According to Gérard Genette’s 'Palimpsests', what is 'hypertextuality'?
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Correct answer: The relationship between a later text and the prior text upon which it is modeled
Genette categorized different types of 'transtextuality.' Hypertextuality specifically refers to texts like 'Ulysses' (hypertext) which graft themselves onto an earlier work like 'The Odyssey' (hypotext).
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