Gourt > Arts > Genres (128)
A genre is a division of a particular form of art or utterance according to criteria particular to that form. In all art forms, genres are vague categories with no fixed boundaries. Genres are formed by sets of conventions, and many works cross into multiple genres by way of borrowing and recombining these conventions. The scope of the word "genre" is usually confined to art and culture. In genre studies the concept of genre is often compared to originality.
Subgenre
Genres are often divided into subgenres. Literature, for instance, can be organized according to the "poetic genres" and the "prose genres". Poetry might be subdivided into epic, lyric, and dramatic, while prose might be subdivided into fiction and non-fiction. Further subdivisions of dramatic poetry, for instance, might include comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and so forth. This parsing into subgenres can continue: "comedy" has its own genres, for example, including farce, comedy of manners, burlesque, and satire.
Science Fiction has perhaps more generally recognized subgenres than many other fields of literature as a science fiction story may be firmly rooted in real scientific possibilities (See: Hard science fiction) as they are understood at the time of writing, or be highly and speculatively imaginative tales set in an extraterrestrial civilization for example, or in a parallel universe, an Alternate history, or outright Fantasy, all recognized subgenres of science fiction. A perhaps more apt term as coined by Heinlein all part of, 'Speculative fiction' Thus, even fiction that depicts innovations ruled out by current scientific theory, such as stories about or based on faster-than-light travel, may still be classified as science fiction. And more recently, the term "science fantasy" which category covers stories which have elements of both hard science and fantasy has come into play as a subgenre.
More on [ Genre ]
West Texas Comic Con: Comic book fans and artists drawn together for convention - LubbockOnline.com
Los Angeles TimesWest Texas Comic Con: Comic book fans and artists drawn together for conventionLubbockOnline.com... or collectibles - it may be simply the prospect of getting to hang out and have fun with other people who love comics, science fiction and fantasy. ...Sheldon Dorf, founder of sci-fi, fantasy convention Comic-Con, diesDaily Finance (blog)Comic Con Co-founder, Sheldon Dorf, Died TodayComic Book MovieComics AM | The comics Internet in two minutesComic Book ResourcesLos Angeles Times -Dread Centralall 319 news articles »
Online Sci-Fi Mag Lightspeed Will Mix Science Fact, Fiction - Wired News
Wired NewsOnline Sci-Fi Mag Lightspeed Will Mix Science Fact, FictionWired NewsFor proof, look no further than Prime Books, indie publisher of Fantasy Magazine, which is joining the digital evolution with a new online science-fiction ...
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEIRD WESTERNS—Booklog Review - Starlog
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEIRD WESTERNS—Booklog ReviewStarlogTHE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WEIRD WESTERNS by Paul Green (McFarland, tpb, 265 pp, $39.95) If any genre seems a mismatch with the supernatural or science fiction, ...and more »
horror books - Google News
Mo'Nique delivers a horror movie-worthy performance in 'Precious' - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Mo'Nique delivers a horror movie-worthy performance in 'Precious'Fort Worth Star TelegramAt 41, after years of stand-up comedy, making her name for plus-size laughs on stage, on TV and in books (Skinny Women Are Evil) and stealing scenes out ...and more »
Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' is frightfully good - Newsday
Stephen King's 'Under the Dome' is frightfully goodNewsdayIt's an interesting problem for a horror writer, but griping about it is like criticizing the workmanship of a bomb after the dust has cleared. ...and more »
Sheldon Dorf, founder of sci-fi, fantasy convention Comic-Con, dies - Daily Finance (blog)
Los Angeles TimesSheldon Dorf, founder of sci-fi, fantasy convention Comic-Con, diesDaily Finance (blog)At the time that Dorf stepped into the scene, comic books, science fiction and horror were located on the outer edges of popular culture, and were largely ...Comics AM | The comics Internet in two minutesComic Book Resourcesall 319 news articles »
| Star Wars - Episode IV - Trailer (original 1977) |
