INTERTEXTUALITY AS A CRITERIA CONSISTENCY / COHESION

This research aims to analyze how intertextuality is constituted as a defining criterion of coherence/cohesion. For this, our theoretical base will be on the vision of coherence/cohesion, Cavalcante (2011) and Garantizado Junior (2011 ) , who proposed the relationships of intertextual phenomena and the definition of consistency on intertextuality , Koch , Bentes and Cavalcante (2007 ), which proposed a broader view of the phenomenon in question . Methodologically , our research has documentary character, as we analyze texts previously disclosed in official documents and in the major media. The results show that the intertextuality in the strict sense , as claimed by Koch  Bentes and Cavalcante (2007 ) is one of the factors to generate the sense of a text, shaping up as an important criterion of the conceptual approach to coherence / cohesion.