Literary Genres as Norms and Good Habits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4982383 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Pavel (corresponding author), Thomas G Pavel |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-210 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Literary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6087 • E-ISSN: 1080-661X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/nlh.2003.0021 |
| OpenAlex | W2056179019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
The article argues that literary genres cannot be defined on strictly formal grounds, since they are determined by the representational goals pursued by literary works. A survey of the subgenres of the novel shows that the differences between them are linked to the way in which they imagine fictional worlds. Generic differences are normative only in the sense that they are good trade habits, useful recipes that help writers achieve representational success
Aesthetics · Art · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literary criticism · Literary science · Literature · Normative · Sociology · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |