textshop

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noun

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

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Meanings

nountextshop (plural textshops)

plural textshops

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

Origin

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.

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APA

textshop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textshop

MLA

“textshop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textshop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “textshop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/textshop.

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