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Text

Meaning in literature, with examples

nounCore term

In literature, text means: Any written work studied as language and meaning, from a poem or novel to a speech, article, or play.

In Turkish: metin

How it is used

A basic term in literary study for the work being read or analyzed. It can refer to the whole work or a selected passage.

Example sentences

  1. Before discussing symbolism, the professor asked us to return to the text and note the exact wording of the storm scene.

    Here, the word refers to the actual written language of the work, not to general impressions or outside commentary.

  2. In her article, Selin treats the legal letter as a literary text because its style shapes the reader’s judgment.

    In this example, the term is broad enough to include non-fictional writing when analysis focuses on language, form, and effect.

Common collocations

  • close reading of the text
  • return to the text
  • the text suggests
  • literatureWritten works, such as novels, poems and plays, that are valued for their artistic quality and the way they use language, and the study of these works.
  • authorThe person who wrote a particular book, poem, play or other text.

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