Definitions For Intertextuality

Noun

INTERTEXTUALITY. (countable and uncountable, plural INTERTEXTUALITYs) The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been write, written, be it explicit or implicit. : {{ux, en, 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.

Translations

French: intertextualité, f German: Intertextualität, f Spanish: intertextualidad, f Danish: intertekstualitet, c

Etymology

From {{bor, en, fr, intertextualité}}.