LibGuides: French Studies: Explication de texte

How to do an 'Explication de texte' - Selected print guides

Methodologie littéraire
Call Number: PN 59 L33 1995 Frost Stacks
L'Explication littéraire et le commentaire composé
Call Number: PQ 53 A84 1994 Scott Stacks
L'explication de texte littéraire
Call Number: PQ 53 B47 1989 Scott Stacks; Frost Stacks
Manuel-guide d'explication française et de commentaire littéraire
Call Number: PQ 53 C68 1983 Scott Stacks

How to do an 'Explication de texte' - Selected online guides

Liens internet pour l'explication de textes
Études littéraires
Steps for an 'explication de texte'
The Literary Link
Comment écrire une explication de texte
l'Etudiant site Web
Comment faire une 'explication de texte'
Adapted from: Micheline Dufau et Ellen D'Alelio, Découverte du poème: Introduction à l'explication de textes (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967). (MS Word Document)

What is an 'Explication de texte' ?

Unique to literature studies in the Romance languages, an 'explication de texte' is a method of literary analysis in which both the content and the style of a written work are closely analyzed in order to uncover the work's deeper meanings. It is similar to a 'close reading' analysis in English-language literature.

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