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Genre Criticism. Michiarie López Prof. Evelyn Lugo Eng 126. Definition. Genre
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Genre Criticism Michiarie López Prof. Evelyn Lugo Eng 126
Definition • Genre Is known as the category that defines literary or art work. There is Television genre where different categories of programs have different characteristics. Film and Radio genres are developed with the audience expectations . • Genre Criticism or Analysis Since the twentieth century it has been divided in 3 phases.
Phases • Focus on the formal features of communication. • Focus on recurring socio-cultural circumstances. • Critics have been applying formalist and socio-cultural concepts to new media artifacts that tend to resist classification in traditional genre categories.
Approaches a) Aesthetic • Focus on formal, stylistic features and innovations. • It looks deeper into the narrative structure. b) Inductive • It establishes that, if a group of text conclude on similar aspects, might constitute a new genre. • Is used to say what’s about.
Aspects that Critics identify and analyze • Semantic (formal/stylistic) • Character type • Location • Scene setting • Characteristics of types of shots and camera work • Style of action • Editing
… • Syntax • Narrative structure • Dialect • Recurring themes • Discourses (themes that are ideological or other)
Types of Genre Film: Action Adventure Comedy Crime & Gangster Drama Epic/Historical Horror Musicals Science Fiction Westerns War Literary: Autobiography Biography Realistic Fiction Historical Fiction Non-Fiction Fantasy Drama Poetry Short Story Journalism Folk Tales and Fairy Tales Television Non-Fiction Television Series Children’s Television Documentary Educational Animation Reality Series Sports Travel Pornography Politics
References • www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Genre_criticism • www.oswego.edu/~messere/TVCritPowerpoint/Genre.ppt • www.crivoice.org/NTS/herm/Genre%20Analysis%20pp.ppt • http://www.filmsite.org/genres.html • www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/readingliterature/genres/menu • www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category/Television_genres