Prado, Eduardo Jr. A.

11 – HUMSS- EUCLID
READING AND WRITING (ASSIGNMENT)

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

HYPERTEXT
1) Hypertext’s enable ready 1) Hypertext’s can present
and easily accessible misleading information.
information with little For example, if an image
browsing needed. is linked to a text
containing an opinion on
a politically controversial
event, the selective
hyperlink could have no
actual relevance or a
negative bias.
Uneducated or personal
viewpoints can create
issues if taken out of
context or perceived as
factual.
2) New information beyond 2) Frequently, no credibility
the person’s expertise for the original author
can be linked such as can be seen. Only a
reference to statistics or segment from previous
professional photos of an works, with no
event. background information
is immediately linked.
The credibility can only
be seen if an individual
browses further than the
hypertext.
3) It allows freedom of 3) Information may be
speech by enabling unreliable.
anyone to have access
and opinion on an already
discussed topic within the
web.
INTERTEXTUALITY
1. The advantage of an 1. It ignores the fact that a
intertextual approach is word or phrase can mean
that it focuses on the something to a reader,
process of composition to whether or not the reader
 reveal intention, while
allowing for the reader's
role in producing the
meaning of a text.
2. It is both reader and
writer centered,
encompassing the entire
process by which a text
comes into being and is
understood.
3. Recognizing and
understanding
intertextuality leads to a
much richer reading
experience which invites
new interpretations as it
brings another context,
idea, story into the text at
hand. Intertextuality also
invites us to revisit the
earlier text, often with
new insights into its
meaning for our time.
knows if that word or phrase
has already been used by a
previous writer.
2. The disadvantage of an
intertextual approach to
literature is that it seems to
require specialist knowledge
on the part of the reader.
3. The big weakness, which is a
strength as well, is the
infiniteness of intertextuality. If
any text can relate to any text,
ad infinitum, then meaning is
endlessly deferred or, it is
never complete. This endless
wandering is liberating but
when it comes to applying real
social, human meaning, it can
obscure practical applications
of meaning such as political,
authorial or historical.
Example: if you have a text in
which one meaning is a strong
political statement that is
intended to be a source of
liberation for an oppressed
group, and the meaning
becomes entangled in an
endless series of intertextual
tangents, it loses its real life
socio-historical applicability =
it loses its significance and
individuality.