Genre studies is an academic approach to examining critical theory within a variety of disciplines. These disciplines, or subjects, include the literary or visual arts, language, and rhetoric. The word genre comes from the French word gender, which means "kind" or "type." Genres are most often associated with literature but can also apply to functional texts, speech, learning, social interactions, and cultural constructs. The study of genres provides academics with an opportunity to assign... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023. 3p.