Genre
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| A '''genre''' (French: "kind" or "sort") is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. | A '''genre''' (French: "kind" or "sort") is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other [[Art#Art forms|form of art]] or [[utterance]]. | ||
| - | In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. The scope of the word "genre" is usually confined to [[art]] and [[culture]], particularly [[Literary genre|literature]]. In [[genre studies]] the concept of genre is not compared to originality. Rather, all works are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. The scope of the word "genre" is usually confined to [[art]] and [[culture]], particularly [[Literary genre|literature]]. In [[genre studies]] the concept of genre is not compared to [[originality]]. Rather, all works are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] |
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A genre (French: "kind" or "sort") is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance.
In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. The scope of the word "genre" is usually confined to art and culture, particularly literature. In genre studies the concept of genre is not compared to originality. Rather, all works are recognized as either reflecting on or participating in the conventions of genre.[1] [Apr 2007]
