Analysis of challenges and applications of Intertextuality method descending abstraction ladder and falling into the abyss of reductionism

Intertextuality, refers to the nested network of communication of texts. With regard to the theory and method, the position of intertextuality has been investigated and the question is: is a methodological view of intertextuality fundamentally justifiable? Intertextuality as a postmodern concept is at the crossroads of falling into the abyss of conceptual reductionism on the one hand and being confined to the abstraction of theory on the other hand. The answer to this question in this paper is a conditional "yes". Intertextuality is a method, provided that the abstract concept of intertextuality is reduced to something like traditional critique of references. The lack of attention of the early founders of the word intertextuality, such as Kristeva and Barthes, to apply intertextuality method, the warning of intertextuality reduction to source and the emphasis on theory instead of the method posed a challenge that led the next generation of intertextuality researchers to intertextuality method and application. Analysis of intertextual theory, its reduction to the method and its use in a scientific research is one of the main objectives of this study.