Literary genres — alive and kicking : The productivity of a literary concept In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. Tome 75 fasc. 3, 1997. Langues et littératures modernes-Moderne taal-en letterkunde. pp. 653-663. Fishelov David. Literary genres — alive and kicking : The productivity of a literary concept. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire. Tome 75 fasc. 3, 1997. Langues et litt...

This book is organized according to the major periods of Japanese history – ancient (up to 794), Heian (794–1185), medieval (1185–1600), early modern or Edo (1600–1867), and modern (1868–present). Each part begins with a brief historical overview, followed by short essays on major genres, texts, and authors. A number of the traditional genres – such as waka (classical Japanese poetry), kanshi (...

In the following discussion I will examine the application of Wittgenstein’s concept of family resemblance to genre theory. Despite its popularity among literary theorists, there is sometimes a discrepancy between the loose concept of family resemblance, at least in its negative-radical version, and the practical assumptions made about genres. In order to overcome the inadequacies of existing a...

sometimes, while investigating familiar and common genres of persian literature, some unfamiliar genres appear. these genres were used mostly in some earlier periods. one of these genres is sarâpâ. by investigating historical and geographical backgrounds of this genre the reasons for its popularity, especially in the period of the indian style, are revealed. this article tries to introduce sarâ...

Translation is an indispensable tool for communication between the diverse linguistic groups. It opens new horizons for the people living in a country so that it makes changes and improvements in their society, especially in the literature. Through the translation process, some literary principles and elements are introduced into the home literature which did not exist before. These features em...

The potential value of alternative genres in IS research is the core question that drives this panel discussion. The term “Alternative Genres” refers to unconventional forms of thinking, doing, and communicating scholarship and practice. It relates to innovation with respect to epistemological perspectives, research methods, semantic framing, literary styles, and media of expression. Overall, t...

Stylometric analysis of prose is typically limited to classification tasks such as authorship attribution. Since the models used are typically black boxes, they give little insight into the stylistic differences they detect. In this paper, we characterize two prose genres syntactically: chick lit (humorous novels on the challenges of being a modern-day urban female) and high literature. First, ...