explication de texte

1. 1.

   a method of literary criticism that analyzes details of a text in order to reveal its structure and meaning

   Broadercriticism

Questions about explication de texte

What does explication de texte mean?

explication de texte means "a method of literary criticism that analyzes details of a text in order to reveal its structure and meaning".

Is explication de texte a common word?

explication de texte is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.