An original or the earliest version of a text, to which later versions can be compared.
原始文本
Example sentencesExamples
What has often been touted, then, as the preeminent postmodern urtext actually represents a simultaneous attempt to reestablish the authority of the author, the center of the subject, and the literary traditions of an earlier period.
Origin
From German.
Definition of urtext in US English:
urtext
nounˈo͝orˌtekst
An original or the earliest version of a text, to which later versions can be compared.
原始文本
Example sentencesExamples
What has often been touted, then, as the preeminent postmodern urtext actually represents a simultaneous attempt to reestablish the authority of the author, the center of the subject, and the literary traditions of an earlier period.