intertext
Text referencing another
Intertext refers to the network of relationships between texts—the ways a piece of writing echoes, references, or builds upon other works.
In literary and cultural studies, intertextuality describes how meaning emerges not from isolated texts but from their connections to everything that came before: The novel's intertext includes biblical parables and Victorian melodrama.
A single intertext is one of these referenced or evoked works.
Directing attention elsewhere
- quotationCited passage or price
- echoReflected sound wave
- homageExpression of deep respect
- tributeOffering of respect
borrowing · pastiche · parody · adaptation · imitation · citation · allusion · nod
What something signifies
- readingInterpreting written text
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
analysis · signification · connotation · implication · deconstruction · annotation · commentary · gloss
- BakhtinCarnival concept scholar
- metatextualityWork referencing its own form
- palimpsestReused writing surface, traces remain
- polyphonySimultaneous independent melodic lines
Spoken exchange between parties
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- networkInterconnected system
- webInterwoven filament structure
- linkageConnected system of parts
cross-reference · juxtaposition · parallelism · correspondence · conversation · relationship · interconnection · threading
reference
Directing attention elsewhere
tribute · borrowing · pastiche · parody · adaptation · imitation · citation · allusion · nod · callback
meaning
What something signifies
- readingInterpreting written text
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
hermeneutics · analysis · signification · connotation · implication · deconstruction · annotation · commentary · gloss · layers
Genette
- BakhtinCarnival concept scholar
- metatextualityWork referencing its own form
- palimpsestReused writing surface, traces remain
dialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
- interplayReciprocal action between things
- networkInterconnected system
- webInterwoven filament structure
linkage · cross-reference · juxtaposition · parallelism · correspondence · conversation · relationship · interconnection · threading · weaving