Subtextuality
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Subtextuality is a noun meaning The idea that a given text can contain countercurrents or repressed elements within it, or such elements in a text.
Meaning
The idea that a given text can contain countercurrents or repressed elements within it, or such elements in a text.
Example Sentences
But Stein's conception of psychology is decidedly pre-Freudian, and her stylistic investment in complex subtextuality is surprisingly minimal.
Word Forms
- subtextualities
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include intertextuality, metatextuality, countertext, dialogicity, counterthought, cotext.
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