subtext

sub text |ˈsəbˌtekst ˈsəbˌtɛkst | ▶noun an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation. DERIVATIVES sub text u al adjective

subtext

sub |text |ˈsʌbtɛkst | ▶noun an underlying and often distinct theme in a piece of writing or conversation. DERIVATIVES subtextual adjective

subtext

subtext noun WORD NOTE subtext Alertness to the “hidden meanings ” or unspoken assumptions of a text is necessary for anyone who hopes to read with understanding. Though abused by overuse in academic writing, subtext is nonetheless a useful term: Under its aegis lurk unreliable narration, irony, double-entendre, misdirection, and many of the other techniques that transform the artless into the artful. All mysteries, for instance, seek to discover the proper subtext of a narrative designed, by the murderer and the author, to mislead the detective and the reader. A classic of literary criticism like Seven Types of Ambiguity strips the veneer from numerous English poems to disclose unsuspected and multiple subtexts behind even the most seemingly pellucid lines. A novel like Nabokov's Pale Fire is almost nothing but subtext. Works of art are generally more than they seem at first sight, and only after a long, intent second glance do we start to detect the embedded symbolism, the secret messages and the deep structures that generate richness and complexity. — MD Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

Subtext

Sub text Substantiv, maskulin Literaturwissenschaft, Kunstwissenschaft , der |S u btext |der Subtext; Genitiv: des Subtext [e ]s, Plural: die Subtexte Gehalt, Aussage 3 eines Kunstwerkes der Roman besitzt einen antifaschistischen Subtext

subtext

s ú b t è xt 名詞 C (文学作品の )暗に示す [根底にある ]意味 [主題 ]; 言外の意味 .