Every text is built from absorbed and transformed prior texts.

Evidence

For philosopher Julia Kristeva, who coined the term intertextuality, “any text is constructed as a mosaic of quotations; any text is the absorption and transformation of another.” Similarly, her contemporary Roland Barthes proclaimed that “the text is a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.” — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 33

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines intertextuality via its two canonical formulations — useful anchor for the reader’s conceptual toolkit.