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

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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.

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Just spent the last hour setting up his music in windows media player to their correct genres and names. OCD at its best
t0ny6 (Tony Rebeiro) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:35:47 -0000
Just spent the last hour setting up his music in windows media player to their correct genres and names. OCD at its best
When will some people stop being musically ignorant? People can listen to different genres of music. People get over it! Just my P.O.V :-).
artstarsky86 (Tamarah Brown) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:25:42 -0000
When will some people stop being musically ignorant? People can listen to different genres of music. People get over it! Just my P.O.V :-).
RT @LF_Neu Straßenfeger - 17 - Der dritte Handschuh / Die Katze im Sack http://bit.ly/84qZ0J | Genres: Kriminalfilm http://url4.eu/oGW0
eurasier1 (jo bucher) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:05 -0000
RT @LF_Neu Straßenfeger - 17 - Der dritte Handschuh / Die Katze im Sack http://bit.ly/84qZ0J | Genres: Kriminalfilm http://url4.eu/oGW0
@DivineAmazon naw. Two totally diff genres. Adam is glam, Ozzy is goth.
that_freshkid09 (malik alexander) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:03:58 -0000
@DivineAmazon naw. Two totally diff genres. Adam is glam, Ozzy is goth.
How in the hell did the AMA's cross contaminate the genres? pop/rock artist also being considered soul/R&B? EPIC FAIL!
EMMEINC (TONYA BOWERS) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:39 -0000
How in the hell did the AMA's cross contaminate the genres? pop/rock artist also being considered soul/R&B? EPIC FAIL!
@Brysonray hey ignore @A10CHUN he's black and can't dance! Oh & judges people because they like all genres of music! Right @brandiray
VivSmith (Vivian Smith) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:59:53 -0000
@Brysonray hey ignore @A10CHUN he's black and can't dance! Oh & judges people because they like all genres of music! Right @brandiray

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