0 a book or piece of writing that must be studied for a particular course:
His "History of Italian Art" (1968) is a set text that has influenced countless Italian schoolchildren.
"Development through Drama" became a set text for training drama teachers worldwide.
I must say, I can't fathom how this story has become a set text in university English courses.
Too much concentration on set texts for assessment purposes can turn students against reading.
A-level English has too few set texts, he says, with pupils not being encouraged to dip into a wide variety of literature.
