Literary articles by Tim Love
Today’s going to be a mix of light and heavy items, of interactive and chalk-and-talk items. Genre’s a slippery topic, so we’re going to tackle it from various angles, taking it by surprise. Roughly,
I’ll begin with a quote - " communication is impossible without the agreed codes of genre " ("A history of English literature", Fowler, 1989, p.216). Is genre really that important? We’re going to have to start by discussing what genre is, according to various people