There are
times when you read a book, you feel like you have read the book before. There
are also times when you read a book, you find some words or terms you are not
familiar with. What do you do? Have you ever tried reading another book with
more detailed explanation about such terms? If you haven’t, then you should.
Basically, this is what intertextuality is. When you are reading certain book,
your mind will direct you to certain texts you have read before, that’s why you
might feel like you have read certain sentences in the text you’re currently
reading or you are quite familiar with the topic. As for the need for a more
detailed explanation of certain terms in a book, reading another book might
help you understand the terms better. In fact, a text has infinite
intertextuality, meaning that the text can be related to any other texts.
However, it is not possible to find the origin of certain text. There is no
such thing as originality in intertextuality because as Culler have stated,
“The study of intertextuality is not the investigation of sources and
influences.”. It rather allows us to decide which texts we should read next
