textshop

English

Etymology

From text +‎ shop, modelled on workshop but de-emphasizing the idea of work, inspired by Roland Barthes' essay From Work to Text. Coined by Gregory Ulmer. See Textshop for Psychoanalysis.

Noun

textshop (plural textshops)

1. A kind of writing laboratory where students can experiment with, and attempt to reproduce, the styles and techniques being studied.

Hypernyms

• playshop