CREATIVE WRITING QUIZ

The use of intertextuality in literary work is easy to identify even if the reader does not possess a wide knowledge of different literary texts and materials.

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Intertextuality happens when a text or any work of art is indirectly or directly referring to another text or work of art through its genre, symbols, ideas, or even style.

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The term intertextuality was first developed by the French literary theorist Julia Klarete in the 1960s.

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An implicit intertextual reference happens when the writer directly alludes to another text through the genre, ideas, symbols and styles.

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Explicit intertextual reference happens when the writer indirectly states quotes or reference another text in their work.

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The use of intertextuality has given writers the potentials to enrich and extend the meanings of their literary work and reflect their perspectives on issues or message in a more creative manner.

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Adaptation is the ‘reworking’ or the ‘re-imagination’ of a well-known work of art or a piece of literature to change or extend its meanings.

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Parody is simply referred to by most literary scholars as ‘intellectually humorous imitation’ of a work of art or literature.

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Appropriation technique refers to the use of direct reference to another text with the use of famous lines.

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Allusion is commonly used in intertextuality where an indirect reference to another text through characters, symbols, and ideas are used to extend meaning.

• A. TRUE

• B. FALSE