What is the Meaning of Intertextuality?
Intertextuality is the relationship between texts such as books, movies, games, etc. Believe it or not, this is almost used everywhere. We see a lot of this used in books and articles that all connect to each other. When we read something, we never think about where the author got those thoughts and ideas from to write about. As we dive deeper down into understanding the connection of where authors get their ideas from, authors actually use Intertextuality by referencing other literacies in a different text of their own. We never really think that the ideas and thoughts authors have in mind comes from something they have either read or an idea from someone else, and this is what makes the background of literature so fascinating.
Upon reading Doug Eyman’s “Defining and Locating Digital Rhetorics article, Intertextuality is found and used everywhere. Every writing has most likely used other peoples work to form their own thoughts and ideas. In high school, I took a class where I had to provide evidence from multiple articles in my paper. Without even realizing, it was Intertextuality because I was using similar information to support my own writing. Not only do high school or college students use Intertextuality, but even authors, too.
Eyman did a fantastic job at explaining everything in just two paragraphs. I had no idea what Intertextuality meant until I read Eyman’s short article about what that term means. I now have a greater and better understanding on this form of communication through the online media. We often use many different forms of communication as references such as social media, websites, texting, music, etc. In my opinion, I believe that having new forms of communication will develop new ways to interact with the media.
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