textual harassment

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Definition of textual harassment in English English dictionary

Sexual harassment in writing

Moneypenny reminding Bond of his responsibilities and limitations curtails the textual harassment of the character.

Aggressive, distorting literary or textual criticism

So the deconstructionist practises what has been called textual harassment or oppositional reading, reading with the aim of unlasking internal contradictions or inconsistencies in the text.

sexual harassment using text messages; compare textual intercourse, sexting

Hyphenation

tex·tu·al har·ass·ment

Turkish pronunciation

teksçıwıl hıräsmınt

Pronunciation

/ˈteksʧəwəl hərˈasmənt/ /ˈtɛksʧəwəl hɜrˈæsmənt/

Etymology

() Play on sexual harassment. "The term 'textual harassment' is from Mary Jacobus, 'Is There a Women in This Text?' New Literary History 14 (Fall 1982): 117-41."Elaine Showalter (1985). The New Feminist Criticism: Essays on Women, Literature, and Theory, page 16