Genre Trajectories
Identifying, Mapping, Projecting
Published on 5. December 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
XI, 255 pages
978-1-349-56173-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a fresh interdisciplinary perspective on genre and identifies developments in genre studies in the early 21st century. Genre approaches are applied to examine a fascinating range of texts including ancient Greek poems, Holocaust visual and literary texts, contemporary Hollywood films, selfies, melodrama, and classroom practices.
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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XI, 255 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
342 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-56173-5 (9781349561735)
DOI
10.1057/9781137505484
Schweitzer Classification
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Book
08/2015
Palgrave Macmillan
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Persons
Natasha Artemeva, Carleton University, Canada
Peter Buse, Kingston University, London, UK
Béatrice Damamme-Gilbert, University of Birmingham, UK
Katya Krylova, University of Nottingham, UK
Donald N. Myles, Carleton University, Canada
Timothy S. Murphy, Oklahoma State University, USA
Sarah Parker, University of Stirling, UK
Anne Smedegaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Erin K. Stapleton, University of Melbourne, Australia
Lesley Stevenson, Independent Scholar
Michael Stewart, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, UK
Michael Volek, Athabasca University, Canada
Content
PART I: RE-ASSESSING THEORETICAL TRADITIONS: FROM ANCIENT GREECE TO BAKHTIN
1. Philosophy ' 's Broken Mirror: Genre Theory and the Strange Place of Poetry from Plato to Badiou; Garin Dowd
2. Remembering to Forget: the Role of Time, Space and Memory in Mikhail Bakhtin ' 's Treatment of Language; Michael Volek
PART II: MEMORY, TESTIMONY, POLITICS
3. The Question of Genre in Holocaust Narrative: The Case of Patrick Modiano ' 's Dora Bruder (1997); Béatrice Damamme-Gilbert
4. Genre and Memory in Margareta Heinrich ' 's and Eduard Erne ' 's Totschweigen (1994) and Elfriede Jelinek ' 's Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel) (2008); Katya Krylova
PART III: REVISITING LITERARY GENRES: WRITING BACK/WRITING FORWARD
5. The Muse Writes Back: Lyric Poetry and Female Poetic Identity; Sarah Parker
6. How (Not) to Translate an Unidentified Narrative Object or a New Italian Epic; Timothy S. Murphy
PART IV: VISUAL CULTURES: TECHNOLOGIES, INSTITUTIONS AND GENRES
7. Seduced by Art: the Problem of Photography; Lesley Stevenson
8. Vernacular Photographic Genres after the Camera Phone; Peter Buse
PART V: FILM GENRES: ENDURANCE AND TRANSFORMATION
9. The Enduring Reach of Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Culture; Michael Stewart
10. Objects after Adolescence: Teen Film with Transition in Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring; Erin K. Stapleton
PART VI: PEDAGOGIES: APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION
11. Student and Teacher Constructions of the ' 'Generic Contract ' ' in High School Essays; Anne Smedegaard
12. Perceptions of Prior Genre Knowledge: A Case of Incipient Biliterate Writers in the EAP Classroom; Natasha Artemeva and Donald N. Myles
1. Philosophy ' 's Broken Mirror: Genre Theory and the Strange Place of Poetry from Plato to Badiou; Garin Dowd
2. Remembering to Forget: the Role of Time, Space and Memory in Mikhail Bakhtin ' 's Treatment of Language; Michael Volek
PART II: MEMORY, TESTIMONY, POLITICS
3. The Question of Genre in Holocaust Narrative: The Case of Patrick Modiano ' 's Dora Bruder (1997); Béatrice Damamme-Gilbert
4. Genre and Memory in Margareta Heinrich ' 's and Eduard Erne ' 's Totschweigen (1994) and Elfriede Jelinek ' 's Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel) (2008); Katya Krylova
PART III: REVISITING LITERARY GENRES: WRITING BACK/WRITING FORWARD
5. The Muse Writes Back: Lyric Poetry and Female Poetic Identity; Sarah Parker
6. How (Not) to Translate an Unidentified Narrative Object or a New Italian Epic; Timothy S. Murphy
PART IV: VISUAL CULTURES: TECHNOLOGIES, INSTITUTIONS AND GENRES
7. Seduced by Art: the Problem of Photography; Lesley Stevenson
8. Vernacular Photographic Genres after the Camera Phone; Peter Buse
PART V: FILM GENRES: ENDURANCE AND TRANSFORMATION
9. The Enduring Reach of Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Culture; Michael Stewart
10. Objects after Adolescence: Teen Film with Transition in Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring; Erin K. Stapleton
PART VI: PEDAGOGIES: APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION
11. Student and Teacher Constructions of the ' 'Generic Contract ' ' in High School Essays; Anne Smedegaard
12. Perceptions of Prior Genre Knowledge: A Case of Incipient Biliterate Writers in the EAP Classroom; Natasha Artemeva and Donald N. Myles