Lesson 1:

Context,
Intertext, and
Hypertext
LESSON OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the concept of context, hypertext and
intertextuality;
2. Determine the key elements of intertextuality;
3. Differentiate intertext from other types of text
development; and
4. Identify hypertext and intertext as methods of text
development.
 CONTEXT
Social Cultural
Background Background

Political Historical
Background Background
CONTEXT
Understanding the
background of the text.
❑ What was the environment from which
the text was made?
❑ Who was the author?
❑ When was it written?
❑ Why was it written that time?
❑ For whom is the text?
CONTEXT
1. The time or
period the text was
written.
CONTEXT
2. The circumstances
produced the text.
CONTEXT
3. Issues the text
tackles or deal with.
CONTEXT
the text’s background.
socially, politically,
culturally, historically
INTERTEXT
Coined in 1960 by the French
Literary Theorist Julia
Kristeva.

There are relationships among

texts

Some text are influenced by

other texts.
INTERTEXT
INTERTEXTUALITY
is the development of a text’s
meaning through another text.

shows the connections among texts in

terms of language, images,
characters, themes, or subject/topic.
INTERTEXT

HONESTO
INTERTEXT
 Examples of Intertext
1. Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story
2. The Chronicles of Narnia and
The Lord of the Rings.
3. Homer’s Odyssey and
James Joyce’s Ulysses
4. Anabelle and Chuckie
INTERTEXT
connection among
texts.
HYPERTEXT - beyond the text
HYPERTEXT - beyond the text

❑ non-linear way of showing

information.
❑ connects related
information, graphics,
videos, or sounds to the text.
HYPERTEXT
❑ uses hyperlinks.

❑ easily access more

information about the topic.
 1. Context
2. Intertext
3. Hypertext
ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES