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gen·re
/ ˈzhänrə/
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n.
a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter.
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Genre and point of view in Luke's Gospel.(Report)
Magazine article from: Biblical Theology Bulletin; 3/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...for identifying the genre of Luke-Acts and...none of the proposed genres alone can account...point of view. The Genres of the Gospel of...Attempts to identify the genre of Luke's Gospel...within one of several genres of Hellenistic literature...third locates the genre of Luke within ...
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Genre studies in mass media: a handbook.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...characteristics of specific genres have on the worldview...viewers. Although Genre Studies does focus...characteristics of a genre. Genres can be characterized...genre analysis. Genre Studies also discusses...implications of certain genres, and even points...
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Genre and the Invention of the Writer
Magazine article from: Composition Studies; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...writing. By way of introducing genre theory, Bawarshi takes Foucault...function as the basis for his "genre function," a concept which integrates definitions of genre from various disciplines around a description of genres as constitutive of rhetorical...
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Refiguring American Film Genres: Theory and History.
Magazine article from: Velvet Light Trap; 9/22/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Nick Browne Film/Genre by Rick Altman Like film genres themselves, trends...Since this flurry of genre theory, most work in media genres has built upon these...widely practiced mode of genre analysis interprets genres as indicative of cultural...
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How genre choices effect learning in a digital environment
Magazine article from: Journal of Engineering Education; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...nonetheless different genres with different pedagogical...definitions of media and genre. We will then present...universal definition for "genre," in "Genre as a Social Action...posits the argument that genres are both formal and situational...
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Tracing Genres Through Organizations: A Sociocultural Approach to Information Design.
Magazine article from: Technical Communication; 11/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...methodology, which he calls genre tracing. Although technical...might tend to think of genres as standardized, repeatable...does allow him to apply genre tracing to the study of ALAS and the other genres that are part of the ALAS genre ecology. Genre tracing...
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Genre and Cinema: Ireland and Transnationalism
Magazine article from: Film Ireland; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of new and established genres, from romantic comedies...revival of interest in genre is not specific to Ireland...explored at the outset of Genre and Cinema in Christine...insightful overview of genre theory as it relates...Gledhill notes, film genres and national cinemas...
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Rethinking Genre Theory
Magazine article from: Framework; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...treated the specific genres under consideration...book, which makes Film Genre especially useful for...flexible definition of film genre depends heavily on reinvestigating...modalities" of film genres, Langford's theory helps to clarify why genre films often fail to fully...
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FILM/GENRE.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Popular Film and Television; 6/22/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...library. Film/Genre proposes that film genres are not as stable...ideas concerning genre theory, particularly...and define film genres. Altman's expressed...work known as "genre." Whether they...biopics," these genres are labeled and...
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The genre generation: Where did the novel come from and where is it going?
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 2/8/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...into patterns, or genres. Writing genre fiction can be a...a bevy of other genres-- the newspaper...conscious about genre. Most fiction before...writers to popular genres. Richard Price...mainspring of vanous genre plots. In Clockers...
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Genre
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...reserving the distinction of genre for what are essentially...one of the three broad genres. These already unstable...1951), under which genre distinctions, such as...to which the title of genre is awarded to a broader...culture more generally. Genres, in common with the...
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Genre Painting
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GENRE PAINTING GENRE PAINTING focuses on the mundane, trivial incidents of everyday life...could be distributed at low cost to a broad audience. As a result, genre paintings such as William Sidney Mount's Bargaining for a Horse (1835...
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Art: Romanticism and Genre Art
Book article from: American Eras
Art: Romanticism and Genre Art Sources Celebrating the Common Man. Genre painting, which focuses on scenes from everyday life...everyday occurrences. While there were exceptions, most genre scenes conveyed an optimistic or sympathetic view of...
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genre
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
genre This French noun (e.g. le genre comique = comedy) is used for categories of literature, and...of a particular writing may not be a correct indication of its genre; for example, the fact that Rev. opens with letters to seven...
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Genre Painting and George Caleb Bingham
Book article from: American Eras
Genre Painting and George Caleb Bingham Sources Origins. Genre painting emerged in the 1820s and 1830s as American artists...Turning from formal portraits and history painting, genre painters such as John Quidor, William Sidney Mount, and...
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