Definition of Explication de texte

1. Noun. A method of literary criticism that analyzes details of a text in order to reveal its structure and meaning.

Generic synonyms: Criticism, Literary Criticism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Explication De Texte

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explication de texte (current term)
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explicit function
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Literary usage of Explication de texte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Life of Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484-1558): Transactions, APS by Vernon Hall (2007)
"... technique was of considerable influence on French verse and the explication de texte procedure of French criticism. This is 10 JC Scaliger, 1561: bk. ..."

2. The Writing of English: By P. J. Hartog ... with the Assistance of Mrs. Amy by Philip Joseph Hartog, Amy H. Langdon (1907)
"1 The model ' explication de texte' given by Rollin in his Traiti des Etudes (Bk. II, chap, iii), in spite of his desire for reform, is far from reaching ..."

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