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LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET 2

Title: INTERTEXT/INTERTEXTUALITY

Background Information for Learners:

Intertextuality draws origin from literature and asserts that texts can only be understood in
relation to other texts. Also, present-day texts are believed to have been based on or at least inspired
by previously-published literature – from the style to the content, to the context, etc. (see the
discussion on pages 6-7 on your Reading and Writing Skills module).

Learning Competency with code: (week 2)

Identify the context in which a text was developed EN11/12RWS-IVac-7.
a. Intertext EN11/12RWS-IVac-7.2

Exercises/Activities

A. CORRECT ME!
Directions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and if not, underline the
word or statement that sentence incorrect and write the correct answer on the space.
provided.
__________1. Quotation is referring to the funny imitation of a serious piece of literature, writing,
art, or music which aims to entertain the readers/audience.
__________2. A pastiche borrows elements from one or more works and reconfigures them to create
something new. It is generally a respectful type of borrowing that gives credit to the original and is
not plagiarism.
_________3. A work of literature refers to another important work in subtle or direct ways. This is
called Hyper textuality.
_________4. The concept of intertextuality refers to the idea that authors can use literary
relationships as way to communicate.
_________5. Allusions are an artful way of telling a story. They allow the writer to avoid bland
tones and common, obvious statements.

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_________6. Intertextually has rooted from the work of a swiss linguist Ferdinand Saussure (1857-
1913).
_________7. Contrast is the restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative.
_________8. The term intertextuality was first used by Bulgarian French philosopher and
psychoanalyst Julia Kristeva in the 1960s.

B. FIND ME!
Directions: Underline the Allusion in the following sentences.
1. "He was a Good Samaritan yesterday when he helped the lady start her car."
2. "She turned the other cheek after she was cheated out of a promotion."
3. "This place is like a Garden of Eden."
4. "You are a Solomon when it comes to making decisions."
5. "When the volcano erupted, the nearby forest was swallowed up in dust and ash like Jonah."

C. ANALYZE ME!
Directions: Observed the different images below. Put an X if the image is Parody and Y if the
image is Pastiche.

1. __________
“Bedroom in Arles” by Van Gogh / Image credits: Joshua Louis Simon

2. __________
“Weeping Woman” by Picasso/ Image credits: Frances Adair Mckenzie

3. __________

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4. ____________

5. ___________

Reflection:
Intertextuality is another form of imitating or recognizing others work and appreciate it through
the different used of intertextuality.
1. Have you tried to imitate someone’s works such as movies, songs etc.? How does it
feel? _____________________________________________________________.
References:
https://www.artfido.com/20-modern-remakes-of-famous-paintings/
Wikipedia contributors. (2021a, February 18). Intertextuality. Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality
Answer Key:
A. 1. Quotation- Parody
2. True
3. Hyper textuality- Intertextuality
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. Contrast -retelling
8. True
B. 1. Good Samaritan
2. Turned the Other Cheek
3. Garden of Eden
4. Solomon
5. Jonah
C. 1. Y 2. Y 3. X 4. Y 5. X

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