Genre Flashcards
1
Q
What are obligatory things?
A
Things we expect to see in a genre.
2
Q
What is trope?
A
A commonly repeated theme, motif, plot, or character element in a literary work.
3
Q
What is archetype?
A
A very typical example of a certain person or thing; stereotype.
4
Q
What is convention?
A
Structural and content formatting expectations.
5
Q
What is style?
A
The style of the performance of genre (literary, musical, etc)
6
Q
What is reality?
A
The reality of the genre: realism, fantasy, factualism, absurdism.
7
Q
What is time?
A
The amount of time it takes to perform and convey the genre. (Short stories to novels to movies)
8
Q
What is content?
A
The content of the genre. External= performance, horror, etc
Internal= worldview, morally, status
