lec 8 Flashcards
genre
group of texts linked by shared conventions
example of conventions (4)
title
subject mater
length
tone and register
classification of genre (3)
metre
mode
register
literary filiation
mode (3)
narrative (author speaks)
dramatic (only character speaks) ,
lyric (poet addresses audience directly)
register (2)
elevated vs colloquial language
tonal features ( grand themes vs domestic themes)
literary filliation
referring to an influential predecessor
major genres of ancient literature (5)
epic
drama
lyric
elegy
prose genres
epos - hexameter verse (4)
epic - homer
didactic - virgil - teaching potery
pastoral - virgil - dialogue w/ song
satire - horace
drama (3)
tragedy - involves a fall from grace
old comedy - comic inversion
new comedy - stereotypical characterisation
lyric (2)
choral lyric
personal lyric
elegy (3)
greek moralizing/narrative elegy
roman love elegy
epigram
prose genres
historiography
oratory
philosophical dialogue
letter writing
novel
importance of genre (3)
audience expectations - can be manipulated,fulfilled or defeated
deviations from important conventions - significant
innovative works can contrast existing genres (pastoral and epic)
programmatic passages/poems
implicit communications of the styles/themes of the work
metapoetic language/imagery
alludes to the work itself
ex - its style or generic features
