Re: question from a teacher

["Aleene B. Nielson" <ablanca@BIGPLANET.COM>]

Sue Coleman wrote:

> I know that "genre" refers to categories such as short story, drama,
> poetry, etc.  But what would I call things such as drama, comedy,
> tragecy, romance, mystery, etc?  It's not genre, but what would it be?
> Do you know?

Because I agree with you, Sue, I checked my trusty Webster's New World
Dictionary.  "Genre" is defined as "a kind, sort, type; said of works of
art, literature, etc."  Webster's Collegiate's 2nd definition is "a
distinctive type or sort of literature."

IMO, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, historical fiction
(drama, poetry), satire are all distinctive types or sorts of literature.
Short stories, drama, poetry, biography, & novels, which have more to do
with the 'form' of literature, can also be of different kinds and sorts.
Poetry, for example, can include limericks, sonnets, epics, lyrical works,
etc.

Aleene Nielson
Retired LMS, Tchr., Prof.
Tucson, AZ

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