MODULE 5

HYPERTEXT AND INTERTEXT

YOUR OBJECTIVE
☐ Identify the context in which a text was developed:
d. Hypertext
e. Intertext

LISTEN
DIRECTIONS: Listen attentively to the song. Jot down significant information about the
song.

Source: Demons - Imagine Dragons (Boyce Avenue Feat. Jennel Garcia Acoustic Cover) On Spotify & Apple. (2014,
January 12).
YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DLtzc9KLiw.

BE SURE TO REMEMBER
In online medium, hypertexts are the
HYPERTEXT is characterized by external
embedded links; while in print media,
links embedded in a text by the writer as it
these are the commentaries or footnotes in
enables the reader to arrive at the intended
the margin.
interpretation of the author

Online Medium

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 Print Media

INTERTEXT
Refers to the shaping of the text meaning by referencing or calling to mind other
texts as it aims to add meaning to the current text.
In intertextuality, the readers get to understand the piece through the parallel plot,
characters, premise, etc with the wealth of prior knowledge, experience, and research.

Types of Intertextuality
1. Quotation - it is the actual insertion of a text within another
According to The New York Times, “Things have gotten worse. Much worse.”
“I never really thought about it that way,” admitted Gerald Henshaw, the driver of
the train.
2. Travesty - is a practice of imitating an original text
a) Pastiche - rewriting of some ‘noble’ text as a new text that retains the
“There is no such answer,” says psychologist Joanne Wardell, who adds, “and
fundamental content but presents it in another style to ‘debase’ it.
looking for one simply increases frustration.”
The Traveller by Dave McClure and The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer and Fifty Shades of Grey by E L

b) Parody - retaining the stylistic properties of the original text while diverting its
subject
Vampires Suck directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron
Seltzer Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

3. Covering is a rendering of a previously recorded song that displays the usual stylistic
configurations of the covering artist.
4. Translation - it is a creation of new text from a text of a different language

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COLLABORATIVE WORK
DIRECTIONS: Each group will have an assigned task. Must provide original piece alongside
with their intertext creation.
Pastiche Group will craft a pastiche of their chosen literature or arts.

Parody Group will craft a parody of their chosen literature or arts.

Cover Group will cover a song of their choice.

Translation Group will translate a text of their choice

Rubrics
Relevance The crafted intertext is done with a significant 50
connection to the original piece.
Presentation The crafted intertext observed appropriate 30
mechanics for texts and appropriate format for
cover and arts.
Timeliness The crafted intertext is submitted on or before the 20
submission date.
Total Score 100

TEST YOURSELF
IDENTIFICATION
DIRECTIONS: Analyze the following item carefully and label accordingly. (1 point each)
1. This is molding a text or an artwork with a reference from an actual and original piece.
2. These are external links that are fixed in the texts. When interacted it will help you reach an
intended destination.
3. These are the underlined blue-colored texts we often see on the web. When clicked it will
route you to a different related page.
4. This form of travesty aims to celebrate an original work by being humorous
5. At the very bottom of the page you will notice smaller font notes, which we call footnotes.
6. This form of travesty aims to mock an original work by being humorous.
7. How do you call the practice of conveying a text from its original language to another?
8. Boyce Avenue is a known YouTube channel that renders contemporary songs. How do you
call their practice?
9. How do you call the practice of inserting a text in another text?
10. How do you call the practice of imitating an actual text and artwork?

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 JOURNAL ENTRY 5
LET US REFLECT!
DIRECTIONS: Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by completing
the chart below.
I thought …

I learned …

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