"The meaning of texts is determined by their inter-relationship with one another." Using the term genre, discourse and inter-textuality, discuss this statement with reference to Bladerunner and Lambs of God.
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Student no: 30646723 class: Thursday 6-7pm W5C309 Topic: "The meaning of texts is determined by their inter-relationship with one another." Using the term genre, discourse and inter-textuality, discuss this statement with reference to Bladerunner and Lambs of God. Texts are articulations of the society, each writer is in attempt to carry out the main ideas within the text through their use of language, which might resulted in different versions of receptions due to distinctions that existed between readers and periods during their reading as Thwaites reveals "every text is understood in different ways by different groups of people at different times"(Thwaites, 1994: pp88). Furthermore, the context within each may not directly reveals certain aspect of our society. Nevertheless, the meaning of texts is consistent in each as it is determined by their inter-relationship with one another. In order explore this statement, this essay will examine this issue in terms of genre, discourse and...


