Juxtology
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʌkstɑləd͡ʒi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Juxtology is a noun meaning the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.
Meaning
the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.
Example Sentences
Similarly, Dante's intertextual method in constructing his poem can be compared to the modern concept of bricolage, but it is more appropriate to evince here Shoaf's concept of juxtology, a practice by which diverse materials and concepts are linked together in medieval texts.
2001 James L. Paxton, "Inventing the Subject and the Personification of Will in Piers Plowman," in Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith, William Langland's Piers Plowman: A Book of Essays, Psychology Press, 2001. Page 225. The allegorical tropes paranomasia and syllepsis, or rather, their compositional practice juxtology, situates Langland's cognitive allegory in the context of the poet's social and political obsession - .
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include juxta-position, juxtapositioning, juxtoposition, juxtaposing, juxtaposition, parataxis.
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