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Definitions of excursus in various dictionaries:
noun - a message that departs from the main subject
A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point.
A digression.
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| a detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix. |
| a message that departs from the main subject |
| A detailed discussion of a particular point in a book, usually in an appendix. |
| A lengthy, appended exposition of a topic or point. |
| A digression. |
| Excursus description |
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| An excursus (from Latin excurrere, "to run out of") is a short episode or anecdote in a work of literature. Often excursuses have nothing to do with the matter being discussed by the work, and are used to lighten the atmosphere in a tragic story, a similar function to that of satyr plays in Greek theatre. Sometimes they are used to provide backstory to the matter being discussed at hand, as in Pseudo-Apollodorus' Bibliotheke. In the Middle Ages, the excursus is a favourite rhetorical devise to allow the narrator to comment or to suspend the action for reflection. Furthermore, an excursus is often applied to a piece of academic writing to provide digressive information, which does not contribute directly to the line of argument, but can still be linked with the overall topic of the text. |