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explication de texte

American

[ek-splee-kah-syawn duh tekst] / ɛk spli kɑ sjɔ̃ də ˈtɛkst /

noun

French.

an approach to literary criticism involving close examination, analysis, and exposition of the text of a work, and concentrating on language, style, content, and the interrelationships of the parts to the whole in regard to meaning and symbolism.

explication de texte British

/ ɛksplikɑsjɔ̃ də tɛkst /

noun

a close textual analysis of a literary work

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explications de texte

plural

Etymology

Origin of explication de texte

Literally, “explanation of text”

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explication de texte

Suddenly, we’re all obsessed with explication de texte.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 12, 2019

Columnist William F. Buckley Jr., while concurring in Agnew's description of an "effete corps of impudent snobs," felt impelled to deliver an explication de texte: "The rhetorical arrangement is extremely unsatisfactory," wrote Buckley.

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