Intertextuality in Shrek (Example)
Intertextuality is the relationship between texts. It is the idea that all media texts reference one another in one way or another. for example in Shrek there is a lot of itertextuality showing that intertextuality doesn't just have to be with literal 'texts' it cam be in any form of media. We can clearly see the intertextuality in this video as this scene is almost made from intertextuality. The first part of the intertextuality is with the three blind mice. When we see them we remember the nursery rhyme that we sang when we were younger. This is then interrupted by the seven dwarfs pushing snow white onto the table. This reminds the audience of the original text where they were told about the story of snow white and the seven dwarfs. The next part that we see of this intertextuality is when Shrek goes to the bed and the wolf is in the bed. This references the story of little red riding hood and the wolf that replaced her grandma in the bed, reminding us of t...
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