Abe Ancis

9/20/16


Today in class we analized intertextuality through complex text. Intertextuality is the relationship between texts. To analyze text we must determine the relationship. we ask questions such as what is happening and how is it happening. The WHAT, referring in a literary aspect is the content itself such as descriptive words and context clues. In film the WHAT would be the visuals themselves. The HOW is the form in which it is being conveyed to emit a specific emotion to the audience. The WHAT and HOW intertwine to create what is known as MIE-EN-SCENE. Once the class overviewed the basics of the WHAT and HOW we were given a piece of text. This text was titled "No Country for Old Men" and was written by Cormac McCarthy. After reading the text we were given a question. What is the doing and how is it doing? I came to the conclusion that the narrators intention was to emit a feeling of chaos and confusion by switching characters throughout the text.