The technique of 'Intertextuality' implies that:
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Correct answer: All texts are interconnected and gain meaning through their relationships to other texts
Intertextuality suggests that no text is an island; works are built out of the 'rubble' of previous texts. Readers understand a work through the lens of other stories, genres, and cultural symbols they already know.
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