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A supertext is a cultural or historical work that has fundamental meaning to the society and culture to which it is associated. Because of that a supertext remains relevant over a long period of time. Homer’s Illiad and the Odyssey; the works of Plato, Confucius, and Shakespeare; the Veda, the Talmud, the Q’ran, the New Testament, are all supertexts. A text has to exist for at least five hundred years to classify as a supertext.
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