paratext
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
paratext (countable and uncountable, plural paratexts)
- (literary) In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
- All of the notes and explanations that make a text more understandable.
References edit
- Gérard Genette, Paratext: Thresholds of interpretation