Postmodernism · English Literature

The technique of 'Intertextuality' implies that:

  1. A text exists in isolation and bears no meaningful relationship to any other literary work
  2. All texts are interconnected and gain meaning through their relationships to other texts
  3. Readers should engage with only one book at a time to avoid confusion or misinterpretation
  4. Authors are obligated to formally cite every source they drew upon in a structured bibliography
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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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