Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III Central Luzon
Division of Mabalacat City
BICAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Bical, Mabalacat City (P)

Name: _________________________ Grade & Section: ______________

CREATIVE WRITING
QUARTER 4, MODULE 2
Understanding Intertextuality as a Technique of Drama

After going through this lesson, you are expected to:

1. Understand intertextuality as a technique of drama

Learning Task 1: What I Know

Directions: Using a mind map,

present your idea on what the
terms mean and how will
you use your knowledge in
writing outputs in Creative
Writing. Do this on your answer
sheet.
Directions: Using a mind map, present your idea on what the terms mean and how will you use
your knowledge in writing outputs in Creative Writing. Do this on your answer sheet.

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Learning Task 2: Identify the Purpose

Directions: Knowing your writing

preferences will help you be more
successful
in your writing process. To
determine your idiosyncratic
writing preferences, answer
the following questions on your
paper:
1. What is intertextuality?
2. How do I identify implicit
and explicit intertextuality in a
text?
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3. What is the purpose of
intertextuality?
4. How does intertextuality
deepen our understanding of
the ideas, themes and
perspectives in texts?
Directions: Knowing your writing preferences will help you be more successful
in your writing process. To determine your idiosyncratic writing preferences, answer
the following questions on your paper:
1. What is intertextuality?
2. How do I identify implicit and explicit intertextuality in a text?
3. What is the purpose of intertextuality?
4. How does intertextuality deepen our understanding of the ideas, themes and
perspectives in texts?

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Learning Task 2: Use me to
create
Learning Task 3: Use me to create
Directions: Using the terms from the previous learning task, create two sentences that will
present your idea about intertextuality. Also, write your questions that will be answered
after taking the lesson. Do this on your paper.

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What is It
In this part of your journey,
we provide something for you
to deepen your
understanding about
intertextuality as a technique of
drama.
Please continue reading with
comprehension as you discover
further
knowledge that will help you
out in your quest on the
remaining phases of this
lesson.
What is It

In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about intertextuality as a technique of drama. Please continue reading
with comprehension as you discover further knowledge that will help you out in
your quest on the remaining phases of this lesson.

What is Intertextuality?

Intertextuality is a word coined by Julia Kristeva, a French linguist who has

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written much on this topic. This word has a broader meaning in today′s context than
the theories she expounds in her seminal work on intertextuality which are "word,
dialogue and novel". Her notion of Intertextuality refers to the literal and effective
presence in a text of another text. ‘’A text’’, according to her, ‘’is a permutation of
texts, an Intertextuality in the space of a given text, in which several utterances,
taken from other texts, intersect and neutralize one another”

Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text. It is the

interconnection between similar or related works of literature that reflect and
influence an audience's interpretation of the text. Intertextuality is the relation
between texts that are inflicted by means of quotations and allusion.

When writers borrow from previous texts, their work acquires layers of
meaning. In addition, when a text is read in the light of another text, all the
assumptions and effects of the other text give a new meaning and influence the way
of interpreting the original text.

Intertextuality is when a text implicitly and explicitly refers to another text, by

using common or recognizable elements of the referenced text.

An implicit reference is when the composer alludes to another text through

ideas, symbols, genre or style.

An explicit reference is when the composer directly mentions quotes or

references another text in their work.

Different Types of Intertextuality

Allusion is a subtle or indirect

reference to another text,
historical period or
religious belief.
Parody is an imitation of another
text for satirical purpose, usually
to mock.
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Quotation is a direct reference to
another text with an
acknowledgement of
its composer.
Appropriation is a reworking
or the reimagination of a well-
known text to
change or extend its meaning.
Adaptation is a film, TV drama or
stage play that is based on a
written work.
Allusion is a subtle or indirect reference to another text, historical period or
religious belief.

Parody is an imitation of another text for satirical purpose, usually to mock.

Quotation is a direct reference to another text with an acknowledgement of

its composer.

