Quotations for genre
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Genres are defined by both repetition across examples and inherent differences between examples. The categorization of a text as a particular genre can also differ based on factors like location and era. When a new genre emerges, it develops through the transformation or blending of existing genres.
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Quotations for genre
- 3. 'Genres are instances of repetition and difference. Difference is absolutely essential to the economy of genre.' (Neale 1980)
- 5. 'The same text can belong to different genres in different countries or times.' (O'Sullivan et al. 1994).
- 7. 'A new genre is always the transformation of one or several old genres.' (cited in Swales 1990)