What is Genre? A Basic Definition

Genre \Gen"re\ (zh[aum]N"r'), n. [F. See Gender.]
   1. Kind; genus;
         class; form; style, esp. in literature.

            French drama was lisping or still inarticulate; the
            great French genre of the fabliau was hardly born.
                                                  --Saintsbury.

            A particular demand . . . that we shall pay special
            attention to the matter of genres -- that is, to the
            different forms or categories of literature. --W. P.
                                                  Trent.
     
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. (Fine Arts) A style of
         painting, sculpture, or other
      imitative art, which
         illustrates everyday life and
      manners.
      [1913
         Webster]

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Fri Jan 9

• Top 5 Most Irritating RPG Protagonists: Say what you will about role-playing games, but for a genre that places a complete emphasis on story, it sure loves to saddle us with some of the most unlikable characters to ever exist in fiction -- and often, for upward of 50 hours at a time. Thankfully, loot, monster collecting, and grinding all serve as welcome distractions from the whining of
• Books: Ten of the Kinkiest Science Fiction Books You'll Ever Read: Zarq is a young woman on a planet where dragons are sort of like a combination of cows, horses, and heroin.
• Une femme d'extrême droite dans les médias. Le cas de Marine Le Pen: L'éthos de l'orateur - un exemple contemporain
• Charlie's Diary: Why are SF and fantasy novels the length they are?: "Until the early 1990s, mass market SF/F paperbacks in the US were primarily sold via grocery store racks, supplied by local distributors (400+ of them). The standard wire rack held books face-out, either against a wall or on a rotating stand. And that's where the short form factor novel became established. Thinner books meant you could shove more of them into a rack that was, say, three inches deep. Go over half an inch thick, and you could no longer fit six paperbacks in a 3" rack. And there was only so much rack space to go around. During the inflationary 1970s and early 1980s, prices of just about everything soared. The publishers needed to increase their cover prices to compensate. But the grocery wholesalers who sold the books insisted "the product's gotta weigh more if you want to charge more". They weren't in the book business, after all, so just as buffalo tomatoes got bigger, so did paperbacks.&qu ot;
• Psychology Today: What's Your Soundtrack?
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Thu Jan 8

• 10 Unconventional Westerns: For those who loved these films, Iâd like to offer a list of ten (or thirteen) extraordinary and very unconventional westerns as a jumping point for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of the genre.
• Beth Newingham's Third Grade
• Are women in MMO more hardcore and more 'bisexual'?: Very interesting study to read!
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• Saga | FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES - | MMOhub.org - FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES: Saga is a 3D Fantasy MMORTS where each player creates a nation from one of the five races: Orcs, Dark Elves, Giants, Elves, or Dwarves. Each player's nation is
• Archlord | FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES - | MMOhub.org - FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES: Archlord is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG that allows a single player to become the ruler of the server: the Archlord! Play as one of three races and eight classes to
• Twelve Sky | FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES - | MMOhub.org - FREE ONLINE MMORPG, MMO & RPG GAMES: Twelve Sky is a fantasy MMORPG with fast leveling early game and an interesting item drop system similar to that of Diablo 2's. Twelve Sky is unique in the

Wed Jan 7

• Steampunk: the future of the past | Books | guardian.co.uk: Steampunk gives us Seventy-Two Letters, a piercing look at the corruption that accompanies scientific research and the ways technology oppresses the underclass in society. That it does this through the metaphor of automata driven by Kabbalistic magic whilst telling a perfectly crafted short story is trademark Chiang.
• Alpha Heroes: The Curious Case of the Paranormal Penises: ?Her tongue snaked out and teased the barb at the base of his erection. That barb was the part of him that she liked best, the one that locked into place when he came and kept them linked.? Erm. Barb?

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