Genre Studies in Focus: Transgression or Reconciliation

Genre Studies in Focus: Transgression or Reconciliation
by: Faten Haouioui (Editor),Hajer Ayadi(Editor)
Publisher:Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Edition:Unabridged
Publication Date: 1 May 2024
Language:English
Print Length:209 pages
ISBN-10:1036400158
ISBN-13:9781036400156
Book Description
This collection of essays aims to revise genre theory and studies. Authors in this volume present and discuss different literary genres in transition. They investigate genre hybridization, transformation, reconciliation and evolution. Therefore, the volume reconceptualizes the theory according to novel texts and contexts in, for example, trans-generic film series, feminine poetry, and Arab women writing. It introduces new generic labels in travel literature and new sub-genres in Maghrebean literature. Genre blurs the boundaries between genre hierarchy, labels, and borderlines. We read a gothic text that encompasses trauma, testimony, resistance and history. Moreover, scholars contributing to this collection astutely point out that genres are hybrid yet flexible by nature. They adopt a cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to genre theory. The volume targets researchers, theorists and students reading and interpreting literary and historical texts alongside genre theory.
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