separate and distinct text within a text.

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