schizotext

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

schizo- +‎ text

Noun[edit]

schizotext (plural schizotexts)

  1. A poem, or similar text, that seeks to show a division of consciousness between itself and the outside world
    • 2010, Sarah Lawall, Reading World Literature: Theory, History, Practice, page 274:
      Since the African language is latent and the European language manifest, the palimpsest is also by the same token a schizotext which further splits textual cohesion.