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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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Explication De Texte
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 ..."