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What is the key characteristic of hypertext?
What is the key characteristic of hypertext?
Non-sequential or non-linear
What is the World Wide Web (www) described as?
What is the World Wide Web (www) described as?
A global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet
What does the term URL stand for and what does it specify?
What does the term URL stand for and what does it specify?
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifies the location of a web resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it
Who coined the term 'hypertext' and what was their publishing system called?
Who coined the term 'hypertext' and what was their publishing system called?
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What is the origin of the word 'intertextuality'?
What is the origin of the word 'intertextuality'?
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How is the concept of intertextuality described in the text?
How is the concept of intertextuality described in the text?
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What does the acronym CONTEXT stand for when discussing text development?
What does the acronym CONTEXT stand for when discussing text development?
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What is the difference between horizontal intertextuality and vertical intertextuality?
What is the difference between horizontal intertextuality and vertical intertextuality?
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What is the retelling of a story or narrative called?
What is the retelling of a story or narrative called?
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What is the method of directly lifting the exact statement or set of words from a text another author has made called?
What is the method of directly lifting the exact statement or set of words from a text another author has made called?
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What is the imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect called?
What is the imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect called?
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Study Notes
Context
- Refers to the ideological, social, cultural, political, personal, historical, and other related circumstances that surround a text
- Essential for understanding and evaluating a text
Hypertext
- Defined as an interactive environment where reading is contingent upon computers and possible by multiple sources of information linked together
- Non-sequential (non-linear), electronic, textual, hypermedia, and interactive
- Offers flexibility to the reader compared to linear text
- The World Wide Web (www) is a global hypertext system of information residing on servers linked across the internet
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifies the location of a web resource on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it
Ted Nelson
- Coined the term 'Hypertext' in 1963 to describe non-sequential writing
- Developed the Xanadu publishing system, which aimed to hold the world's literary treasures and interconnect electronic documents with other forms of media
Intertext
- Derived from the Latin word 'intertexto', meaning to intermingle while weaving
- Refers to the modeling of a text's meaning by another text
- Mostly occurs in writing when one references another literary, media, or social text
- Requires knowledge of context, which includes cultural, historical, ideological, personal, and social aspects
Types of Intertextuality
- Horizontal Intertextuality: References on the same level, e.g., books referencing other books
- Vertical Intertextuality: Different level of references, e.g., a book referencing films, songs, or vice versa
- Retelling: A restatement of a story or re-expression of a narrative
- Quotation: Directly lifting an exact statement or set of words from another text
- Parody: Imitating the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect
- Allusion: Explicitly or implicitly referencing an idea or passage found in another text without using quotation
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Test your knowledge on the definitions of context and hypertext, and their significance in understanding texts in an interactive environment. Explore the surrounding circumstances of a text and the non-linear, hypermedia environment created by hypertext.
