topos

英 ['tɒpɒs] 美 ['toʊpɑːs]

• n. (文学创作的)传统主题；(修辞学上的)惯用语句

英英释义

Noun:

1. a traditional theme or motif or literary convention;

   "James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses"