Interpretation and Genre: The Role of Generic Perception in the Study of Narrative Texts

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Bucknell University Press, 1986 - 180 pàgines
Kent proposes a general theory of genre classification arid applies this genetic model to American fiction written during the last half of the nineteenth century. Combining theory and application, Kent attempts to demonstrate that what we say about texts is related directly to our generic perception of them.
 

Continguts

Toward a Holistic Theory of Genre
15
Generic Perception and Narrative Progression
34
The Classification of Genres
59
The Automatized Text The American Dime Novel
81
The DeFormed Text Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
102
The Epistemological Text The Red Badge of Courage The Open Boat and The Blue Hotel
124
Interpretation and Genre
143
Notes
153
Bibliography
167
Index
176
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