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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@mainfinger Good question. They are the best of their genres, the edge goes to The Dark Knight... it's got Ledger as The Joker, hard to beat
JonKehoe (Jonathan Kehoe) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:07:59 -0000
@mainfinger Good question. They are the best of their genres, the edge goes to The Dark Knight... it's got Ledger as The Joker, hard to beat
Of course, there's crap written in all genres. But most of it seems to come from the metal movement.
DanielSpracklin (Daniel Spracklin) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:02:11 -0000
Of course, there's crap written in all genres. But most of it seems to come from the metal movement.
Genres: Metal, Pop, Rock & Indie, Music, Metal, Altitude Brand new song off upcoming album New Again. http://bit.ly/1T73LR
music_expert (music_expert) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:01:49 -0000
Genres: Metal, Pop, Rock & Indie, Music, Metal, Altitude Brand new song off upcoming album New Again. http://bit.ly/1T73LR
@LAWSOCIALCLUB Most of the bands that allow this are bands in the jam band rock, some bluegrass, a lot of AAA, Americana, etc. genres
BradOlsonBemidj (Bradley Olson) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:45:05 -0000
@LAWSOCIALCLUB Most of the bands that allow this are bands in the jam band rock, some bluegrass, a lot of AAA, Americana, etc. genres
@SMlovesDW how weird I do the same thing I go thru stages of genres lol my playlists are SO random!
Starringshellz (Shelley Walker) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:25:22 -0000
@SMlovesDW how weird I do the same thing I go thru stages of genres lol my playlists are SO random!
Yeah someone needs to learn to use the Y axis! :P RT @jimpick: RT @Skud: terrifying chart of music genres in Freebase http://bit.ly/13Z6UZ
F1LT3R (Alistair MacDonald) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:24:08 -0000
Yeah someone needs to learn to use the Y axis! :P RT @jimpick: RT @Skud: terrifying chart of music genres in Freebase http://bit.ly/13Z6UZ

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