Types of Intertextuality in Opposite Editorials Related to the Vice Presidential Candidates Debate Topics 2019

A text can be only interpreted through a
background information of other text, this is where
intertextuality emerged. Intertextuality is the interrelation
between texts, the way a text shape another text. To meet the
purpose of the authors of writing articles in opposite editorials
related to the topics debate of the vice presidential candidate
2019, which are education, health insurance, employment, social
and culture, the investigation about types of intertextuality is
needed. This research applies qualitative research design. The
data are clauses which contain of intertextuality from opposite
editorials of three newspapers, namely Analisa, Waspada, and
Kompas started from March 1st until 31st 2019 and are collected
by capturing the pictures of the articles, selecting them, and
identifying the clauses. The data are analyzed by using content
analysis technique proposed by Krippendorff. The findings show
that there are six out of seven types of intertextuality based on
Genette theory in which the most dominant one is implicit
quotation. This means that intertextuality is used in writing to to
corroborate the author's opinion, in this case to explain the data,
examples, and compare information.