Modern Genre Theory

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Series Page......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Key Concepts......Page 11
Introduction......Page 18
1 Benedetto Croce Criticism of the Theory of Artistic and
Literary Kinds
......Page 42
2 Yury Tynyanov The Literary Fact
......Page 46
3 Vladimir Propp Fairy Tale Transformations
......Page 67
4 Mikhail Bakhtin Epic and Novel: Toward a Methodology for the Study of the Novel
......Page 85
5 Mikhail Bakhtin The Problem of Speech Genres
......Page 99
6 Northrop Frye The Mythos of Summer: Romance
......Page 115
7 Ireneusz Opacki Royal Genres
......Page 135
8 Hans Robert Jauss Theory of Genres and Medieval Literature
......Page 144
9 Rosalie Colie Genre-Systems and the Functions of Literature
......Page 165
10 Fredric Jameson Magical Narratives: On the Dialectical Use of Genre Criticism
......Page 184
11 Tzvetan Todorov The Origin of Genres
......Page 210
12 Gerard Genette The Architext
......Page 227
13 Jacques Derrida The Law of Genre
......Page 236
14 Alastair Fowler Transformations of Genre
......Page 249
15 Mary Eagleton Genre and Gender
......Page 267
Notes on Authors......Page 280
Further Reading......Page 284
Index......Page 296