genres

Definition of genres in English English dictionary: plural of genre; Various types of films that audiences and filmmakers recognize by their recurring conventions Common genres are horror films, gangster films, and Westerns; Various types of films which audiences and filmmakers recognize by their familiar narrative conventions Common genres are musical, gangster, and Western films; The categories in general; portraiture, history, still-life, landscape etc
genre: A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks
The computer game Half-Life redefined the first-person shooter genre.
genre: A genre is a particular type of literature, painting, music, film, or other art form which people consider as a class because it has special characteristics. his love of films and novels in the horror genre. a particular type of art, writing, music etc, which has certain features that all examples of this type share genre of (gendre; GENDER)
genre: {i} type, style, kind, category
genre: A term used in literary criticism to describe a literary form Traditional dramatic genres are comedy and tragedy
genre: painting is the depiction of subjects and scenes from everyday life; it focuses on ordinary folk and common activities, but can contain complex symbolism and messages
genre: A type or category of art In the visual arts, the depiction of scenes from everyday life
genre: A category of oral or written literature, defined by style, content, and/or form The biblical books can be categorized by genre, e g Judges is narrative, Psalms is poetry, Mark is a gospel, Romans is a letter, and Revelation is an apocalypse Within these broad categories, scholars have identified many more specific genres include (Atasözü)s, parables, "hero" tales, and many others In form criticism, a particular genre is identified with a particular "sitz im leben" ("situation in life" or "life setting"), but acceptance of such hypothetical setting is not necessary to appreciate distinctive literary genres
genre: A category (kind/sort) of literature, labeled according to its form, style, or content A few of the various genres of biblical literature include: narrative (such as O T history, the gospels, Acts), doctrinal or ethical exposition, letter or epistle, poetry, parable, wisdom literature, and apocalypse
genre: Genre refers to the type or category of literature of a given passage, whether historical narrative, myth, hymn, poetry, parable, or other forms Knowing the genre of a passage is essential for understanding how to read and interpret the text A modern example of genre is the Whodunit
genre: The term used by literary critics as the equivalent of "type of literature"; the basic genres found in the Hebrew Bible are prose and poetry, with many different sub-types including song, hymn, story, saying, speech, law, genealogy, saga, history See Introduction
genre: describes any category of artistic composition characterized by a particular style, form or content
genre: a style of expressing yourself in writing
genre: The ESL Scope and Scales describes genre as "accepted ways of using language to achieve particular purposes" These include narrative, recount, observation, description, report, explanation, argument and procedure In this view, the genre is determined by purpose and has corresponding structure and language requirements
genre: The class or category of an object when considered as an intellectual work
genre: A particular category of writing such as poem, novel, or short story, or a sub-category such as sonnet or sestina Commercial fiction genres include mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, western, romance, etc
genre: A descriptive category identifying the physical format and/or purpose of an item See also Genre Terms
genre: A type or category of music (e g , sonata, opera, oratorio, art song, gospel, suite, jazz, madrigal, march, work song, lullaby, barbershop, Dixieland)
genre: a kind of literary or artistic work
genre: Type, class, variety; in literature, a distinctive class or category such as westerns or mysteries
genre: A category of artistic, musical or literary composition characterized by a particular form, style or content Poetry, for example, is a literary genre Sidelight: The term, genre, is frequently used interchangeably with "type" and "kind "
genre: A type or category of music (e g Sonata, Opera, Oratorio, Art Song, etc)
genre: The French term for a species, type or class of composition A literary genre is a recognisable, established category of written work which employs such common conventions as will prevent readers from mistaking it for another kind of genre
genre: A specific category of literature, marked by a distinctive style form or content
genre: A type of literature or film marked by certain shared features or conventions The three broadest categories of genre include poetry, drama, and fiction These general genres are often subdivided into more specific genres For instance, precise examples of genres might include murder mysteries, western films, sonnets, lyric poetry, epics, tragedies, etc
genre: This French word meaning “type” now refers to paintings that depict scenes of everyday life without any attempt at idealization Genre paintings can be found in all ages, but the Dutch productions of peasant and tavern scenes are typical
genre: in literature
genre: a form or category of literary text, for example, prose, poetry and drama; these may be further subdivided, for example, prose into short stories and novels, poetry into ballads and lyrics Different genres often make use of particular literary conventions or traditions, and you should try to identify these when writing about texts, particularly if you are comparing different genres
genre: A category of a certain type of writing, such as horror, romance, mystery, science fiction, and so forth
genre: an expressive style of music
genre: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique a kind of literary or artistic work
genre: Kind; genus; class; form; style, esp
genre: A type or category of literary art (e g , letters, journals, personal narratives, pictures or dictated stories, poetry, drama, documents, storytelling)
genre: A type or class of literature (e g , science fiction)
genre: a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique
genre: a type or category of literature (e g , fairy tales, poetry, mysteries)
genre: A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners