explicationde texte

ex·pli·ca·tion de texte (ĕk-splē-kä-syôɴ də tĕkstʹ) n. pl. ex·pli·ca·tions de texte (ĕk-splē-kä-syôɴ də tĕkstʹ)

A method of literary criticism in which the interrelated details of a written work are examined and analyzed in an effort to understand its structure and discover meanings.

  [French : explication, explanation + de, of + texte, text.]

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