lit-crit
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of lit-crit
By shortening
Example Sentences
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I once wrote a term paper for a lit-crit course where I “deconstructed” the MTV program “Pimp My Ride.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2017
Martin notes that Child was thinking about an “enjambment,” the lit-crit term for a phrase in a poem that runs over into a second line.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2016
But now I’ll hit pause on the armchair lit-crit to simply marvel at how entertaining—if dark—this premiere was.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2013
But it also would have been interesting, as a kind of comedy lit-crit, to see a joke spring from seed to tree.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2011
Since Waugh's own death, his reputation has been skillfully embalmed by the Joyboys of journalism and lit-crit.
From Time Magazine Archive
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