Genre has a very important
role when it comes to creating and reading texts. When it comes to defining the term genre,
there is no concrete definition that perfectly describes it. It can be referred to as a category of
literary composition or can be a category of artistic composition in the areas
of music and literature and many other mediums.
There are many different kinds of literary genres from romance, fiction
and mystery to horror and science fiction that most people are familiar with
along with many more that creators of text use. The role that genre plays in
creating texts is impactful on the writer and the texts they create. Based on
the genre they are attempting to create the text will effect the outcome of the
text when it comes to things such as words used, sentence order, punctuation,
title, page arrangement and more. When a
creator of a text is writing pertaining to a specific genre they are also
pertaining to a specific audience, an audience interested in reading a text of
this type of genre in which the writer of the text created. Audience is directly correlated to genre and
impacts the kinds of genres creators of texts choose to write based on the
audience they are trying to reach with the piece of text. Devitt describes the creation of genre as “an
all en-composing term that when analyzed closely is made up of small, unique
parts. Genre also plays an impactful
role in the reading of texts, and audience is also linked to it. When choosing a book to read at Barnes and
Noble a reader is typically looking for a specific genre of a book such as
mystery, self-help, or fiction. The
reader has an expectation in their mind of the text they are going to be
reading and therefore choose to read the selected text based on their knowledge
of the genre of the text and expectations they have of it. Devitt also sees genre as layered meanings
that come together to give the reader an understanding of the whole text. I
agree, genre allows the reader to come up with their own sense of meaning and
understanding of the text, often occurring before they even read the text.
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