"literary theory" meaning in English

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            "Entertainment",
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          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文學理論"
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          "roman": "wénxué lǐlùn",
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          "roman": "wényì lǐlùn",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "文艺理论"
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          "roman": "wénlùn",
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          "sense": "theory",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "literární teorie"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "kirjallisuusteoria"
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          "sense": "theory",
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          "word": "théorie de la littérature"
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          "sense": "theory",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "Literaturtheorie"
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          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "irodalomelmélet"
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          "roman": "sāhitya siddhāntaṁ",
          "sense": "theory",
          "word": "സാഹിത്യ സിദ്ധാന്തം"
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          "roman": "literatúrnaja teórija",
          "sense": "theory",
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          "word": "литерату́рная тео́рия"
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          "sense": "theory",
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