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- | A [[text]] is a [[written]] [[passage]] consisting of [[multiple]] [[character]]s, [[symbol]]s or [[sentence]]s; a [[book]], [[tome]] or other set of [[writing]]s. In [[language]], text is something that [[word container|contains words]] to [[express]] [[something]], regarded as an [[object]] of [[critical]] [[analysis]]. | ||
- | Specific literary theories are distinguished not only by their methods and conclusions, but even by how they define "text." For many, "texts" means "literary (i.e. 'high' art) texts" (see literature). But different principles and methods of literary theory have been applied to non-fiction, pop fiction, film, historical documents, law, advertising, etc. In fact, some theories (e.g. structuralism) treat cultural events like fashion, football, riots, etc. as "texts." | ||
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- | In [[literary theory]] a text is the object being studied, whether it be a novel, a poem, a film, an advertisement, or anything else with a linguistic component. The broad use of the term derives from the rise of semiotics in the 1960s and was solidified by the later cultural studies of the 1980s, which brought a corresponding broadening of what it was one could talk about when talking about literature; see also ''[[discourse]]''. | ||
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Text may refer to:
- the representation of written language
- Text (literary theory), a concept in literary theory
- "Text" (song), a 2010 song by Mann
- TEXT, a Swedish band formed by 3/4 ex-Refused Members
- TEXT, the independent record label of electronica artist Four Tet
- Textbook, a standardized instructional book
- Text display, an electronic alphanumeric display device
- Text file, a computer file consisting solely of printable characters from a recognized character set
- Text messaging, the sending of short messages by mobile phone
- Text segment, another name for the code segment of a binary executable computer file
- A particular Bible passage, sometimes a single verse or verse fragment
- Another name for a literary work
- TxT (film), a 2006 Filipino horror film.
See also
Text may refer to
In books:
In unit of study:
- hermeneutics
- philology
- Semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, both individually and grouped into sign systems
- cultural studies, the unit of discourse
In writing:
- a piece of writing
- Textual criticism
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