topos
noun [ C ] literature specialized uk/ˈtɒp.ɒs/ us/ˈtoʊ.poʊs/ topoi /ˈtɒp.ɔɪ/ /ˈtoʊ.pɔɪ/
（文学创作的）传统主题
a traditional theme (= subject) that is found in literature
This rejection of the Muses is an ancient topos in Christian-Latin poetry. 这种对缪斯女神的排斥是基督教拉丁语诗歌一个古老的主题。
the battle between "mercy" and "justice" as a medieval literary topos 作为一个中世纪文学主题的“仁慈”和“正义”之争
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- Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children translates topoi, events, characters, and images from western fiction into the Indian terms of Rushdie's own narrative.
- The situation of Oates going outside into the Antarctic blizzard is a topos on which he worked endless variations.
- There are some problems involved in writing any kind of history, whether of forms, ideas, topoi, or texts.
- By juxtaposing texts from different eras and regions, Ho brings out clearly the recurring topos of the texts, translocality.