[ek-splee-kah-syawn duh tekst] 
[ek-splee-kah-syawn duh tekst] . French. | an approach to literary criticism involving close examination, analysis, and exposition of the text of a work, and concentrating on language, style, content, and the interrelationships of the parts to the whole in regard to meaning and symbolism. |
| ex·pli·ca·tion de texte (ěk-splē-kä-syôɴ də těkst') n. pl. ex·pli·ca·tions de texte (ěk-splē-kä-syôɴ də těkst') A method of literary criticism in which the interrelated details of a written work are examined and analyzed in an effort to understand its structure and discover meanings. [French : explication, explanation + de, of + texte, text.] |