English Explanatory Dictionary

textshop

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.

Word forms

textshop textshops

Etymology

From text + shop, modelled on workshop but de-emphasizing the idea of work, inspired by Roland Barthes' essay From Work to Text. Coined by Gregory Ulmer. See Textshop for Psychoanalysis.

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