literary tradition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofliteraryandtradition
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literary
adjective
uk/ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us/ˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/
relating to literature (= written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofliteraryandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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She both asserted and demonstrated the afrmative, but her work encountered "a selectiveliterarytradition" from which it was excluded.
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We have grown up in aliterarytradition.
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She is controversial for challenging the maleliterarytraditionand appropriating the ghazal, a lyrical poetic style used by men to express love.
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Even in the accounts published by authors who had indeed traveled, aliterarytraditionof composing travel accounts was at work.
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Most indigenous languages, on the other hand, either have no strongliterarytraditionat all or else have one of recent standing only.
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Ironically, their pedantic superiority is so often based on a superficial learning that ignoresliterarytradition, modern linguistics, traditional usage, and contemporary idiom and euphony.
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And just as they close their eyes to ourliterarytradition, so they close their ears to like used in speech of all forms, even their own!
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Like in the case of all efforts, some have succeeded and others failed, but they have without exception permanently marked theliterarytraditionto which they have contributed.
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That greatliterarytraditionis not just part of antiquity; it is very much alive today.
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Georgian has a richliterarytradition.
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It is a language with a longliterarytradition.
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Punjabi women also have the strongliterarytradition.
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The copiousliterarytraditionon the arts hardly mention pottery.
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There is a strongliterarytraditionfrom early times.
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They have an unbrokenliterarytradition, particularly in poetry, that dates from the 6th century to the present day.
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We should be thankful that it has, for it harbours a vibrantliterarytradition, especially in poetry and song.
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To them, rock music is a perfectly valuable tradition in its own right and being inspired by aliterarytraditionis not necessarily a ticket to membership in it.
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The obvious advice would be to formulate a narrative in the way that a prehistorian would have to; to carry on as if theliterarytraditiondid not exist.
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The demands of shaping a life into a readable autobiography tear the writer away from an immersion in self and thrust him into the world ofliterarytraditionand conventions.
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The editors show, for example, how a satirical language of complaint against exploitative landlords was as much a staple of popular folklore, as it was constitutive of aliterarytradition.
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They represent a big link in our greatliterarytraditionwhich has grown into broadcasting and theatre, and for which we are nationally known.
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The first current is known as "poesa nativista" (nativist poetry) and became aliterarytradition.
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The genre also draws on a much olderliterarytraditionof biographical collections of exemplary women.
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