juxtology

noun /ˈd͡ʒʌkstɑləd͡ʒi/

1. the study in literature of juxtaposition in text and semantics.

   uncountable

   Similarly, Dante's intertextual method in constructing his poem can be compared to the modern concept of bricolage, but it is more appropriate to evince here Shoaf's concept of juxtology, a practice by which diverse materials and concepts are linked together in medieval texts.

Where it comes from

Combination of juxta- (“alongside”) + -ology ("study of"). Apparently coined by R. Allen Shoaf in the 1980s

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry juxtology (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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