What is a Genre?
In Literary Fields:
- For labeling different types of stories, e.g. myths, tales, …
In the Film and Music World:
- For labeling action movies, love stories, rock music, heavy metal
In Applied Linguistics:
- Since the late 1970s, to label different types of texts e.g. business letters, research articles, ... (TEXT TYPES) with similar characteristic features. If we can identify the characteristic features of a GENRE, we can teach these to learners in reading/writing classes BUT WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES??