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Genre

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York Routledge 2013Description: vi,171p. PB 19.5x12.5cmISBN:
  • 9780415280631
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 808 FROG
Summary: Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture. But it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and images, in film and television, genres actively generate and shape our knowledge of the world. Understanding genre as a dynamic process rather than a set of stable rules, this book explores. *the relation of simple to complex genres *the history of literary genre in theory *the generic organisation of implied meanings *the structuring of interpretation by genre *the uses of genre in teaching.
List(s) this item appears in: PG New Arrivals - January 2023
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Genre is a key means by which we categorize the many forms of literature and culture. But it is also much more than that: in talk and writing, in music and images, in film and television, genres actively generate and shape our knowledge of the world. Understanding genre as a dynamic process rather than a set of stable rules, this book explores.
*the relation of simple to complex genres
*the history of literary genre in theory
*the generic organisation of implied meanings
*the structuring of interpretation by genre
*the uses of genre in teaching.

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