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    genre
    /ˈʒɒ̃rə/

    noun

    • 1. a style or category of art, music, or literature: "the spy thriller is a very masculine genre"
    • 2. denoting or relating to a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, typically domestic situations, associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists: "genre scenes"

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › GenreGenre - Wikipedia

    3 days ago · Genre ( French for 'kind, sort') [1] is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. [2] .

  3. www.britannica.com › art › literatureLiterature | Definition, Characteristics, Genres, Types, & Facts

    Jul 15, 2024 · literature, a body of written works. The name has traditionally been applied to those imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of their authors and the perceived aesthetic excellence of their execution.

  4. www.britannica.com › art › novelNovel | Definition, Elements, Examples, Types, & Facts

    Jul 11, 2024 · The novel is a genre of fiction, and fiction may be defined as the art or craft of contriving, through the written word, representations of human life that instruct or divert or both.

  5. www.britannica.com › art › biography-narrative-genreBiography | Definition & Examples | Britannica

    Jul 19, 2024 · biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual.

  6. www.thoughtco.com › drama-literary-definition-4171972What Is Drama? Literary Definition and Examples - ThoughtCo

    Jul 21, 2024 · In literature, a drama is the portrayal of fictional or non-fictional events through the performance of written dialog (either prose or poetry). Dramas can be performed on stage, on film, or radio. Dramas are typically called plays, and their creators are known as “playwrights” or “dramatists.”.

  7. quizlet.com › gb › 141776279Genre Flashcards | Quizlet

    Jun 29, 2024 · Study with Quizlet and memorise flashcards containing terms like - Genre suggests cataloguing of films into easily defined groups and sub-groups - Films are rarely generically "pure" and it is reductive to attempt to define genre through lists of essential elements.

  8. www.writingforward.com › storytelling › genres-literary-fictionGenres: Literary Fiction vs. Everything Else - Writing Forward

    Jul 16, 2024 · In creative writing, we talk about form and genre. Form is what we write: fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. Genre is how we further classify each of these forms. In fiction writing, there’s literary fiction and everything else.

  9. researchguides.dartmouth.edu › filmgenresIntroduction - Film Genres - Research Guides at Dartmouth College

    4 days ago · Genre - or type - is a core concept in both film production and the history of film. Genres play a key role in how moviegoers perceive and rate films, and is likely to determine a film's production values and costs.

  10. www.thoughtco.com › what-is-literature-740531What Literature Can Teach Us - ThoughtCo

    Jul 21, 2024 · Some definitions also separate literary fiction from so-called "genre fiction," which includes types such as mystery, science fiction, western, romance, thriller, and horror. Think mass-market paperbacks.

  11. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SatireSatire - Wikipedia

    5 days ago · Satire is a diverse genre which is complex to classify and define, with a wide range of satiric "modes".