Since Aristotle, genre has been one of the fundamental concepts of
literary theory, and much of the world's literature and criticism
has been shaped by ideas about the nature, function and value of
literary genres. Modern developments in critical theory, however,
prompted in part by the iconoclastic practices of modern writers
and the emergence of new media such as film and television, have
put in question traditional categories, and challenged the
assumptions on which earlier genre theory was based. This has led
not just to a reinterpretation of individual genres and the
development of new classifications, but also to a radically new
understanding of such key topics as the mixing and evolution of
genres, generic hierarchies and genre-systems, the politics and
sociology of genres, and the relations between genre and gender.
This anthology, the first of its kind in English, charts these
fascinating developments. Through judicious selections from major
twentieth-century genre theorists including Yury Tynyanov, Vladimir
Propp, Mikhail Bakhtin, Hans Robert Jauss, Rosalie Colie, Fredric
Jameson, Tzvetan Todorov, Gerard Genette and Jacques Derrida, it
demonstrates the central role that notions of genre have played in
Russian Formalism, structuralism and post-structuralism, reception
theory, and various modes of historical criticism. Each essay is
accompanied by a detailed headnote, and the volume opens with a
lucid introduction emphasising the international and
interdisciplinary character of modern debates about genre. Also
included are an annotated bibliography and a glossary of key terms,
making this an indispensable resource for students and anyone
interested in genre studies or literary theory.
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