unliterary
adjective
uk/ˌʌnˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us/ˌʌnˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/nottypicalof aworkofliterature:
Although hernovelsdealwithbigissueswith agreatdealofsensitivity, she has a very unliterarystyle.
In this most unliterary ofworks, theauthortellsamacabretale.
notlikingorstudyingliterature:
Shedescribedherself as unliterary, but infacthadreadverywidely.
Why is it thatourpoliticalleadersare all too often unliterary men withminimalinterestin theartsas awhole?
- Hisbooksaretypifiedbyhollowplots,tediousstorylines,two-dimensionalcharacters, and unliterary use oflanguage.
- I was a very unliteraryyounggirl, and it was only when I went touniversitythat Istartedreadinganything that could be calledliterature.
- Despite being astudentofEnglishliterature, hespentmoretimedevoting himself to unliterarypursuitssuch asplayingfootball.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- anti-literary
- femslash
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- ode
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- tartan noir
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
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