Schizotext

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A poem, or similar text, that seeks to show a division of consciousness between itself and the outside world

    "Since the African language is latent and the European language manifest, the palimpsest is also by the same token a schizotext which further splits textual cohesion."

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"Since the African language is latent and the European language manifest, the palimpsest is also by the same token a schizotext which further splits textual cohesion."

Etymology

From schizo- + text.

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