a ISBN 0-582-36805-7

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number PN45.5

b Item number .M56 2000

a Dewey Classification 808/.001

a Title Modern genre theory /

c Statement of responsibility, etc edited and introduced by David Duff.

h Medium BOOK

a Place of publication, distribution, etc Harlow, England ;

a Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc Longman,

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2000 .

a Extent xvi, 287 p. ;

c Dimensions 23 cm.

a Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-278) and index.

a Formatted contents note Machine generated contents note: Preface vi -- Acknowledgements viii -- Key Concepts x -- Introduction 1 -- 1 BENEDETTO CROCE Criticism of the Theory of Artistic and -- Literary Kinds 25 -- 2 YURY TYNYANOV The Literary Fact 29 -- 3 VLADIMIR PROPP Fairy Tale Transformations 50 -- 4 MIKHAIL BAKHTIN Epic and Novel: Toward a -- Methodology for the Study of the Novel 68 -- 5 MIKHAIL BAKHTIN The Problem of Speech Genres 82 -- 6 NORTHROP FRYE The Mythos of Summer: Romance 98 -- 7 IRENEUSZ OPACKI Royal Genres 118 -- 8 HANS ROBERT JAUSS Theory of Genres and Medieval -- Literature 127 -- 9 ROSALIE COLIE Genre-Systems and the Functions of -- Literature 148 -- 10 FREDRIC JAMESON Magical Narratives: On the Dialectical -- Use of Genre Criticism 167 -- 11 TZVETAN TODOROV The Origin of Genres 193 -- 12 GERARD GENETTE The Architext 210 -- 13 JACQUES DERRIDA The Law of Genre 219 -- 14 ALASTAIR FOWLER Transformations of Genre 232 -- 15 MARY EAGLETON Genre and Gender 250 -- Notes on Authors 263 -- Further Reading 267 -- Index 279.

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Literature

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Literary form

a Personal name Duff David

d Dates associated with a name 1962