pre-textn.³

Brit.

/ˈpriːtɛkst/, U.S.

/ˈpriˌtɛkst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, text n.¹

Etymology: < pre- prefix + text n.¹

The literary, historical, or biographical material which informs or contextualizes a literary text; (also) the events imagined to precede those portrayed in a fictional work.

ΚΠ

1949 D. C. Allen in ELH 16 109 The conflicts in ‘Comus’ are both extrinsic and intrinsic—in structure, in pre-text, in theme, and in orchestration.

1961 M. Slonim Russ. Theater from Empire to Soviets 160 Stanislavsky..believed in the study of what may be called the prehistory of a character, or its life before the play (the ‘pre-text’ work).

1990 R. Hodge Lit. as Disc. vii. 186 The poem, for those who know the relevant pre-text, is ‘about’ a failed suicide attempt, not her first.

2004 Folklore (Nexis) 115 27 The most eloquent of the feminine tales in Shame is that of..Sufiya Zinobia, whose story is shaped around the pre-text of ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-text
释义	pre-textn.³ Brit. /ˈpriːtɛkst/, U.S. /ˈpriˌtɛkst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, text n.¹ Etymology: < pre- prefix + text n.¹ The literary, historical, or biographical material which informs or contextualizes a literary text; (also) the events imagined to precede those portrayed in a fictional work. ΚΠ 1949 D. C. Allen in ELH 16 109 The conflicts in ‘Comus’ are both extrinsic and intrinsic—in structure, in pre-text, in theme, and in orchestration. 1961 M. Slonim Russ. Theater from Empire to Soviets 160 Stanislavsky..believed in the study of what may be called the prehistory of a character, or its life before the play (the ‘pre-text’ work). 1990 R. Hodge Lit. as Disc. vii. 186 The poem, for those who know the relevant pre-text, is ‘about’ a failed suicide attempt, not her first. 2004 Folklore (Nexis) 115 27 The most eloquent of the feminine tales in Shame is that of..Sufiya Zinobia, whose story is shaped around the pre-text of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.³1949
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