"Raymond Roussel famously created a writing method – his „procédé“ – which in its most simple form consisted in a painstaking construction of two almost identical phrases which have entirely different meanings – an equation of facts to be solved by filling the gap of meaning between the sentences with a coherent narration."
via http://www.westdenhaag.nl/exhibitions/19_02_Alphabetum_1
found thanks to a link posted by @underware