toposn.

Brit.

/ˈtɒpɒs/, U.S.

/ˈtoʊˌpoʊs/

Forms: Plural topoi.

Etymology: < Greek τόπος place: compare etymological note s.v. topic adj. and n.

A traditional motif or theme (in a literary composition); a rhetorical commonplace, a literary convention or formula.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > subject or theme

subject1575

storya1616

topos1948

1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. v. 201 In a proem there is generally present a second topos.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 103 The topoi or rhetorical commonplaces..are so dull when stated as propositions, and so rich and variegated when they are used as structural principles in literature.

1957 Medium Ævum XXVI. 148 We have identified the topos of the sixth age of the world (and its approaching end) in our two OE poems.

1962 D. A. Pearsall Floure & Leafe 68 The submission formula is a topos of classical rhetoric.

1966 Eng. Stud. 47 150 There must be few literary historians who have traced with such thoroughness the development of a single topos through two centuries.

1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 246 Kinds of anecdotes which Herodotus loved to include: raiding parties, espionage.., tales of bravery and cowardice, and other such topoi.

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 60/4 It is a common topos to remark that thanks are due to the editor or author for raising weighty questions.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	topos
释义	toposn. Brit. /ˈtɒpɒs/, U.S. /ˈtoʊˌpoʊs/ Forms: Plural topoi. Etymology: < Greek τόπος place: compare etymological note s.v. topic adj. and n. A traditional motif or theme (in a literary composition); a rhetorical commonplace, a literary convention or formula. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > subject or theme subject1575 storya1616 topos1948 1948 L. Spitzer Linguistics & Lit. Hist. v. 201 In a proem there is generally present a second topos. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 103 The topoi or rhetorical commonplaces..are so dull when stated as propositions, and so rich and variegated when they are used as structural principles in literature. 1957 Medium Ævum XXVI. 148 We have identified the topos of the sixth age of the world (and its approaching end) in our two OE poems. 1962 D. A. Pearsall Floure & Leafe 68 The submission formula is a topos of classical rhetoric. 1966 Eng. Stud. 47 150 There must be few literary historians who have traced with such thoroughness the development of a single topos through two centuries. 1976 Classical Q. New Ser. 26 246 Kinds of anecdotes which Herodotus loved to include: raiding parties, espionage.., tales of bravery and cowardice, and other such topoi. 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Jan. 60/4 It is a common topos to remark that thanks are due to the editor or author for raising weighty questions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948
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