Meaning of xenoencyclopedia | Babel Free
zɛnəɪnˌsaɪ.kləˈpi(ː).di.əExamples
“The competent reader gradually learns more and more about the genre's own⟳ grand-scale xenoencyclopedia in order⟳ to understand⟳ each new work's specific xenoencyclopedia...”
“The (xeno)encyclopedia of the (science fiction) reader In L'empire du pseudo, Richard Saint-Gelais applies Umberto Eco's textual cooperation theory to the science fiction genre. He proposes to call⟳ “xenoencyclopedia” all the cognitive ...”
“They offer⟳ a supplement—or possibly a starting point⟳—to the reader's “personal encyclopedia” (Eco 1985 [1979]) or, in this case, “xeno-encyclopedia” (Saint-Gelais 1999), which was constituted through previous Marvel readings and which these publications help⟳ to configure according to the publisher's...”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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