intertextuality
Noun
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Noun
intertextuality (plural intertextualities)
- 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.
- 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.
- French: intertextualité
- Spanish: intertextualidad
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