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Genre Trajectories

Identifying, Mapping, Projecting

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Garin Dowd

    1. University of West London, UK

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  2. Natalia Rulyova

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Garin Dowd, Natalia Rulyova
      Pages 1-8

  5. Revisiting Literary Genres: Writing Back/Writing Forward

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 87-87
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    2. The Muse Writes Back: Lyric Poetry and Female Poetic Identity

      • Sarah Parker
      Pages 89-108

    3. How (Not) to Translate an Unidentified Narrative Object or a New Italian Epic

      • Timothy S. Murphy
      Pages 109-129

  6. Visual Cultures: Technologies, Institutions and Genres

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Seduced by Art: The Problem of Photography

      • Lesley Stevenson
      Pages 133-143

    3. Vernacular Photographic Genres after the Camera Phone

      • Peter Buse
      Pages 144-162

  7. Film Genres: Endurance and Transformation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. The Enduring Reach of Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Culture

      • Michael Stewart
      Pages 165-182

    3. Objects after Adolescence: Teen Film without Transition in Spring Breakers and The Bling Ring

      • Erin K. Stapleton
      Pages 183-199

  8. Pedagogies: Applications in Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Constructing a Voice of Authority in Upper Secondary School Essays

      • Anne Smedegaard
      Pages 203-224

    3. Perceptions of Prior Genre Knowledge: A Case of Incipient Biliterate Writers in the EAP Classroom

      • Natasha Artemeva, Donald N. Myles
      Pages 225-245
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of West London, UK

    Garin Dowd

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Natalia Rulyova

About the editors

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

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