One of the most common and important phenomena in literature, translation and linguistic studies is intertextuality. It deals with the factors that ease the use of a text dependent greatly upon knowledge of previously encountered texts. Further, intertextyality refers to the notion that each individual's text or speech is derived from and shaped by its continuous interaction with other persons' text or speech. Terminologically speaking, intertextuality was first coined by Kristeva (1960s), though some believe that the very origins of the concept date back to Ferdinand de Saussure's and...