situations provoke similar needs and expectations” (p. 137). * According to Oliver and Duff (2012)‚ “Genre can be defines as a pattern of communication that conforms to community norms. Genres are not fixed‚ but are constantly evolving and emerging.” (p. 373) * According to Northrop Frye‚ genre studies are not just about classification‚ he believes that "the purpose of criticism by genres is not so much to classify as to clarify. . . traditions and affinities‚ thereby bringing out a large number
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Seen As A Modern Gothic Story? ‘The Corpse Bride’ is a stop-motion-pro picture film‚ set in a Victorian European village. The director‚ Tim Burton created a film that is built upon several varying genres and the movie has fundamental ‘gothic’ themes. The Corpse Bride can be classified as a ‘gothic’ genre‚ but there are several elements of the film that do not fit into the conventions of a ‘gothic’ motion film. In The Corpse Bride the basic underlying theme is death. Death is an important attribute
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my development as a writer. I have found out the process of writing a poem is not straightforward‚ but it is engaging. By examining published contemporary poems‚ such as “The Clan” and “Spitting Image” in class‚ I have a better understanding about genre conventions of contemporary poems. It also allows me to apply these techniques in my own poetry writing. I used figurative languages in my first line “The clouds are like cotton”‚ which is similar with “my mother like a small bird” that Kara Van
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80% of women say that images of women on television‚ movies‚ fashion magazines‚ and advertising make them insecure (Dam). A visually stimulating documentary such as in Jennifer Siebel Newsoms’ documentary “Miss Representation” provides a logic supplemented presentation of gender in media driven by the emotions evoked from the images of the film resulting in readers thinking of gender in a more personal way as face to face interviews with teenagers who feel negatively affected by this problem are
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Speculative Fiction Discovery is at the heart of Speculative Fiction. Yet resistance is also crucial. Speculative Fiction is a term‚ which categorises a number of sub- genres such as fantasy‚ science fiction‚ horror and dystopia. Each of these sub-genres investigates the classic question of “What if?” and uses the imagination as a tool to explore fictional realities. At the heart of speculative fiction lies the essence of discovery to drive a unique plot separate from the reader’s everyday
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researches which work with certain literary genre‚ namely‚ fantasy genre‚ we find out that such works are very few. Although exactly fantasy fiction most closely connects with myth‚ fairy and folk tale‚ it means that just here we can find schemes and elements of the rites of passage‚ which an author used consciously as well as unconsciously. In our work we try to carry out semantic and structural analysis of some of the most significant books in the fantasy genre in order to understand how often and in
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Attacks from Martians‚ time travel‚ interplanetary travel and the impossible are possible within the realm of science fiction. The literary genre of science fiction houses some of the greatest pieces of literature of all time‚ by some of the greatest authors. Regarded among colleagues as one of the finest is the inspirational‚ ingenious and influential writer H. G. Wells. Being the author of such classics as The Time Machine‚ The Island Of Dr Moreau and The Invisible Man H. G. Wells is considered
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movie this makes the book very intruding and makes me yearn to read more. There are certain types of genres that I don’t enjoy reading such as fantasies this is because it is unrealistic as it a paint an unrealistic imagine which doesn’t make the book relatable and most often it discouraging as the readers do not feel inclusive. I would certainly prefer it if it was mixed with a different genre for example romance etc… However it may suitable for people who wants to escape from the real world and
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but for plot reasons‚ must also contain limits to allow both the heroes and the villains means to fight; magical elements must come with prices‚ or the story would become unstructured. There are many elements that show up throughout the fantasy genre in different guises. Worldbuilding in particular has many common conventions‚ as do‚ to a lesser extent‚ plot and characterisation. Though it is important to differientate them between themes‚ which are actually statements or commentaries that recur
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and contrasting both A Sound of Thunder and Nethergrave’s science fiction elements‚ characterization‚ and themes‚ A Sound of Thunder proves to be superior. The science fiction genre fits into both stories‚ because of its technology‚ settings‚ and events that take place‚ for example‚ A Sound of Thunder fits into this genre with
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