Appropriation is a reworking or the reimagination of a well-known text to

change or extend its meaning.

Adaptation is a film, TV drama or stage play that is based on a written work.

How does Intertextuality work?

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Writing and art will be
intertextual whether you want
them to be or not. Latent
intertextuality is inescapable!
But when should you employ
deliberate
intertextuality?
Deliberate intertextuality has a
place both in creative writing
and formal
essays. In creative writing, it’s a
great way to get inspiration for
stories. You can draw
on other authors’ stories and
characters, or you can use
other art forms to get

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inspiration. Either way, when you
make deliberate references to
these other works
you are employing intertextuality.
A complex use of intertextuality
is considered a sophisticated tool
in writing.
Rather than referencing phrases
from other works, a refined use of
intertextuality
involves drawing upon an
ideology, a concept, or even
rhetoric from others. Thus,
you may explore the political
ideology in your story by
drawing upon the current

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rhetoric in politics. Alternatively,
you may use a text source and
explore it further
How does Intertextuality work?

Writing and art will be intertextual whether you want them to be or not. Latent
intertextuality is inescapable! But when should you employ deliberate
intertextuality?

Deliberate intertextuality has a place both in creative writing and formal

essays. In creative writing, it’s a great way to get inspiration for stories. You can draw
on other authors’ stories and characters, or you can use other art forms to get
inspiration. Either way, when you make deliberate references to these other works
you are employing intertextuality.

A complex use of intertextuality is considered a sophisticated tool in writing.

Rather than referencing phrases from other works, a refined use of intertextuality
involves drawing upon an ideology, a concept, or even rhetoric from others. Thus,
you may explore the political ideology in your story by drawing upon the current
rhetoric in politics. Alternatively, you may use a text source and explore it further

Learning Task 4: Complete the Table

irections: Read and list down five

literary pieces from the local and
foreign writers
where intertextuality plays.
Identify the explicit and implicit
ideas used in their piece.

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Write the lines or ideas where
intertextuality is used. Do this on
your answer sheet.
Directions: Using the terms
from the previous learning
task, create two sentences
that will present your idea
about intertextuality. Also,
write your questions that will
be answered after taking the
lesson. Do this on your paper.
Directions: Read and list down five literary pieces from the local and foreign writers
where intertextuality plays. Identify the explicit and implicit ideas used in their piece.
Write the lines or ideas where intertextuality is used. Do this on your answer sheet.

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Learning Task 6: Critiquing
Time! Directions: Using the
template below, write your
comments and observations on
the intertextuality used in each
literary pieces.
Answer the following questions.
Write your answers on your
answer sheet.
Assessment: Critiquing Time!

Directions: Using the template below, write your comments and observations on the
intertextuality used in each literary pieces. Answer the following questions. Write your
answers on your answer sheet.

Watch/ listen to song of Katy

perry entitled “Roar” and answer
the following
questions
1. What is the song is about?
___________________________
___________________________
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___________________________
_
2. What does the line “eye of the
tiger” mean in Perry’s song?
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
_
Watch/ listen to Survivor’s 1980s
music video “Eye of the Tiger”
and answer
the following questions
1. How does this video inform
your understanding of Katy
Perry’s song Roar?
___________________________
___________________________

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___________________________
_
2. In what ways does this song
change your understanding of
Katy Perry’s song?
___________________________
___________________________
___________________________
_
Watch/ listen to song of Katy Perry entitled “Roar” and answer the following questions
1. What is the song is about?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. What does the line “eye of the tiger” mean in Perry’s song?
_________________________________________________________________________

Watch/ listen to Survivor’s 1980s music video “Eye of the Tiger” and answer
the following questions
1. How does this video inform your understanding of Katy Perry’s song Roar?
_________________________________________________________________________
2. In what ways does this song change your understanding of Katy Perry’s song?
_________________________________________________________________________

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