Textshop

noun

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Definitions

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

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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