Introduction to Genre Theory - 0 views
-
reducing complexity
- ...28 more annotations...
-
genre knowledge is typically tacit and would be difficult for most readers to articulate as any kind of detailed and coherent framework
-
one needs to encounter sufficient examples of a genre in order to recognize shared features as being characteristic of it
-
constrains the possible ways in which a text is interpreted, guiding readers of a text towards a preferred reading
-
film requires several acts of "framing" it: as a fiction, as a Hollywood movie, as a comedy, as a Steve Martin movie, as a "summer movie" and so on
-
orientates competent readers of the genre towards appropriate attitudes, assumptions and expectations
-
Familiarity with a genre enables readers to generate feasible predictions about events in a narrative
-
derive a variety of pleasures from reading texts within genres which are orientated towards entertainment
-
This piece describes how genre is effective in reading and other forms of rhetoric. It can allow readers to get deeper into text, and understand the form of communication on paper. Similarly to genres in movies and TV, genre in written works allow a reader to get the sense of what is "going on". Reading more and more, a reader is able to understand and decipher which genre is which. They also enable readers to connect emotionally to a text, and experience feelings of the writer/characters.