Analyse why The Big Issue magazine has used an intertextual approach on its front cover. Within my essay, I’m going to explore the use of intertextuality in The Big Issue front cover, and evaluate how useful and advantageous the meaning of this intertextual reference is. The cover I am going to analyse is The Big Issue ‘Education Special’, which predominantly embeds intertextuality through the use of images and texts as, a way to generate distinctive meanings surrounding the British Education System. The 3 main intertextual references I am going to talk about in depth are Grange Hill, Harry Potter, and the iconic hammer aesthetics by a British band named Pink Floyd. At the first glance, the audience can be seen visually driven by the aesthetics of the cover, which mimic the exterior of Grange Hill. Grange Hill is a show, which deal with typical school-related issues like bullying, learning difficulties, teacher-pupil relationships and conflicts etc. The fact that the context of the sho
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