anti-literary
adjective
(alsoantiliterary)uk/ˌæn.ti.ˈlɪt.ər.ər.i/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i//ˌæn.taɪˈlɪt̬.ə.rer.i/showingor using astyleor a way ofthinkingthat is notconnectedwithliteratureor withliterarydiscussion, or thattreatsliteratureas notimportant:
Perhaps this newinterestin thefolktaleis less anti-literary than it mightseem.
Thesesharp,colloquial, anti-literary chroniclers ofeverydaylifearewidelyread.
- Manycriticshavefeltthat thesestronglyanti-literary or anti-poeticattitudesarereflectedin his ownstyle.
- Theentertainsthefundamentallybogusand anti-literaryideathat thegreatwritersof the pastwrotewhat theyknew.
Literature
- action hero
- alliterative
- alternative history
- anapest
- antihero
- fictionality
- fictive
- free verse
- genre fiction
- Grinch
- passion play
- pentameter
- poem
- poesy
- poet laureate
- theatrics
- topos
- tragedy
- tragicomic
- trilogy