"literary theory" meaning in English

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          "name": "Literature",
          "orig": "en:Literature",
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        "(literature) The theory or the philosophy of the interpretation of literature and literary criticism"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文學理論"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wénxué lǐlùn",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文学理论"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文藝理論"
        },
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          "english": "chiefly of premodern China",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wényì lǐlùn",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文艺理论"
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          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文論"
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          "roman": "wénlùn",
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          "sense": "theory",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "literární teorie"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "kirjallisuusteoria"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sāhitya siddhāntaṁ",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "സാഹിത്യ സിദ്ധാന്തം"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "literatúrnaja teórija",
          "sense": "theory",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "литерату́рная тео́рия"
        },
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "nadharia ya fasihi"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "文學理論"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wénxué lǐlùn",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "文学理论"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "roman": "wényì lǐlùn",
      "sense": "theory",
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      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "文論"
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      "roman": "wénlùn",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "文论"
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      "sense": "theory",
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      "word": "literární teorie"
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      "sense": "theory",
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    },
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      "sense": "theory",
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      "word": "литерату́рная тео́рия"
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